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Some videos have multiple different titles, which I guess reduces duplication :) (not that I think duplicating a string a few times in html matters at all. meta
by TheDong 6y ago
Some videos have multiple different titles, which I guess reduces duplication :) (not that I think duplicating a string a few times in html matters at all. meta tags exist for a reason)
For example, if you go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvzBWFGEz8M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvzBWFGEz8M, you'll notice the title in the browser tab differs from the title below the video.
Relevant html snippets are:
<title>トーキョーゲットー - Eve MV - YouTube</title>
<meta name="twitter:title" content="Tokyo Ghetto - Eve MV">
The actual title shown below the video is the english one, not japanese, and I think is sourced from javascript data.
I find it fascinating that youtube translates the title in some places users see it, but not all places, and only on a small subset of videos. It's pretty weird.
- solarkraft 6y ago> It's pretty weird. That's a nice way to say it. I'd call it "absurdly confusing". I can see the use case for people wanting to discover interesting stuff in a language they don't speak, but it has led me to wonder (in excitement with quickly following disappointment) many times why someone I follow has apparently suddenly released a video in a language unusual for them. Google knows the languages I speak. I have it set in the settings. Last time I checked I haven't found a way to get rid of this idiocy.
- half-kh-hacker 6y agoThere definitely needs to be a way to turn off the localization.