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What got me really mad is searching your own history. There's this "search watch history" on the https://www.youtube.com/feed/history https://www.youtube.com/fe

by adito 6mo ago

What got me really mad is searching your own history. There's this "search watch history" on the https://www.youtube.com/feed/history https://www.youtube.com/feed/history I remember watching video that contains certain word in the title. A minecraft contraption from a small channel (4 videos, 93 subs). I searched that word in the title. But youtube can't find it. Fortunately, I saved the world download that listed in the video with the name of the channel. So I searched the channel name + the word, it still can't find it. So I searched only the channel name instead, in the search page. It works, and checking their videos, youtube mark one of them as watched. With the exact same title I searched. But it didn't show me in the history search. WTF youtube.

kalleboo 6mo ago
Google.com is a lot better at searching YouTube than YouTube is at searching YouTube
- NooneAtAll3 6mo ago
  I prefer googling in duckduckgo
  - moffkalast 6mo ago
    Duckduck going?
    - sph 6mo ago
      Waddle-waddling
    - NooneAtAll3 6mo ago
      no, googling use the term, let trademark expire
  - mosquitobiten 6mo ago
    DDG was the best at searching videos until a year ago, idk what changed but know is worse than youtube search
- anabis 6mo ago
  gemini @YouTube is decent too.
hexage1814 6mo ago
>I remember watching video that contains certain word in the title You could use youtube-dl to download the all automatic subtitles those videos and then search.
RobotToaster 6mo ago
I seem to remember at one point there was a bug (or "bug") where watches wouldn't be tracked if you used an adblocker.
eager_learner 6mo ago
Amazon is the same now. I can't find books on it that I know for sure exist on it. It always pushes something else first.
- wiether 6mo ago
  Search by ISBN works as expected for books
  - eager_learner 6mo ago
    thanks.
somat 6mo ago
Youtube search is also weird in that it has a hard time finding something directly but will find it and put it it in the suggested videos feed after you have given up. 4 or 5 videos later. (shrugs) hell if I know. But really, if I ever see a really good video I will download it. I try not to be too much of a digital horder, so it has to be really good. But their search has failed me enough times that it is worth it.
mister_mort 6mo ago
Perhaps this is due to Youtube's alternate titles or A/B/C testing scheme feature? YT videos have a canonical title, but can have other one assigned randomly (as well as alternate thumbnails). If you're in the B group you might have gotten the B title, but search might only look through canonical titles?
KellyCriterion 6mo ago
I suspect YT-Search is broken by intention There is no way that this billion company isnt/cant be able to build a working search for its video titles&texts.

by adito 6mo ago

kalleboo 6mo ago

Google.com is a lot better at searching YouTube than YouTube is at searching YouTube

NooneAtAll3 6mo ago
I prefer googling in duckduckgo
- moffkalast 6mo ago
  Duckduck going?
  - sph 6mo ago
    Waddle-waddling
  - NooneAtAll3 6mo ago
    no, googling use the term, let trademark expire
- mosquitobiten 6mo ago
  DDG was the best at searching videos until a year ago, idk what changed but know is worse than youtube search
anabis 6mo ago
gemini @YouTube is decent too.

hexage1814 6mo ago

>I remember watching video that contains certain word in the title You could use youtube-dl to download the all automatic subtitles those videos and then search.

RobotToaster 6mo ago

I seem to remember at one point there was a bug (or "bug") where watches wouldn't be tracked if you used an adblocker.

eager_learner 6mo ago

Amazon is the same now. I can't find books on it that I know for sure exist on it. It always pushes something else first.

wiether 6mo ago
Search by ISBN works as expected for books
- eager_learner 6mo ago
  thanks.

somat 6mo ago

Youtube search is also weird in that it has a hard time finding something directly but will find it and put it it in the suggested videos feed after you have given up. 4 or 5 videos later. (shrugs) hell if I know. But really, if I ever see a really good video I will download it. I try not to be too much of a digital horder, so it has to be really good. But their search has failed me enough times that it is worth it.

mister_mort 6mo ago

Perhaps this is due to Youtube's alternate titles or A/B/C testing scheme feature? YT videos have a canonical title, but can have other one assigned randomly (as well as alternate thumbnails). If you're in the B group you might have gotten the B title, but search might only look through canonical titles?

KellyCriterion 6mo ago

I suspect YT-Search is broken by intention There is no way that this billion company isnt/cant be able to build a working search for its video titles&texts.