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Viking ZX


Author of Science-Fiction and Fantasy novels! Oh, and some fanfiction from time to time.

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Nov
15th
2018

A Note About Broken YouTube Links · 7:21pm Nov 15th, 2018

So occasionally I’ll check outgoing links on my site from the control panel I’ve got, just to see what people are following, or in the case of YouTube links, watching. Sometimes I’ll use YouTube to show a video that serves as a good example of something.

However, in the last few weeks I’ve noticed that some of these links go to YouTube videos that no longer exist. Which … is fair. YouTube is changing a lot of its rules and operating terms lately, and channels are being shuffled around or closed off as it happens. It’s the internet. Things come and go.

But personally, I’d rather fix those broken links if possible. There’s simply one catch: My stats page doesn’t tell me what page sent my readers to that YouTube link, nor does YouTube tell me what the name of the removed video was (which would at least give me a clue). Thus, the only way for me to know what link could be bad would be to hunt through every single post on this site (which is several years’ worth) looking.

This … is not feasible. I don’t have that kind of time. And nor do you. But that doesn’t mean it’s without hope.

So open call: If you happen to be using the resources here and find a broken link? Just post a comment letting me know, and I’ll see about fixing it ASAP. Don’t feel a need to go hunting for them. Just … if you see one, I’ll see about fixing it. Or, if I can no longer find it, I’ll make that known in the original post.

Simple and straightforward. If you find something that’s broken and you feel like letting me know, do, and I’ll see about fixing it.

Over and out! I’ve got writing on Hunter/Hunted to do!

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Comments ( 1 )

Ah...Youtube's Three Dots of Sadness. It is bad enough that it happens, but the fact that you cannot even find the original title? Feels like 1984's Memory Holes.

I always put the video titles below the link, so if it does get Memory Holed at some unspecified future date, future readers at least have a fighting chance to find it again...I certainly will let you know if I find any broken links.

Thus, the only way for me to know what link could be bad would be to hunt through every single post on this site (which is several years’ worth) looking.

Sounds like an ideal little task for a little spider to run through your page links and report back the HTTP codes...
:twilightsheepish:

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