Every time I google a solution for a simple problem (like where to find a feature of a software in its menus or how to calculate something) I always have to navigate past the dozen youtube links to find the article or manual that tells me the solution in 10 lines of text.
If your tutorial could be a webpage then you shouldn’t do it.
Edit: to all the people that suggest to make a specific query in the search, that’s just a partial solution because there are times I don’t know the entity of the solution and youtube could be a good place to look for.
I think a lot of it has to do with monetization - YouTube pays much better than text. (also has less embarrassing ads than all the gut doctor / weight loss / toenail fungus / 15 Celebrity Wardrobe Fails crap that text sites seem to all be using these days)
Toenail fungus? You know those ads are targeted? I guess we all learnt something about old “gross toes Ertebolle” today.
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Just put “-youtube” in your search…
You can even create a filter in uBlock Origin to remove domains from search results. I did it for Pinterest, as it always clogged my search results.
Doesn’t help when you’re question has a one word answer, but there are a dozen 20 minute videos on YouTube to answer your question.
Yes it does. “-Youtube” excludes all youtube videos from being displayed in the search results.
I think they’re saying there could be 30 second video with the answer, but most of them aren’t
Might be a good idea for you to try another search engine? If anything I usually have the opposite problem ☹️
If your tutorial could be a webpage then you shouldn’t do it.
On the other hand, if your tutorial could also be a webpage, well you just made another income stream, so why not both?
When I’m playing a new video game and I google “how to jump” or something simple, I have to sift through entire articles and 10 minutes tutorials, just so I can find a page that will say “press the R3 BUTTON”. it’s super frustrating, not everything needs a video tutorial
You can find that information in every game in the menus.
But that why we have search engines, so we can find the information quickly instead of having to manually sift through the menus
But that’s why we have menus, so we can find the information quickly instead of having to manually sift through search results.
In this simplified case, yes. But sometimes you might need to find an answer to a less trivial question and the described problem still would there. There’s a lot of seo-optimized, but useless content. It’s frustrating.
When you seek out the services tailored to the ignorant masses, you receive the results intended for the ignorant masses. The days of Google being the best resource have been gone since the 2016 US election at least.
Sorry but that sounds like you can’t craft a decent search query.
Try excluding youtube from the results.
or just, you know, scroll past it
google often groups youtube results at the top and then shows other websites below it, so I don’t see the issue
No, people should stop making complicated video tutorials for simple problems.
-youtube is something I’ll use more often I think.
It really is amazing how many tutorials there are for something as simple as “what is the hotkey for x”.
It is annoying. Not gonna lie.
The problem is now is that there’s been a massive uptick in AI generated nonsense on the text side of things. I’ve seen it predominantly in gaming articles but I’m sure it’s getting everywhere.
The real frustrating part is half the time it’s just made up, or offering real solutions to game world problems which has just been a bizzare and confusing read
maybe people just want to see how Others do it
I also find this annoying but that’s because I more easily grasp written instructions than I do a video tutorial. It’s the way my brain is wired. Just give me the bloody instructions. Others need the video. I hate them. But since the internet is like, a resource for everyone, not just me, I try not to take it so personally.
I agree, there are different learning styles.
Just put -youtube at the end of your search term
If you have a simple tutorial to share, step 1 is to buy a domain and hosting. Step 2 is to learn how to create a website and step 3 is learning SEO so your tutorial can be found.
I can make a video on it if you’d like
I think the issue is more that many people make bad tutorials. They spend way too much time giving irrelevant information when we’re only interested in the specific steps for the thing we need. Searching for recipes falls under this category, too.
I don’t care what your friend’s aunt said about the one time you made this recipe. I just want the ingredients, temperature, and cooking time. Your life story surrounding this pancake recipe can fuck right off.
But YouTube pays them to have longer videos so it gets padded out with bullshut
Or it’s a kid that made the video. They can actually be better sometimes for brevity because some kids will get right to the point, but some kids have the most annoying voices, especially males right around early puberty. I feel bad because I think it’s a good thing that they are trying and I don’t want to discourage them, but maybe the minimum age to post videos on the internet should be after the adult voice has developed.
How to basic did their part to improve the situation. Eggs.
Are you having a stroke?
No I’m receiving one
Shred theem eeat https://youtu.be/4nIFJFgH99w?si=IpUFz4FDELBx15Xs
I hate having to scroll through 15-30 minute long videos to find the simple 3 step instructions in text.
The content clutter is fucking insane and I hate it. Too many uninteresting people trying to be relevant as entertainers when the only skill they seem to have is shady marketing.
