Why Did YouTube Remove Tags From Video Watch Pages?

Yesterday you may have noticed something a little different about the video watch pages on YouTube—the tags have been removed. Although you can (and should) still add tags when uploading a video, they are now private and can’t be seen by other viewers. This afternoon, YouTube explains why they made this change in a post on the YouTube Creator blog.

Yesterday you may have noticed something a little different about the video watch pages on YouTube—the tags have been removed.  Although you can (and should) still add tags when uploading a video, they are now private and can’t be seen by other viewers.  This afternoon, YouTube explains why they made this change in a post on the YouTube Creator blog.

Shiva Rajaraman, Director of Product Management at YouTube, writes, “With more videos coming to YouTube every minute, we’re always developing ways to help people more easily find, watch and share the videos that matter most to them. 

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