VideoCore how-to · 5 · Improve the catalogue

Optimise: thumbnails, the comment plan, why did views stop, and feed readiness

Inside a video: push a new thumbnail, A/B it or revert; a comment plan for the pinned comment and replies; Why did views stop, the revival diagnosis; and feed readiness, how the video sits in a feed next to your field.

2 steps · about 1 min · screens captured 13 Oct 2026
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Open a video

Click any card. The drawer holds the title improvements with Apply and A/B, the thumbnail tools, the comment plan, and the links to the diagnosis. Each fix says what it changes and nothing is pushed without a click.

Open a video
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Why did views stop

For a dormant video: when it died, which traffic shelf dried up, where viewers drop off, and which videos feed it. The counting-change warning sits above any comparison that crosses 24 August 2026.

Why did views stop
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Why it works this way

A revival diagnosis says which traffic shelf dried up and when, from YouTube Analytics, rather than guessing that the thumbnail was wrong; the fix follows the measured cause.

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