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10-25-2024, 01:28 PM
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YouTube appears to be expanding its hyperlinked comments experiment.
Clicking on hyperlinked words or phases will initiate a search for related topics and information.
It appears the change is only being seen on mobile.
There are plenty of reasons to avoid scrolling through the comments section of a YouTube (https://www.androidauthority.com/youtube-premium-1119004/) video. Now you’ll have one more reason to steer clear as hyperlinked comments are appearing more widely on mobile.
Back in 2023, it was revealed in a YouTube Creator Insider announcement (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEGiwsALvSI&t=5s) that the platform would start running a limited experiment that would allow users to initiate a search on certain topics straight from the comments section. Specifically, a word in a comment could be hyperlinked if related information or topics are available. Any word chosen to be hyperlinked would appear blue with a magnifying glass next to it. Clicking on the hyperlink would take the user to a results page as their video continued to play in the mini-player.
More... (https://www.androidauthority.com/youtube-hyperlink-experiment-expands-3494266/)
YouTube appears to be expanding its hyperlinked comments experiment.
Clicking on hyperlinked words or phases will initiate a search for related topics and information.
It appears the change is only being seen on mobile.
There are plenty of reasons to avoid scrolling through the comments section of a YouTube (https://www.androidauthority.com/youtube-premium-1119004/) video. Now you’ll have one more reason to steer clear as hyperlinked comments are appearing more widely on mobile.
Back in 2023, it was revealed in a YouTube Creator Insider announcement (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEGiwsALvSI&t=5s) that the platform would start running a limited experiment that would allow users to initiate a search on certain topics straight from the comments section. Specifically, a word in a comment could be hyperlinked if related information or topics are available. Any word chosen to be hyperlinked would appear blue with a magnifying glass next to it. Clicking on the hyperlink would take the user to a results page as their video continued to play in the mini-player.
More... (https://www.androidauthority.com/youtube-hyperlink-experiment-expands-3494266/)