This usually occurs when there are other uploads of the same video (almost always from a different source, though) on youtube. My hunch is that youtube's search algorithm mistakenly believes that my disappearing videos are 'duplicate' uploads of videos already on youtube. But occasionally this has happened to me when someone re-uploads one of "my" videos, several months after I uploaded the video.
I've also seen it happen where someone has added one of my videos to a public playlist, and their playlist appears in the search results, rather than my video.
But just in the last week or so, after thinking that the disappearing-video thing may have finally been 'corrected' (for new videos I upload, anyway), I've noticed that some of my videos have again disappeared.
My upload of Sabrina's 'Sexy Girl' disappeared from the search results (when you search for 'sabrina sexy girl') in the last week. Yet it was appearing within the first 10 search results for 'sabrina sexy girl' last week, and had clocked up over 3000 views in 4 months.
I also uploaded better quality versions of these videos, which were already on youtube, uploaded by others, and they too have suddenly disappeared from the search results, despite appearing for several months:
Occasionally, a video of mine that has disappeared from the search results miraculous re-appears; sometimes years later. From what I can gather, this normally only happens when someone's account (with the 'duplicate' upload, erroneously decided by the search algorithm) is suspended or if they remove the 'duplicate' video.
Unfortunately, these problems with the search feature don't exactly encourage myself and others to upload better-quality versions of videos that are already on youtube. I really wish google would sort these problems out!
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