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So yesterday I got an email from YouTube saying that one of my videos (Make Money on Squidoo) has become eligible for revenue sharing with YouTube. It’s the first time I’ve ever gotten that message and it’s because it had about 16,000 views and great ratings I guess.

So I figured what the heck – I enabled it and agreed to the TOS, etc. You’d assume YouTube liked the video if they were inviting me to join a special group of ad revenue users, right?

So this morning I log into YouTube and I have a warning – I’ve received a strike against my account and my video has been deleted. I no longer have this video because keeping all these videos takes up too much memory, so it’s gone forever but here’s what it was about:

I logged into a lens and I showed people all of the opportunities they had on a lens to make money – like text links, Amazon modules, eBay modules, ad and co-op revenue, etc. That’s it. I just showed people, that’s all.

It said it was spammy. I’m thinking the person reviewing it must be one of those Internet Marketer haters (kinda hypocritical of one of the biggest ad earners online, I’m guessing).

Anyway – I’m pissed.

If I’d declined the invitation, it’d probably still be up online and ranking #2 in Google and #1 on YouTube for it. Guess I’ll make another and replace it. My advice? If you’re in the IM niche and you get a similar invitation for a money making video, DECLINE ad revenue.

Tiff