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Views & Watch Time

The View job mode is the core of AYB: it opens a video and watches it for a configured time, building views and watch time, the signals YouTube cares about most.

View task

Duration = watch time​

The task's Duration (From-To seconds) is how long each visitor watches. Longer, varied durations read as genuine engagement; a tight identical duration on every view does not. Set a realistic range for the video's length.

How the video is found​

The View target decides how the viewer arrives. This matters a lot for how organic the view looks:

  • YouTube search: the viewer searches your Keyword and clicks your video in the results. The most SEO-relevant path; it ties watch time to a search query.
  • Suggested videos: the viewer arrives via YouTube's recommendations.
  • Google: the viewer arrives from a Google search.
  • Direct URL: the viewer opens the video link directly (least organic; fine for topping up watch time).

Enable any combination of sources; provide a keyword, a URL, or both. See View target.

Playback speed & quality​

Expand Playback options to set:

  • Playback speed: Default · 0.25x · 0.5x · 0.75x · Normal (1x, the default) · 1.25x · 1.5x · 1.75x · 2x · Random.
  • Playback quality: Default (auto, the default) · 1080p · 720p · 480p · 360p · 240p · 144p · Random.

Choosing Random for either spreads your views across a natural distribution instead of one identical value on every view.

Make it human​

  • Add Random act around the task so the viewer browses recommended/trending/Shorts before or after watching.
  • Vary Chance across tasks so not every visitor does the same thing.
  • Use saved browser profiles so some viewers are returning, warmed-up identities.