Re: [YouTube-API] Re: mobile view count discrepancy w/ javascript iframe api

Hi Jarek

Thanks for getting back to me. This is the video in question:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9udCp32LdA

Here is the actual embed using the youtube iframe javascript api

http://insights.feedcompany.com/vids/?id=30&adsv_id=1&transactionid=bogus

It's just a simple one-off think I did for a client with specific tracking needs. They supply a transaction id in the url and we send it back to them on video end, ENDED event.  Most all traffic from this domain should have been mobile devices, specifically an Android app game. The reason it's a script tag widget is it was just the the first thing I built with the api. 

Here is the youtube insight data for the video for the time range in question:

Date range: Jul 8, 2011 ▾ - Jul 12, 2011 ▾

insights.feedcompany.com 21,106

Our backend reporting numbers (using API onStateChange)

2011-07-08 19,134

2011-07-09 15,300 

2011-07-10 12,457 

2011-07-11 12,755 

2011-07-12  3,847 

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           63,493 completed views (ENDED)

2011-07-08:

FIRST PLAY:

cnt	video_id	video_pl_id	state	domain
27533	S9udCp32LdA	30	PLAYING	insights.feedcompany.com

ENDED:

cnt	video_id	video_pl_id	state	domain
19134	S9udCp32LdA	30	ENDED	insights.feedcompany.com

2011-07-09:

FIRST PLAY:

cnt	video_id	video_pl_id	state	domain
20584	S9udCp32LdA	30	PLAYING	insights.feedcompany.com

ENDED:

cnt	video_id	video_pl_id	state	domain
15300	S9udCp32LdA	30	ENDED	insights.feedcompany.com

2011-07-10:

FIRST PLAY:

cnt	video_id	video_pl_id	state	domain
16577	S9udCp32LdA	30	PLAYING	insights.feedcompany.com
1	S9udCp32LdA	30	PLAYING

ENDED:

cnt	video_id	video_pl_id	state	domain
12457	S9udCp32LdA	30	ENDED	insights.feedcompany.com
1	S9udCp32LdA	30	ENDED

2011-07-11: 

FIRST PLAY:

cnt	video_id	video_pl_id	state	domain
16793	S9udCp32LdA	30	PLAYING	insights.feedcompany.com

ENDED:

cnt	video_id	video_pl_id	state	domain
12755	S9udCp32LdA	30	ENDED	insights.feedcompany.com

2011-07-12:

FIRST PLAY:

cnt	video_id	video_pl_id	state	domain
5161	S9udCp32LdA	30	PLAYING	insights.feedcompany.com

ENDED:

cnt	video_id	video_pl_id	state	domain
3847	S9udCp32LdA	30	ENDED	insights.feedcompany.com

Andrew

202 577-8633

On Jul 22, 2011, at 3:04 PM, Jarek Wilkiewicz wrote:

Hi Andrew,

can you share some additional data points ?

1. Are you tracking videos embedded in your native or Web
application ?
2. Which platforms are you working with ? iOS, Android, etc. ?
3. How are you embedding the content ? Are you using <object> embed,
<iframe> embed ? Sharing a code snippet to confirm would help.
4. Can you share some video IDs for videos you think exhibit the
discrepancy, including the expected number of views ?
5. How much time do you allow between comparing your numbers with the
numbers reported by YouTube?

Thanks,
Jarek

On Jul 17, 12:27 pm, andrew <andrew...@gmail.com> wrote:

I'm seeing a significant discrepancy between the youtube view count (via

insight) and our own tracking via the api when it comes to mobile devices.

The youtube mobile numbers are about 1/3 what they should be. I'm pulling

the numbers (both youtube's and my tracking) from a specific site accessed

by mobile devices only, so there's no question about whether the all the

views are mobile or not.

I'm tracking the first PLAY event and the ENDED event.  I'm wondering if it

has something to do with iphone handing off video to the youtube iphone app

and android's option to do the same.

I'm using the native youtube play button.

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