Don't delete your "bad" old videos

Don't delete your "bad" old videos
Word is a coach told a client to purge every video under 1,000 views to "clean the channel's signal." Sources say that's a myth that can cost you.
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There's no proven channel-wide quality penalty pulling down your average. Deleting kills any residual long-tail Search traffic and erases data the recommender uses to understand your niche.
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Unlist if you must hide something, but deletion is almost never the move.
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What does this mean for a channel like yours? Old underperformers are harmless ballast — and occasionally they wake up. Leave them. Confidence: medium-high.