"YouTube introduced some new filters to its advanced search tools today. Possibly the most exciting change is that Shorts are now listed as a content type, so the three-minute-or-less videos can be excluded as results in your searches. This is a welcome update for any of us who have been on the hunt for a long-form explainer only to wade through dozens of ten-second clips before finding anything close to our goal."
"Especially with the addition of even more AI slop last year thanks to the Google Veo 3 engine, an option to exclude Shorts may look even more appealing. The other updates include a pair of renamed features within advanced search. The "Sort By" menu will now be called "Prioritize." Likewise, the "View Count" option has been renamed to "Popularity;" this will allow YouTube's algorithms to account for other metrics such as watch time to gauge how much other users are engaging with a particular video."
YouTube added new advanced-search filters and made Shorts a selectable content type so three-minute-or-less videos can be excluded from results. The exclusion helps users seeking long-form explainers avoid short clips and clutter. The change responds to increased short-form and AI-generated content, including outputs from the Google Veo 3 engine. Two existing filter names were changed: the "Sort By" menu is now "Prioritize," and "View Count" is now "Popularity." Renaming allows algorithms to consider metrics like watch time. Two filters were removed: "Upload Date - Last Hour" and "Sort by Rating."
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