Friday 12 July 2013

Connecting YouTube with Google+


About 4 weeks ago Google made it possible to connect your YouTube channel with your Google+ Profile. Many companies hope for a better rating in visibility through this measure, however, it can get quite difficult to do so. Why, I am going to describe in detail.

It is a main problem for connecting these two accounts if you have 2 different e-mail addresses and one of them is a Google Mail. Many people use a Gmail address for their Google+ Account, due to the automated process, which creates a Google+ Account for you if registering with Google Mail. On the other hand, at some point a YouTube account was created, of course with an e-mail address for authorization. This address however, cannot be a Google Mail! Why that is, I cannot tell you, but that’s the failure notice you get, if trying: