Hope you have found resolution. If not, the WA support ticket to get help from the pros is one of the many perks we have as members. ^_~

I'm not sure but if it is the Permalink, it's an easy fix. Make sure your permalink is the same as your post title. You can edit the permalink directly below your post title in your blog admin area. Hope this helps.
Sandy

Sorry you're having trouble. I would have guessed it was the permalink. Hope you get it resolved. I had a bunch of 404 errors just the other day. It turned out to be because I had deleted some pages and forgot to redo some links.

The problem could be from a plugin. Disable all plugins, clear your cache and the try to see if the problem gets resolved. If the problem does not occur again, then, it confirms it is being caused by one or more plugins.
Next,
Activate your plugins, one at a time, leaving some time lapse in-between the activation. This process will help you identify the conflicting plugin

I am having one error come up 404 and it is frustrating me trying to sort it, have checked all links etc still being a pain, even updated my sitemap , I am not sure but I know bingwebmaster tools played up last week and I had to re-do my verification as did a couple of other members

Heads up YouTube is very grey on the use of affiliate links, they don't say you can and they really don't say you can't. Many channels have been terminated for the improper use of links.

To avoid any problems what you want to do is activate your External Annotations function. You'll find where to set this up by going to your Creator Studio > Channel > Advanced.

Once this feature is activated you can have active links right in your YouTube videos.

However these links can only go to your associated website for that channel. You can only link to your website (any page) not an affiliate website and certainly not a redirect from your site to an affiliate page.

If you are promoting the WA then simply link to your WA review on your website.

I did a training video on how to set things up

https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/training/youtube-annotations-now-offer-external-links

Hope this helps

One important thing to remember is, make sure you send people where you say it's going. I personally get very frustrated clicking a link expecting one thing and then getting something I wasn't expecting. I'm not even sure that makes sense. lol

See you have several answers. My suggestion is simple. Keep your links within your website where you have control. YT is merely a 3rd party instrument to provide information. YOU are the primary information link to your reader. ^_~

I agree, great question. I also learned a lot from the answers below! :) Christa

Great question. I learned a lot from everyone's answers also. In general YouTube and others want you to use paid ads for commercial purposes rather than their free service. So to be safe keep your links to your own blog site.

I Think you should only link to your own page not a 3 part you risk they shot it Down and you have to Do a lot off Think all over whit a New acount

Hey Dustin,

It's against YouTube's TOS to put direct affiliate links into the description. Having said that people do it all the time. But YouTube does suspend accounts and it could very well be due to including direct affiliate links.

I think it's a better practice to bring them to your website (like your review page, etc) rather than a direct sign up page to WA as you can give them more information there about WA. This will keep you within the good graces of YouTube.

Best Regards,
Jim

If you are linking from within the YouTube video then you need to Associate your website with YouTube, so no choice but to link to your site.

Even for links shown below the video I think credibility is enhanced by linking to your own site.

I think the main purpose of YouTube videos should be to drive traffic to your site but am open to other ideas.

Hi Dustin, my opinion is that it will depend on if you would like to captured their information before sending them to the product so that you can continue to market to them.

Hi Dustin.You want to put your link in the place when people click on they are put through to the place where they are going to purchase from you.