{"id":5357,"date":"2010-12-17T15:16:48","date_gmt":"2010-12-17T20:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/?p=5357"},"modified":"2023-10-02T18:39:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T23:39:27","slug":"you-tube-videos-seo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/you-tube-videos-seo\/","title":{"rendered":"You Tube Videos &#038; SEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-15876 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/you-tube-logo.jpg?resize=357%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"youtube logo\" width=\"357\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/you-tube-logo.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/you-tube-logo.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 357px) 100vw, 357px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Video Production Tips <\/em><\/strong>is pleased to present this guest-written article on getting good <a href=\"http:\/\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/video-site-maps-getting-your-video-discovered-in-the-search-engines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SEO results with your YouTube videos<\/a>. It&#8217;s written by Jeff Gilden of EVM Web Design in Greenville, South Carolina. Jeff&#8217;s company helps clients with video optimized websites that act like a personalized online video channel. Sites that combine video marketing with targeted traffic get results!<\/p>\n<h3>Tips For YouTube Search Engine Optimization<\/h3>\n<p><strong>By Jeff Gilden, EVM, Inc<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Google owns YouTube. Therefore, Google will watch YouTube carefully. Google looks at YouTube for videos to list in the search engines.<strong> How do you get your video production on the homepage of Google? Using the steps below will help you increase your visibility in YouTube and Google using some simple tweaks.<\/strong> Youtube is an ever-changing platform, therefore some people say that it is too risky building a following for specific content on YouTube alone because you are never too sure when YouTube will decide if a video or channel is suitable for adverts in their videos. Therefore, most YouTubers find ways of generating an income outside of YouTube, tending to use services like Patreon, twitch or by making their own website, often using services such as those <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outreachpete.com\">here<\/a> to help funnel people towards this content. Making a website successful and earn substantial revenue is a challenge in itself. However, by White-hat SEO it is pretty easy to build a following on a website, especially if you already have a large YouTube and social media presence. There is obviously a difference though between getting SEO for your business&#8217;s website and optimizing your videos on YouTube.<\/p>\n<h2>Here&#8217;s a checklist you can follow to optimize your videos on YouTube:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Title text:<\/strong> You have 99 characters to optimize your title text. Make the title descriptive and accurate using the best keyword phrases. Generally, use the keyword phrase first, followed by other good descriptors. Remember that if you don&#8217;t get ranked number one, related videos also get lots of views.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Description: <\/strong>You have 5,000 characters. You will want to use all the space provided to write as much about your video as possible. Remember: User ratings and views play a factor in your search rankings within YouTube and Google, so make sure to ask for people to rank your video and also to share and embed your video onto their site and other places on the web.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tags:<\/strong> Useful for search terms you used in your title text and description. For example, if a flower shop were trying to optimize, they might list the keywords Flowers, Roses, Arrangements, Bouquets, and other important keywords here that might help Google and YouTube decipher what your video is about. Many people leave tags off completely. That is a huge mistake.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Broadcasting and sharing options:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Privacy:<\/strong> Remember to set this to public when you are ready to go live so that Google and YouTube can &#8220;see&#8221; your video.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Comments<\/strong>: Allows other people to talk about your video and add more text for discussion and the search engines.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Video responses:<\/strong> These help you get more video views because the video responses of others are automatically linked to your original video.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ratings:<\/strong> Set this to &#8220;Yes&#8221;. Ratings are important to rankings.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Embedding:<\/strong> Blogs and social media shares really boost views. Allowing people to share your video helps your message get to new audiences outside of YouTube. I recommend keeping this enabled.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Syndication:<\/strong> Keep this enabled.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Getting views:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>YouTube considers a video &#8220;viewed&#8221; after eight seconds of runtime. Make sure your video is interesting enough to get you past that point.<\/li>\n<li>Embedding it in your company blog or on product pages can boost video views and encourage discovery from new viewers.<\/li>\n<li>Post your videos to your Facebook channel.<\/li>\n<li>Encourage others to share your video on social media platforms within the video itself by asking people to share it in your video itself and in the description.<\/li>\n<li>Seed your videos on bookmarking and listing sites.<\/li>\n<li>Distribute links to your videos in press releases and embed them in social media releases.<\/li>\n<li>Promote views of your video by buying them through Google AdWords.<\/li>\n<li>Chunk your videos into smaller parts and link them all together using playlists.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Getting ratings:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Rank your own video.<\/li>\n<li>Encourage others to rank your video by asking for it within your video, description, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Video Quality:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>YouTube recommends using the MPEG4 (Divx, Xvid) format at 640&#215;480 resolution with MP3 Audio. Resizing your video to these specifications before uploading will help your clips look better on YouTube.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Results!<\/h2>\n<p><em><strong>YouTube is the best way to get great SEO results for your video. Even if it is just a 30-second TV Spot, if optimized and positioned correctly, your video will gain more views than you thought possible through television media.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Jeff Gilden, EVM, Inc.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"evm web design\" href=\"http:\/\/www.evmwebdesign.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EVM Web Design, Greenville, SC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I appreciate Jeff taking the time to write this article for <em><strong>Video Production Tips <\/strong><\/em>readers. YouTube is such a humongous force in the online video world. The vast majority of online video is on YouTube. Success on YouTube brings many benefits.<\/p>\n<p>Lorraine Grula, Video Production Tips<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YouTube video SEO tips.  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