10 YouTube SEO Tips: Increase YouTube Search Rankings [Creator Tips #4]

http://rseo.co/youtube-seo-tips ► YouTube SEO Tips from the YouTube Creator Playbook. YouTube put all their best practices and strategies into this book and offered some advice as to what affects the YouTube search algorithm and how you can best optimize your videos to take advantage of YouTube SEO.

10 Tips for YouTube SEO
YouTube SEO Tip #1) Likes and favorites increase your videos rankings in YouTube search.

YouTube SEO Tip #2) Publishing videos regularily to YouTube will improve your rankings in the YouTube search algorithm.

YouTube SEO Tip #3) More content will lead to more viewership and more rankings in the algorithm. YouTube wants you to keep posting videos to YouTube.

Metadata is critical
YouTube SEO Tip #4) Write good titles. Put keywords first and branding at the end. Make sure they are compelling titles.

YouTube SEO Tip #5) Include keywords in your tags and place those most important keywords and keyword phrases at the start of your tags fields. Include common and specific keywords (dont spam). write 12 or more tags and use as much of the characters as possible.

YouTube SEO Tip #6) Put your most compelling information first in your videos' description on YouTube and be sure to include plenty of keywords. Make sure you include links to other content you own and any other links that users could use to learn more about you. Also include a recurring keyword tagline.

YouTube SEO Tip #7) YouTube's search algortithm favors videos that link to and drive traffic to other YouTube assets within annotations.

YouTube SEO Tip #8) Having your videos listed in playlists improves your content's rankings in YouTube.

YouTube SEO Tip #9) Having a lot of video responses will also help indicate to YouTube that your video is popular and relevant and will help with SEO for YouTube.

YouTube SEO Tip #10) Respond to comments in the first hours after the video is published because building comments early helps build rankings in YouTube search.

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[TVSteveHarris]

Great Video thanks for sharing...

[reelseo]

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[AfterFxGuy]

Nice guide! Really helped me get a bit more "perspective" on how youtube works...

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[xmikoxsonx86]

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[ch5358ch]

Good vid

[UTubeSEOcom]

great stuff, keep on going

[BenoitSmithTv]

Very good info .. Thanks for sharing

[knoxmarketingguys]

Great video, as always!