{"id":163,"date":"2021-06-25T15:06:31","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T15:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eseotools.com\/blog\/?p=163"},"modified":"2021-06-25T15:06:31","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T15:06:31","slug":"youtube-seo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eseotools.com\/blog\/youtube-seo\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube SEO: How to Optimize Videos for YouTube"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Uploading a YouTube video has become a more complicated affair than it used to be. Back in the day, all you had to do was upload a video, and once it was trending, that was it. Now, you need to think of the video files name, social media, keyword optimization and the description, amongst other points.<\/p>\n<h2>Rename Your Video File First<\/h2>\n<p>One of the biggest mistakes users make when it comes to YouTube comes before they\u2019ve even uploaded a video. YouTube is smart and will read the file name and the code when uploaded to its site, and if it\u2019s a load of gibberish that has nothing to do with the keywords or is a planned, organized name, then it won\u2019t do well.<\/p>\n<p>Consider changing it to something more relevant in order to be optimized. This will help with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eseotools.com\/blog\/important-seo-points-to-improve-your-real-estate-marketing\/\">SEO<\/a> functions of YouTube and will see your video showing up more often on a page than you would otherwise. Also, ensure that the file type itself is optimized for the site, such as an MP4 or MOV file.<\/p>\n<h2>Understand How Social Media Works<\/h2>\n<p>These days, YouTube has integrated into social media very efficiently. This means that videos are optimized to play through platforms such as Twitter and Facebook with ease, at least with transferring the user to their app.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re planning to roll out a YouTube video or YouTube ad, then you should have a grasp on social media is able to roll it out everywhere to boost viewership. Use a marketing service that incorporates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chainreaction.ae\/social-media-marketing-managment\/\">social media marketing management<\/a> to make everything run as seamless as possible.<\/p>\n<p>This way, you\u2019ll be able to run a campaign without the stress of logging into every social media account to post out a notice about the video. A marketing service will identify a house style of content and roll it out at the same time.<\/p>\n<h2>Use The Right Amount of Keywords<\/h2>\n<p>Keywords should be inserted naturally into a video title. The algorithm itself won\u2019t like repetition and spam, and it\u2019s smarter than you\u2019d think. The keywords are also important for viewers searching for a video. If a viewer isn\u2019t intrigued enough by the title, then it\u2019s unlikely they will click onto the video in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>The keyword needs to be relevant for the video, too and needs to be of decent length, not too short or not too long.<\/p>\n<h2>Optimize Your Video Description<\/h2>\n<p>In a similar story, the <a href=\"https:\/\/backlinko.com\/hub\/youtube\/video-description\">video description itself needs to be optimized<\/a>. You will have a 1,000-character limit when it comes to filling that white space, but you only need a small amount of that. You see, a viewer will only see the first few lines of text of around 100 characters before a user will have to expand the description to read more.<\/p>\n<p>Most users simply won\u2019t bother to do this unless prompted to go view a link that was suggested in the video that benefits them, such as a reward or unique product. What you can do, if you\u2019re not sure what to do with this space, is to add the transcript of the video, which is useful for those that are either hard of hearing or simply have to watch with no sound.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uploading a YouTube video has become a more complicated affair than it used to be. 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