Jan Klin Blog

SEO tips for YouTube

GUIDELINE FOR MAXIMISING VISIBILITY AT YOUTUBE AND OTHER VIDEO UPLOAD SITES

• ensure your video is tagged with relevant keywords
• ensure it is in the most appropriate category
• overdub the video with your domain name (see Heskins example)
• ensure you include a clickable domain name back to your site
• ensure the title and description include your target keyphrases (you can use Youtube to see what the most popular phrases are in your category)
• Ideally get a couple of friends to ‘rate’ your video – ratings (good or bad – but ideally good!) have a strong impact on rankings
• YouTube is the most popular but Google video, Brightcove and Metacafe are also very popular. You could use Tubemogul to submit to all major video hosting platforms