Question about Backlinking to Youtube Videos

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I have a YT video sitting on #1 position of the second page. Just curious if I backlink - would that help push it to the first page?

What is your experience with backlinking to youtube vids?
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  • Profile picture of the author RedShifted
    Backlinks definitely help, and I blast all my YT videos with backlinks.

    However, your ranking will come down to many factors.

    One of the most important factors is how the video is optimized and what keywords you are going after. Certain keywords google will not show on page 1.

    However, I noticed you can alter that if you flood your video with enough views/likes/subscribers/comments. With that said, it still depends on the keyword. Like I've had some videos that were "stuck" after a few months, blasted them with more links, ordered a certain fiver gig, and had the video move from page 2 to page 1. Sometimes that will work, sometimes they get locked at the bottom of page 1.

    Backlinks and social activity definitely matter, but what matters more are the keywords you're targeting. And since we don't know what keywords google considers videos to be more relevant for, you have to try your best to prove that a video is "relevant" for that keyword. And thats done like I said with backlinks/views/comments/likes/subscribers + bookmarks can help too.
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  • Profile picture of the author JSProjects
    Originally Posted by bigcat1967 View Post

    I have a YT video sitting on #1 position of the second page. Just curious if I backlink - would that help push it to the first page?

    What is your experience with backlinking to youtube vids?
    Most likely they will. Though you want to make sure the video itself is properly optimized. Title, tags, description, and even the video filename. I've found that views / comments / likes, etc aren't AS important when it comes to actually ranking the video in Google. Proper optimization is, though.
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    • Profile picture of the author Icematikx
      Originally Posted by strategic seo services View Post

      Yes, definitely. You should try to get backlinks that are on high PR pages, dofollow, relevant, and contextual.
      You could always try the .EDU and .GOV backlinks offered by strategic seo services. Apparently .EDU and .GOV have some magical weight that they carry over.

      Or, perhaps not.
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      • Profile picture of the author JSProjects
        Originally Posted by Icematikx View Post

        You could always try the .EDU and .GOV backlinks offered by strategic seo services. Apparently .EDU and .GOV have some magical weight that they carry over.

        Or, perhaps not.
        I never quite bought into the .edu / .gov hype.
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  • Profile picture of the author kingsweb
    Yes, backlinks can work for you. Do social bookmarking of your video url and also share it in your social platforms.
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  • Profile picture of the author saloni
    Provide quality backlinks and social media promotion for best results...
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