I have sent you a PM about this.

Keith

I would like to know the solution to this mystery as well.

You should try writing articles and guest blogging. Also, try a link magnet or link wheel. You should also look into press release submissions.

Here is my 02 cents:

1) I would have listed your Tags as this
Tags: Recording Studio in Fort Lauderdale, Recording, Studio, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Which would have kept the phrase "Recording Studio in Fort Lauderdale" as one keyword. Then divide it up into separate keywords after it. In my opinion this gives more weight to your targeted search term "Recording Studio in Fort Lauderdale"

2) For your title I would have left out "- 10 hours for 4 200" and made sure that was included in the video. I would have just made the title "Recording Studio in Fort Lauderdale"

3) Another trick I do is look at the top Youtube video that is being listed for "Recording Studio in Fort Lauderdale" if any and copy their tag words. You may not show up first, but you have a good chance of showing up first in the list of related videos on the right side of the Youtube page. Which mostly likely would result in secondary views and help list you on Google.

Good luck!

JR

@ Jermemy wen i figure it out i promise i'll let u know

@ K60mall not enough posts to pm here's my email totalpakage@503gmail.com

@ steve with this new format, the question is.. if the vidoes have more authority how do we get that to work for our benefit

@ Jr thanks for the tips

Here is my advice. I did the same thing for my business. It took about 2 weeks for google to get it indexed. I think sometimes it takes a little longer. And I would make sure you get alot more links to that video than the amount you have. You will be surprised to search one day and see it there. Google likes youtube and with links to a video you will rank that higher then a competitors site that hasnt pushed any links back to his site in a while.


Yes, I also load as many keywords as possible .

Also on YT, I am not sure if it helps yet, or proven, but I fill out the maps location and etc on YT also. It couldnt hurt.

Yah I was also interested in some more tips/ways to get videos to rank above places OR have your "place" show up in the top 7 (if you have a video)....

you have to realize that the majority of local business owners are not marketing and advertising gurus... they believe in the local paper and that's it

getting them to buy anything regarding anything online is a hugely education experience and most will shy away from anything even close to $100 a month and if they don't see immediate results they will give up on it immediately

plus you have to realize that they do not have deep pockets

This is all very interesting. I am just starting to target offline businesses for rankings, etc., and I wouldn't dare charge less than $500 to set it up, and then around $200-$300 to maintain it every month. I agree that if a person cannot pay more than $100, then their budgets are way too tight to make a real commitment. We need to be targeting places that already have a decent ad budget and convince them why that money is better spent with us than the print ads, etc.

As for the videos, I think that it would require a lot more backlinking, etc., to get it to show up regardless if you are local or not, because more and more people are starting to use video which is going to make that a more competitive arena than it once was.

I agree that the videos should be used in conjunction with Google Places instead of doing it as an alternative for them.

@totalpackage - good for you by going for it and uploading a video now as for ranking...a couple of things (actually I could go on and on here, so I'll try to keep things on point)...

1) No competition? I just searched for "Recording Studio in Fort Lauderdale" and after the 7 Google Places Results (in which one of them is sponsored), the remaining results are from sites such as Superpages and Topix...so even though the Google Keyword Tool might show there are no searches per month, there is definitely competition going on here, plus the fact that your target keyword phrase appears to pick up some results from Miami as well...which I'm sure has a ton of recording studios and thus a ton of competition.

...BTW, all the people that want to make money with lawyers/attorneys this is the same situation...you might now see a lot of searches per month but the current results are very much entrenched and have been so for a while so moving them can be difficult.

Alright, let's get to what you can do...

2) Like mentioned about by JRGautreaux, TAGS, he gave great examples of tags you need to have in there...and enter as many as possible...and enter long-tail ones as well, your current tags are as broad as can be...and don't enter any tags with Miami as you'll only increase your competition.

3) Description...do me a favor and go to Google, type in your target phrase "Recording Studio in Fort Lauderdale" and then on the left-hand side select Videos.

OK, I see your video listed second, but see the video listed above yours titled "Debonaire Recording Studio virtual tour"...see the description that is listed under the title...see how the target keyword phrase is highlighted right there...change yours to be the same thing...you want to list your target keyword first in your video's Description.

4) Did you geo-tag your video when you uploaded it? Meaning did you select that it was uploaded in Fort Lauderdale? If not, just go back in and edit it and do that, it can only help, especially when people are logged in to YouTube.

5) Backlinks...don't go crazy with bookmarks (I see a ton of Mixx backlinks on your video), here's what to do...go to all your local classified sites (i.e. Craigslist, BackPage, etc.)...register, log in, and post a quick ad in Fort Lauderdale about your studio and enter in a couple anchor text that is hyperlinked to your video.

6) Embed your video on your site as well...

7) Views - let's be real here, Google is algorithm based and they have admitted that they use the number of views on YouTube in ranking videos.


OK, I'll stop there...so there's a few things to get done, but as I stated above you do have some real competition here so your not going to rank 1st page in 2 days, you have to be realistic, but after checking out your target kw phrase it is doable.

@totalpackage - not a problem and your right Google does love YouTube but it just needs some help to put the right video in the right spot...

As for the backlinks, yes, anchor them with your kw phrase...

Good luck and keep posting videos, most people that are interested will check out your video then go to your channel and want to watch some more...so the more videos you have posted the more they can get to know you and you'll increase not only your traffic but also your conversions....let me know if you have any other questions.

Well, this thread is now on page 4 of goog.

Maybe if you post you video link here, goog will really notice!

Keep trying and best to you.

TB

Quick update: video has been up for 4 days and now its the 1st video shown for my keyword phrase for google videos and youtube

Next mountain to climb: 1st page of google

For those doubters out there videos do rank above and in between maps listings, I do it all the time.

Leeds Wedding Photographer - Google Search

http://www.google.com/search?source=...0c07a4ca199aa8

Keith

As others have said, if your video is doing something else other than ranking, then you've got some real options.

I've got a client who spends close to 1 grand a month on other media, and when he saw the simple video I put up for him, he was very pleased.

He is now ready to give me a big chunk of that grand a month and stop using other media, period. I will outsource the web stuff and pocket the rest.

Simple use of video to please a client, not get rankings, per se.

I think you should do article submission, blogs and press releases and bookmarking.

Another quick update: yesterday I was no where to be found on google.. i checked 12 pages deep

Now i'm on the 2nd page for my kw phrase!

google is so unpredictable, now i've dropped to page 3

If that is your site in your signature the title of the page should be Fort Lauderdale Recording Studio instead of your name or whatever that is there.

Seem to be stuck on page 3

It will come (I think!).

I made a dentist site - it went to page 3 quickly...and then disappeared.

...For two weeks...

I was panicking slightly, and then it suddenly popped up on page one and has stayed there since.

Hang on in there.

thanks for the inspiration

i guess my question would be once the listing disappeared did u do any additional work or did it just get to page one on its own

Well i am definitely proud to say that after 2 weeks of hard work i finally accomplished my goal

my video on the FIRST PAGE OF GOOGLE!!!!

thanks to all those who gave tips and advice to make this possible

now im on to my first client video about a night club in pembroke pines lets see how long it takes

How did it go ?

Nothing?

I always do YouTube, and I've had good luck with dailymotion and viddler. Right now, for my main keyword phrase (which is in a competitive real estate market), #3 spot on Google is 3 of my videos - 2 from youtube and 1 from viddler. Then I have 2 more (metacafe and dailymotion) on page 2.

I drive links to all the videos. When I first started with 1 video and got it to page 2, Google was giving the thumbnails for 2 videos - mine and a video of my competitor. I started driving links to my video, and what do you know, those thumbnails for both of our videos started climbing up. So I was helping my competitor!

So I quickly put up couple more videos to YouTube and drove links to all (plus the other ones listed above - viddler, dailymotion and metacafe). Now, my competitor is pushed back to 4th page. Yea!

It'll take time, but it's going to wokr

Is it better to go article marketing or youtube?