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Does a Link in YouTube Video Description Good for SEO?

by imshazia
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I used to put website link at the start of description of Youtube video. For past one year, i have a feeling that this kind of links are not good for SEO anymore. I have had 2 instances in last 6 months where rankings went down after putting link in YouTube description tag.

I want to ask, should I still place links at the start of description of Youtube video or not? Share your experience on this.
#description #good #link #link buiding #seo #video #youtube
  • Profile picture of the author seopratyush
    Mentioning your website link in description tag is good technique, however you should need to do it wisely so that it does not look like you have nothing to show but only link.

    On the other hand, it will not affect your ranking position.
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    • Profile picture of the author paulgl
      Originally Posted by seopratyush View Post

      Mentioning your website link in description tag is good technique, however you should need to do it wisely so that it does not look like you have nothing to show but only link.

      On the other hand, it will not affect your ranking position.
      You contradict yourself. I see you offer SEO services from India....

      Mentioning your website link is neither good nor bad.
      It's not seen by anything that matters, SEO-wise that is.

      Cause and effect can get mixed up.

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  • Profile picture of the author khuram007
    If you simply put a link then this can be bad.
    video
    and then
    visit our site example.com for more
    is bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad.
    But
    video
    and then
    If you want more TIPS TO INCREASE YOUR MEMORY so that you could SCORE HIGH GRADES then we invite you to visit us at example.com and in Addition to MEMORY IMPROVEMENT, We also cover SPEED READING, CREATIVITY AND HYPNOSIS TECHNIQUES DESIGNED TO BOOST YOUR MEMORY POWER AND BRAIN IN GENERAL.
    This is very good.
    Do i need to explain why?
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  • Profile picture of the author khuram007
    It is not where your web link appears it is always the surrounding content that can either boost or lower your rankings.
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  • Profile picture of the author shahriat1
    OK. I'm a member of Expert Freelancer - Professional Freelance Service in USA
    and I happy to inform that you could still put your link on the description section. But Google take this link as nofollow. That's it. But don't use multi-link. Because it's will select as spam.
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  • Profile picture of the author linathinfotech
    Not that much bad as many people put their links. One more thing, if your video is great, there is a chance that people came to your website to know more.
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    • Profile picture of the author bertieallsorts
      You should rely on a good quality video and use that as website promotion boost. Youtube to my understanding are "No Follow" links.


      Bertie
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  • Profile picture of the author wotsreallygood
    This is interesting. I didn't really know that the text surrounding the links were just as important.
    It means have to go through all my video's again! Damn.

    So just to make sure in the description, I can only put in one link to a site? but multiple links makes it spammy?
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  • Profile picture of the author seobro
    Google sees one bare link as spam.
    Google sees multiple links as spam.

    Try to have at least 100 words of content in your desc and one link - just one.
    It should come right after the call to action such as:
    For more information click on ####.com/#######.htm

    Make sure the video is five minutes long or more.
    Also, that it is high res.

    Please make sure you talk about the main keyword in your video as Google now can convert audio to text and also put the keyword in your title and desc.

    Good production values will get you more viewers.
    A few will click on your link and these people can become customers of your.

    Please remember that Google looks at the video metrics.
    • How long do viewers stay on your video
    • The ratio of down arrows versus up arrows.
    • Number of comments that your video gets - positive or neg.
    Will a link help my rankings - yes. However, spam can hurt me.
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