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Youtube SEO!

by mytoy78
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Hey folks,

Ok, well I've literally been around the block trying to get every new wso out on ranking videos on youtube (in particular for local).

Apart from the basics of on-page seo, (which they all seem in agreement with), there's such a wide range of opinion on the offpage element.

What do you do?

Thanks in advance

Colin
#seo #video #youtube
  • Profile picture of the author MN Warrior
    The only thing I can say about YouTube SEO is that links on there are nofollow (not that they don't contribute to traffic).
    whether they're in your profile or on the video.
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  • Profile picture of the author Lightlysalted
    I didn't realise that YouTube links were no follow, although it makes sense.
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    • Profile picture of the author Dan Allard
      Originally Posted by MN Warrior View Post

      The only thing I can say about YouTube SEO is that links on there are nofollow
      Originally Posted by Paid Surveys View Post

      I didn't realise that YouTube links were no follow, although it makes sense.
      Along with Twitter and Facebook links, but you can't say social media doesn't play a part in SEO right?

      Originally Posted by mytoy78 View Post

      Apart from the basics of on-page seo, (which they all seem in agreement with), there's such a wide range of opinion on the offpage element.

      What do you do?
      Off-site I submit my YouTube RSS feeds to RSS Submit, post my YouTube URL to Twitter and Facebook or have someone at Fiverr get social media links. Then raise the views and likes, I use Vagex but you can also use Fiverr for this. For most local keywords 1,000 views and 20 likes is enough from my experience. Then social bookmarking backlinks should bring it to the front page (Fiverr gig). If not I'll order a link pyramid that involves Web 2.0 sites pointed at the video. If you're still not at the front page your on-page SEO might be off or your keyword is competitive and you probably need to keep building consistent links (I say probably because there are many variables).
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  • Profile picture of the author Factor
    what does that mean no follow?
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    • Profile picture of the author CodeBotics
      A no follow link is one which isn't followed by Google, so doesn't really help with SEO. I'm sure someone will explain it better!
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    • Profile picture of the author Dan Allard
      Originally Posted by Factor View Post

      what does that mean no follow?
      It means the hyperlink has the no follow attribute (rel="nofollow") and it tells search engines like Google not to pass page rank to that link. Some people say they're pointless for SEO and some say they do play a part in SEO.

      From my experience nofollow links are valuable and 3 weeks ago I had a client's website go from page 4 to page 1 from only 1 nofollow link (from YouTube). This was for a low competition local keyword, and they were already ranking for similar keywords.

      My theory at how that happened is that my clients website didn't necessarily need more backlinks to beat the competition. They just needed to tell Google they were also relevant for that additional keyword, which is what that nofollow link did.
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  • Profile picture of the author Tenzho
    True, so many WSO calling you to do youtube videos.
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  • Profile picture of the author Devon Brown
    Optimize your title, description, and tags. I do keyword research on A LOT and thats how I SEO Youtube.
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  • Profile picture of the author Tenzho
    Ok, So should I continue making youtube videos? There is a WSO saying that he made $XXX,XXX.XX Amount of money from just the traffic from Youtube. So, where is the traffic from youtube comes from? How are you going to promote that video? I've seen videos which are 2 or 3 years ago with less than 100 views.
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    • Profile picture of the author yukon
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      Originally Posted by Tenzho View Post

      Ok, So should I continue making youtube videos? There is a WSO saying that he made ,XXX.XX Amount of money from just the traffic from Youtube. So, where is the traffic from youtube comes from? How are you going to promote that video? I've seen videos which are 2 or 3 years ago with less than 100 views.
      Youtube traffic is self contained.

      My brother now has over 3+ million views in approx. 8 months since startup, only monetizing Adsense on the videos, earning average of right at $50 per day (part time).
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  • Profile picture of the author mytoy78
    Thanks for all of your comments folks. I've just got really ticked off lately with every new video seo wso claiming to hold the keys for what's now relevant, only to discover that they are just pumping out recycled garbage.

    Keep up the good fight!

    Colin
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