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Short video or long, that is the question?

by timpears
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I have often been told to go to Animoto to make a video and the free is fine. Yet I was just told two days ago that Google will not rank a video if it is under 50 seconds. I don't know where this information comes from, and i have not heard it before. So I wanted to check if anyone can confirm that?
#long #question #short #video
  • Profile picture of the author timpears
    Doesn't anyone have an answer to this?
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  • Profile picture of the author Blakos
    Personally I wouldn't watch a video under 50 secs, but prefer to watch 5-10 min videos over 30-50 min videos due to data reasons, if my individual input helps.
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  • Profile picture of the author gladwinforum
    Google has not mentioned anywhere about this. Many of the funny videos will within 1Min. They rank well in the Search Engines. Even ads will be around 30Sec, they too rank well. Length of the video doesn't matter. Stay cool and proceed.
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  • Profile picture of the author Gail_Curran
    Originally Posted by timpears View Post

    I have often been told to go to Animoto to make a video and the free is fine.
    Actually, using the "free" Animoto videos for commercial purposes is against the terms of service. So it's not fine.

    I've heard that Youtube (and perhaps by extension Google) prefers longer videos (at least 1:30), but I don't have a source. Regardless, putting up a bunch of crappy 30-second Animoto videos is just asking for Youtube account deletion.

    Make videos worth watching. Aim for at least one minute of useful information or entertaining content.

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  • Profile picture of the author zenxseo
    its not about 30sec or 50sec if that video is worthy and providing value any video can rank,
    most of Commercial are under 30 sec but rank at youtube and lots of view too
    E.g
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    Apparently whoever your getting your video info. from is wrong, here's a 0:01 video on Google SERPs.

    shortest video
    Long live the 0:01 cat video that provides value.
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  • Profile picture of the author heavysm
    Originally Posted by timpears View Post

    Yet I was just told two days ago that Google will not rank a video if it is under 50 seconds.
    My goodness, stop listening to these massively misinformed sources.
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  • Profile picture of the author sunita21
    I have not seen anywhere that Google has set any limitation of min 50 sec for video.
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  • Profile picture of the author SherlynCook
    I also have not seen any such thing mentioned by Google but have read a blog where it is written that - "The most popular videos on YouTube have an average length of 3 minutes. This means that the ideal length is between 2 and 4 minutes."
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  • Profile picture of the author JSProjects
    Originally Posted by timpears View Post

    I have often been told to go to Animoto to make a video and the free is fine. Yet I was just told two days ago that Google will not rank a video if it is under 50 seconds. I don't know where this information comes from, and i have not heard it before. So I wanted to check if anyone can confirm that?
    That is terrible information. I have plenty of videos under 50 seconds ranking well in Google. And plenty that are longer than 50 seconds as well.
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