How to rank YouTube videos on the first page of Google.

 

Do you want your videos to rank on YouTube and other search engines? THE Simple answer is “yes buddy", 

Well since you said yes let me just show you how it works. 

In this article am going to show you a few things to do if you want your videos to rank on YouTube and another search engines.

Getting a video to rank on the first page of YouTube and even better on the first page of Google can really change your business for good.

So in this article am going to show you 5 best strategies on how to rank your videos on the first page of YouTube and Google,

 and am also going to give you a bonus tip at the end of this blog post on how I make my videos rank.

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 I will advise you to stick to this guide to see how it is done. Before we start this tutorial I want you to know this power tip 

“What you say and what Google sees in your video can help you rank.

1. Research before you press record:

This is one of the major mistake people make when it comes to YouTube. 

Most people press record before doing research, after recording before they sit down and think about the title, tags, keyword, 

and most importantly how to write the description, 

well you may have some success in doing this but you are actually going to miss your chance of ranking, 

because you have to research first and record the second.

 

What do I mean by research first?

Keyword research:

Try to know what topics and terms are people searching for consistently?

Related: What are keywords and why are they important?

Google research:

What kind of content is google ranking for the search term? To be more specific, 

for some niche you have to go and see if Google is already ranking a video for it. 

If Google is already ranking a video for it, then it will be hard for your video to rank.

 You may have some chance of ranking if google is giving out videos for that particular search term, 

this is the reason why you need to do keyword research. So go and search google if you are really ambitious on ranking your YouTube videos.

2. Create high-quality videos.

Creating a video optimized for ranking isn’t a big deal.
A high-quality video is a video that's informative and relevant to the audience.

Suppose your video is least informative or irrelevant to the topic, it won't rank on youtube, no matter how optimized it is for SEO.


High quality is determined by audience retention and engagement. 


Audience retention: Iy is the percentage length of your video that the audience has watched. If you want to rank high you must focus on audience retention.


User engagement: These are viewers who are engaged with your content and will likely share, subscribe, comment, and like your videos. User engagement is an important Youtube SEO ranking factor.

18 tips for creating high-quality videos.

1. Publish longer videos
2. Plan your video script
3. Upload high-resolution videos
4. Your video content should be relevant to the chosen title.
5. Create content that fulfills viewers' requirements.
6. Use examples to clarify your content.
7. Make your content visually appealing.
8. Prefer to give more information to your audience.
9. Create original content
10. Prefer to have audio quality and video effects.
11. Avoid distractions
12. Include subtitles
13. Focus on the initial 15 seconds of your videos
14. Add resources from well-known sites to your video.
15. Prefer to use cards
16. Setup end screens
17. Create playlists.
18. Use pattern interrupts to keep your audience

REASONS

Let's assume you've created two videos, Video A is 20 minutes long while video B is 10 minutes long.

On average, if viewers watch about 50% of  A and B videos, as a result, video A will more be twice the watch time of video B. This is the reason you should Publish longer videos.


When you plan your video script, it keeps your content flow and organized.

make sure your videos are clear and high resolution, this means your videos should be in landscape size.

When your content is relevant to the chosen title, it enables viewers to watch your video for a longer period, because that is what they were searching for. in doing this, it increases your watch.

Create content that fulfills your viewers' requirements, when it comes to creating content you must create content that will solve your viewers' problem or search query.

 When you create content from your viewer's perspective, it enables them to trust in you and also helps them share your content among their fellows who are interested in your content.

When you give examples in your videos, it enables the viewers to better understanding what you are actually talking about. 

when your audience can understand your content better, it will force them to share it, and the more shares the more views you get, the more views you get, the more chance of ranking you get. the more views which means the more watch time.

Make your videos visually appealing enough to capture viewers' attention and make them stay for a longer period.

Giving maximum relevant information to your viewers can help you gain more views. It is important to give a detailed explanation about your video and give people the main reason why they should watch your videos.

Create original content, you must create your own content and make them unique. 

This doesn't mean you can't use a title that's already used nor talk about, this simply mean you should create your own videos with your own ideas so that they will be unique to your audience. 

{ Avoid plagiarism as it is against the terms and conditions of youtube.}

If you want viewers to be engaged with your content then you need to provide good audio quality and video effects, when you use a good video effect in your videos, it makes it less boring to viewers.

    

3. Add closed caption:

This is a no-miss tip because google listens to your videos. Read the text in the image below to see what YouTube is saying about the closed caption.

4. Add Timestamps:

Timestamps Are also known as Google key moments because it tells google the actual time you make specific statements or review a particular product,

 for example, look at the image below I snapshot from one of my influencers.

credit to think media

From the image above you can see that Google has highlighted some important parts of the video are based on the keyword searched by the searcher. 

Google was able to get those points due to the timestamp in the video.

To add a timestamp, you have to first all record the video and watch through, on that instance of watching through, 

jot down the time at which you said a certain important keyword. For example, 

let’s say you are talking about “top ten websites to make money online”, 

so some places to take Note that you are opening a specific website in such a video.

Now we are heading over to the final part in that section am going to show you.

5. Optimize your videos.

For your videos to stand out among your competitors, it is important for you to update some things.

5 things to optimize on every video.

If you want your videos to rank on YouTube, the first thing you should optimize is

1.       Title: This is very crucial because it tells the viewer what actually the video is talking about and also tell search engines.

2.       Thumbnail: This is an image in form of a banner that if well optimize and SEO friendly could draw the viewer's attention.

3.       Description: This is a piece of intro about the video that normally tells search engines what the video is going to offer and how is going to solve a particular problem?

4.       Tags: They are keywords that are related to your video title that helps search engines place the video at the appropriate position where it belongs.

5.       Topic: I will say the topic is the most important one here, this doesn’t mean is the rest are unimportant no, 

    because if you are able to target the right topic and the right time, believe me, you,

     you are going to really rank higher in addition, targeting the right topic will also give you the best ideas that will make Google understand what you are actually talking about.

  

11 ways to Promote your videos 

1.  Interact with your audience on social media platforms
2. Participate in forums and blog discussions
3.  List your video in relevant and reputable directories
4.  Prefer testimonial link building
5.  Opt for influencer marketing
6.  Earn backlinks from relevant and authoritative websites
7.  Take advantage of email marketing by adding your YouTube link in an email signature
8.  Engage your audience by posting your video links on the community page.
9.  Bookmark your videos on popular bookmarking sites (like StumbleUpon.com)
10.  Join high PR Q&A sites and post answers to questions related to your video (like quora, how, etc)
11.  Embed videos in your blog post.

BONUS

The bonus tip is to BE CONSISTENT: In everything, you do consistency is the key. 

Try to post at least once a week and target when your viewers are on YouTube. 

I normally post my videos on Saturdays because most people are off work on Saturdays,

 which means I have a higher percentage of getting views because I know when my viewers are searching for a particular keyword.

More of the time I get my blog post ideas from social media and I use keyword everywhere to see related keywords and also TubeBuddy to generate related tags.

Disclaimer

This tip works for any niche. I also apply these steps to my recent YouTube videos have helped increase my views and CTR, 

so I guarantee you 100% successful if you apply these strategies to your videos.

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