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title: 'Full YouTube Keyword Research Course (Rank #1 on YouTube)'
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# Full YouTube Keyword Research Course (Rank #1 on YouTube)

> Source: [Full YouTube Keyword Research Course (Rank #1 on YouTube)](https://youtube.com/watch?v=taI_CktpwOU)

## Summary

This video provides a comprehensive guide to YouTube keyword research, teaching viewers how to find and rank for keywords to increase views, subscribers, and revenue. The creator shares a five-step strategy based on personal experience, emphasizing the importance of keyword research over random video creation.

### Key Points

- **The Power of Keyword Research** [00:00] — The creator's videos went from 28 views to ranking #1 for many keywords after learning keyword research, resulting in over 135 million views and $500k in ad revenue on one faceless channel.
- **Five-Step Strategy Overview** [01:00] — The video breaks down a five-step strategy: finding keywords, qualifying them, optimizing for SEO, and more. The creator has uploaded over 5,000 videos and gets ~100,000 views daily.
- **What is Keyword Research?** [03:10] — Keyword research is the process of finding what people search for on YouTube and determining if you can rank for that search phrase.
- **Why Keyword Research is Important** [04:00] — Without keyword research, videos rely on homepage/recommended traffic, which often fails for new channels. With keyword research, you know there is interest before making the video.
- **Step 1: Finding Keywords** [06:59] — Use YouTube's search bar to find search predictions. The alphabet method and underscore method can generate thousands of keywords. VidIQ's keyword tool speeds up this process.
- **Using VidIQ for Keyword Research** [09:44] — VidIQ extracts keywords from the search bar. Use 'matching terms' to find keywords containing your main keyword, and 'related keywords' for similar terms. Clicking on a keyword allows deeper exploration.
- **Ignoring VidIQ Scores** [12:36] — The creator ignores VidIQ's search volume and competition scores because they are not accurate and everyone has access to them, leading to no competitive advantage.
- **Step 2: Qualifying Keywords** [19:03] — Search for the keyword on YouTube, open ranking videos, and use VidIQ's historical data to check views per hour. This reveals if people are still searching for the keyword.
- **Analyzing Views Per Hour** [21:55] — For a small channel, 5 views per hour is good (3,600 views/month). For a big channel, more is needed. Average the views per hour of the top 3 ranking videos to decide if it's worth it.
- **Step 3: Can You Rank?** [26:23] — Research four points: 1) Are ranking videos using the exact keyword in their title? 2) Channel size (smaller channels are better). 3) Video length (longer/better can outrank). 4) Thumbnail quality (improving can increase CTR).
- **Step 4: SEO Optimization** [40:59] — Include the exact keyword at the beginning of the title. Add matching/related keywords in the description naturally. Use a clear thumbnail. Use rapidtags.io for tags.
- **Live Keyword Research Example** [48:45] — The creator demonstrates finding a keyword for his channel: 'free AI video generator'. He analyzes ranking videos, checks views per hour, and determines it's a good keyword.
- **SEO for the Example Keyword** [54:28] — Creates a title: 'I tried free AI video generators to create faceless YouTube shorts'. Writes a description including related keywords like 'YouTube shorts monetization'. Uses rapidtags.io for tags.

### Conclusion

By following this five-step keyword research process, you can consistently rank videos #1 in YouTube search, leading to sustained views and revenue. The key is to find keywords with search volume and low competition, then optimize your title, description, and tags.

## Transcript

28 views that's how many views my videos
used to get when I did not understand
YouTube keyword research now that I do
I've got hundred of videos ranking
number one in the YouTube search results
when people search for Pick Three AI
tutorial my video shows up number one
when they search for AI video generator
I show up number one when I search for
create faceless YouTube videos I show up
number one and number two this results
in YouTube search traffic allowing
people to find my video when they search
for these keywords this helps me get
more views subscribers as well as
generate more revenue and that is not
just for my personal channel on one of
my faceless YouTube automation channels
I was able to get over 135 million views
on the channel make over half a million
dollars in at revenue and if I go to
content and then reach you'll see that
over 61% is YouTube search over 19% is
external which is Google search so my
qord research strategies work for any
type of Channel if you're at a stage
where none of your videos do well nor
ranking search results this video is
made for you as up break down the exact
fre step strategy I use myself to go
from my videos getting no views at all
to my videos getting for example 24,000
views 600,000 views or even 3 million
views by optimizing for keywords and
YouTube SEO so in this video I will show
you how to do keyword research this is
the best way to go about finding
keywords that you can actually rank for
there's so much fluff on YouTube from
people who've barely scratched the
service at this moment I've uploaded
over 5,000 videos generating me about
100,000 views every single day across a
few channels so trust me I've made all
the mistakes you can make and I have
finally found the best way to do keyword
research now this will make you go from
choosing the wrong keywords and wasting
your time and effort to being able to
find the right keywords so that your
videos can Rank and get views for months
if not years to come then I will show
you how to qualify a keyword how do you
differentiate the difference between a
good keyword and a bad keyword because
finding a keyword in the first place can
be hard however that is only the first
step if you choose a bad keyword this
can mean that your video won't rank or
maybe it ranks but it doesn't get views
because there's no surge volume because
of that it is very important that you
qualify the keyword meaning you do
research to figure out if it would be
worth your time and effort to make a
video on this keyword and then the final
step of this puzzle how to optimize your
video with SEO to rank number one in
search how do you optimize your title
and descript ion to increase your
chances of ranking number one in the
YouTube search results this can make the
difference between ranking number one
and not ranking at all now there's only
two important steps for this however
doing one of them wrong already ruins
all of your effort now of course I will
show you both important steps in this
video to make sure that you can rank
number one now what's even more
important for you to know is that in
this video I will not sell you any
course or coaching I'm here to provide
you with everything I know about YouTube
keyr research and in return please leave
a like on this video And subscribe
that's all I'm going to ask for now with
that being said please get rid of all
your distractions and let's dive into
the world of keyword research on YouTube
now before I show you the sexy stuff
that's coming up what exactly is keyword
research now simply said doing keyword
research the process of finding what
people search for on YouTube and then
figuring out if we can potentially rank
our video for that specific search
phrase or keyword meaning if someone
searches for the keyword we found can we
get our video to show up high in these
search results AI video generator is one
of these keyword SL search phrases so
when people search for this my video
then shows up number two that is pretty
high they can click on that video and
then watch it okay so you now get what
it is however you still might wonder
Yuri why is this so important why do you
have to do keyword research if you want
to rank your video well simply set once
again if you make videos at random
chances are you won't get what you're
looking for which is good views and we
can prove that by taking a look at this
video that I uploaded on August 24th
2020 so that is over 3 years ago and
this video only ended up getting 147
views why because I did not do any
keyword research I just made a video
that I thought would be interesting for
people on YouTube and I got proven wrong
because this video did not perform well
it's not ranking and the last 48 hours
it is getting zero views now let's
compare that to actually doing qart
research this is one of the videos that
I also uploaded February 21st 202 2
about 600 days ago and as you can see
there's still a lot of traffic coming
every single day from YouTube search 80%
is coming from YouTube search 5% from
external which is going to be Google
search and that makes up for the
majority of traffic on this video so
this video with keyword research had
114,000 views got me close to 600
subscribers as well as made me close to
$900 which is one video but the best
part is this video is ranking in the
search results and because of that it is
still getting views and making money
every single day so basically set
without keyword research you must rely
on YouTube showing your videos to people
on the homepage and recommended section
however if this doesn't happen and most
likely it will not especially if you're
just getting started you'll be stuck at
zero views however with the keyword
research you can properly analyze the
best opportunities to get views on your
video because before making your video
you already know that there's interest
because people search for your video
topic now now now that you know that all
you need to do is show up in these
search results for people to discover
your video now once again taking a look
at my actual YouTube Studio this video
right there uploaded over 3 years ago
only has five views literally five views
it made me 1 cent on the first day since
then it didn't make me any money this
video is not ranking it's not getting
any views it's completely dead why
because they not do proper keyword
research then comparing that to this
video right here this video is well
alive as you can see this video in total
88,000 views so far I made
$529 but the best part is every single
hour this is still getting views so in
the last 48 hours close to 1,000 views
last 60 Minutes 22 views most of it
comes from YouTube search so this video
is ranking really well as you can see in
the initial stages it wasn't getting
that many views but after a month or so
it started to pick up pick up pick up
and right now it's doing very very well
making about $3 every single day now to
finish that off I want you to answer
this question so when searching for
something online whether that be Google
YouTube whatever do you ever go to the
fifth page no right you click on one of
the first results that shows up so in
order to end up number one you need to
do keyword research I'll use a freest
step process for my keyword research
step one will lead into step two and
into step three now remember this will
be a very detailed tutorial so chances
are you might have questions about
certain things but the answers will
probably be given in the following steps
Okay so step number one is finding
keywords people actually search for
because if you rank for a keyword that
nobody searches for you'll still get
zero views and that's not what we want
so one of the ways to find keywords with
search volume is by using the search bar
on YouTube when typing in something in
this bar YouTube will show you the most
relevant keywords to what you typed in
and this is based on YouTube data so if
we type in AI we will find a list of
keywords which is called search
predictions now all of these predictions
are based on what you typed into this
bar initially so all of these keywords
now show up because people have actually
searched for it before meaning we know
for a fact that people search for this
which is exactly what we want so how do
I know for a fact that people search for
this simply said YouTube wants to show
the viewer the most relevant keywords
the keyword they are most likely looking
for and because of that they will show
search predictions based on most search
volume to least search volume so in the
search bar you can find all keywords
people actually search for on the entire
platform of YouTube so what we can now
do is use the search bar to find all
keywords people search for in your Niche
let's say my Niche is AI if I now type
in AI I will see a whole list of
keywords that I can potentially make a
video about now you can extract all
these keywords manually by doing a few
different combinations in the search bar
the first one is the alphabet method
after typing in a keyword you can type
in every letter of the alphabet to make
more detailed keyword show up for
example if I type in how to a you get
this entire list of keywords if I then
type in how to B the list will change
and I get all of these how to see once
again the list will change if I now add
a word in between that for example how
to delete a this list shows up how to
delete B etc etc this will once again be
a whole new list of keywords for every
letter you put in you can then change
delete to a different word do the entire
alphabet again and once again you'll get
thousands of keywords so that way you
can already get endless keywords to show
up the second method is using the
underscore after typing in at least two
words you can put the underscore in
between them to see keywords people
search for using the initial two words
that you used for example let's say I
type in how to Instagram then I put the
underscore between them and you get to
see all of these keywords right here
there's a few more ways to combine sech
strategies to find endless amounts of
keywords and that's exactly what I did
back in 2020 however it is a bit of a
pain and it takes quite a long time to
find all of these keywords especially if
you want to search for very detailed
long teal keywords that have high search
volume and low competition since this
year I found that doing research is much
easier as well as quicker by using vid
iq's keywords tool all of the keywords
that show up on vid IQ are extracted
from the search bar in the first place
which means we have access to the exact
same keywords however with it IQ we can
find them much quicker as well as easier
especially for beginners reason for that
is because you don't need to play around
with all these combinations in the
search bar in the first place so what I
like to do on vid IQ is start off by
typing in the main keyword in my
industry let's say I make videos about
AI technology I will type in AI this is
the initial keyword that we search for I
call this the main keyword then I click
on matching terms what this does is that
it will show me more keywords that have
my initial keyword that I search for in
it so Ai and then we get AI cover AI
news AI tools AI voice changer and the
list goes on and on so just with that
one click on matching terms we're now
able to find a dozen keywords that
include AI then you've also got related
keywords which is slightly different
however it also allows you to find tons
of keywords instead of showing you more
keywords that has your keyword in it
related keywords shows you similar
things to what your keyword is so for
example searching for AI will also show
you stuff that includes AI but it will
also show you keywords that don't for
example machine learning deep learning
Future tools mat wolf so just to get it
clear matching terms will show you
keywords that include the keyword that
you search for related keywords will
show you similar things to the keyword
that you search for not necessarily
including the keyword itself but that's
not the good part what I like the most
is that I can now click on any of these
keywords and do the same thing so let's
I click on AI voice changer AI voice
changer will now become my keyword that
I search for if I then click on matching
terms again I will once again get a list
of dozen of keywords that include AI
voice changer so I went from searching
for AI then clicking twice to finding
all of these keywords right here and
that is why viq is so powerful because
you're not going to be able to do it
that quickly with just the search bar
alone you'll see that if I just search
for AI I will also get to see AI voice
changer but then I need to type in AI
voice changer and then I'll just get
this list of keywords however on vid IQ
with AI voice changer I will get much
more and in case you'd like to try V Q
Yourself by the way I will leave my
personal link down below which allows
you to try V Q premium for just $1 for
30 days now this video is not sponsored
by viq however I asked them if they can
arrange a special deal for my
subscribers and they did so thanks to
them you can get this exclusive $1 for
30 days deal with the link in the
description down below so right here
I've got a keyword that says realtime AI
voice changer now for the research part
I don't use the SE volume score or the
competition or anything like that in my
opinion this is not that accurate I will
definitely ignore it and the reason I
say that is because everyone has access
to these scores so if you're going to go
based on these scores alone everyone can
do the exact same as you you don't have
the skills yourself to understand why
this might be a good keyword and why
this might not be a good keyword so
because of that I don't really take a
look at the scores too much because
number one they're not extremely
reliable and number two everyone has
access to the same score so if we're
going to decide to make a video just
based on that score and everyone will do
the same we're all going to make the
same video and we've got no competitive
advantage over everybody else that's
using these scores to do their keyword
research whereas if we do the research
ourselves we can understand the keyword
better and crush the competition so
instead what I do is I copy the keyword
same simply select it click copy one
keyword then go to YouTube and simply
search for the keyword that you found
which in my case is Real Time AI voice
changer and then search for it but
before I show you step number two which
is how you can find a difference between
good keywords and bad keywords which
will decide whether your video is going
to get views or no views at all let's
first do some more keyword research and
fill out this list of keywords that
later in this video I can analyze so
that you can see exactly how I operate
and how I do this in real time going
back to vid IQ keywords I'm now going to
search for the keyword that we just
found which is realtime AI voice changer
if I now click on matching terms I'll be
able to find even more inep keywords for
example music AI voice changer real time
so this is even more specific and often
times the more specific aka the longer
the keyword yes there will be a bit less
search volume however there will also be
much less competition so for example if
around 4,000 people are searching for
this yet no one has made this video
right there we can very easily get about
4,000 views per month now once again
don't trust these sces too much but it's
just an indication so music AI voice
changer real time is another keyword I'm
going to copy and we're going to add
that to the list let's try and fight one
more Topic in the AI Niche before
switching to a different Niche once
again I'll start out by searching for AI
click on matching terms and I'll just
scroll through the results so right at
the bat what I notice is that photoshop
AI is one of the results now Photoshop
is a pretty big platform which means
that on a lot of these keywords there
might might be some good traffic so then
I will click on Photoshop AI scroll back
up click on matching terms again to find
more detailed longtail keywords about
Photoshop AI because just Photoshop AI
is most likely going to be way too
competitive especially if we have a
small channel so we're now matching
terms for Photoshop AI let me scroll
down and see what I find so right there
I notice how to use Photoshop AI that
right there is a very good keyword as it
will allow us to create a tutorial video
which often do well for ranking so this
one has caught my attention now what I
could do is right away save this one
itself let's put it in the list however
chances are that this is still too
competitive so what I'm going to do as
well is click on this one again so now
we have how to use Photoshop AI then go
to matching terms to find an even better
keyword so once again we've got a whole
list however the search volume does need
to be decent which is why this one how
to use Photoshop AI Genera fill seems
very interesting to me this is a very
specific keyword judging by vid IQ
search volume and competition score this
is going to be great but once again you
do not want to pay too much attention to
that it is just the nature of this
keyword that seems pretty good to me so
this one I'm going to copy put it in my
list again then if I keep looking this
one right there how to use the new
generative AI Photoshop is also pretty
interesting so you can definitely save
more than one keyword for the search
phace that you've done because this is
exactly why vid IQ speeds up the entire
process if you only save one keyword
then you start doing the research for
for your entire list let's say that how
to use Photoshop AI was too competitive
I cannot directly research the other two
whereas now because I've also saved
these ones I can directly analyze them
too speeding up the keyword research
process like crazy let's try some
platform specific keyword research for
example you know that canva is a great
tool a lot of people use it and you make
videos about canva you can start off by
typing in canva then click on matching
terms and then right at the backat
you'll see all of these keywords right
here now of course you can already keep
clicking on a few of these keywords
right here canva magic Studio seems
interesting as I think that's a new
feature so let me click on that one then
scroll back up go to matching terms and
here we go how to use canva magic Studio
how to use magic studio in canva canva
Magic Studio AI so once again we've got
a whole list of keywords now instead of
clicking on matching terms you can also
click on related keywords if I do that
for the canva keyword and I now start
scrolling you'll see the massive topics
right here however I can already tell
you these are going to be way too
competitive but if I continue to scroll
through this list for example how to use
canva app seems like an interesting one
to me so what I'm going to do is I'm
going to save this keyword and put it in
my list and the best part is knowing the
strategy you can do this for every
platform for example let's say you make
videos about Shopify you type in Shopify
let's go to matching terms then right
away all of these are the very big ones
so I'm not going to use these ones
however Shopify SEO seems pretty
interesting so I'm going to click on
Shopify SEO then once again this is
still a pretty big big term so I'm going
to go to matching terms to make it even
more detailed and then from here on as
you can see I'm able to find uh Shopify
SEO optimization now I myself I would
have never thought about that in the
first place however with that IQ by just
clicking twice I'm now able to find it
so I'm going to select it copy it and
once again put it in my list let's show
you one more example before we get into
step number two let's say you make
videos about marketing let's search for
marketing let's then go to matching
terms the second term right there
digital marketing let's click on that
then once again we'll go to matching
terms now what I noticed right at the
bat is that the keywords that show up in
the first place have a lot of search
volume why because these are not very
specific keywords this is just an entire
industry as a keyword so this is
probably not what I'm looking for so
instead what I will do is scroll down
and just see which keywords I notice for
example how to start a digital marketing
agency that is a specific detailed
keyword for example how to get clients
for digital marketing agency so I will
take these two keywords and put them in
my list step number two is researching
whether there's actual search volume as
well as if you've got the opportunity to
rank your video the way I do that is by
opening up the ranking videos in a brand
new tab so right click open a new tab
right click open a new tab and then
right here open a new tab so I've just
opened all the high ranking videos for
the keyword that we found with it IQ
which was real time AI voice changer so
always search for the keyword that that
you find in vid IQ and then open the
ranking videos then in order to see how
many views the ranking videos are
getting we need vid iq's feature called
historical data now this is the only
tool that allows us to get data from
other people's videos and with this tool
we can check the performance over time
but more importantly the views per hour
this video is getting as of right now
which will save us from making a big
mistake and that's the mistake most
people make that keeps them from getting
a lot of views because look at this
let's say I found this keyword how to
change fun on Tik Tok one of the ranking
videos has 224,000 views I could now
think I found a good keyword with vid IQ
because this channel is ranking for my
keyword has 224,000 views I can now very
easily think I would love to get 200,000
views myself so let's make the video
however I didn't check if as of right
now people still search for this because
if I now take a look at the views per
hour on this video you can see that vid
IQ stopped tracking it in May 2022 and
back then it was not even getting one
view per hour which means that if it's
not updated as of right now it's not
getting any views whatsoever and that's
the mistake this channel made right here
they made the exact same topic but they
didn't check if people were still
searching for this because of this this
video only has 395 views not even enough
to get the data to show up in the first
place on this video so with the
historical data tool we can
differentiate the difference between a
good and a bad keyword if the high
ranking videos all get good views per
hour that's a great sign that people
still searching for this if all of the
ranking videos used to get a lot of
views per hour and now get zero views or
the tracking is not up to date that is a
very bad sign now to get the historical
data feature to show up you do need a
vdq account all you need to do for that
is add the viq browser extension which
you can easily do through the Google
Chrome Store now the extension works
with a free version of viq however you
do need a paid account to get access to
the historical data for that I'll leave
my personal Link in the description down
below which allows you to try vid IQ
premium for just $1 for 30 days now when
you sign up it will ask you to connect
your YouTube channel now don't worry
about this I know it might seem weird at
first but viq is verified by YouTube
I've used this for 4 years and I never
had any concern or issues so don't worry
it is totally safe with that being said
let's analyze our keyword so this is the
number one ranking video for the keyword
realtime AI voice changer if we take a
look at the views overall we can see
that it's still going up quite steadily
which is a good sign initially it got
about 2,000 views in the first day but
this is from a channel called and the AI
which already has 880,000 plus
subscribers so it is safe to say that
the initial bump of views came from his
subscribers which is always something to
look out for if you're analyzing a graph
from a very big Channel and the video
has a lot of views it is most likely
that the ini initial views came from
subscribers what you want to look for
when you want to rank a keyword to get
search trffic is whether this video is
continuing to get views every single day
which from this line itself we can say
that that is indeed the case then next
up which is more important let's take a
look at views per hour once again
initially gets about 100 views per hour
which is from his subscribers don't pay
attention to that instead let's take a
look at a few weeks after uploading as
well as right now so you can see that a
few weeks after uploading but a month
later this video is still getting about
nine 10 eight views per hour which is
very good which brings up the question
what is a good amount of views per hours
to look for now the answer will depend
on your channel size let's say you're a
small channel that just started getting
five views per hour unless say 30 videos
because you upload daily within the
first month you'll be getting about
3,600 views every single day out of that
you might gain around 20 subscribers per
day and very easily you'll be able to
reach 1,000 subscribers
within your first 2 months on YouTube
which means that 5 views per hour on a
video is a great result however if
you're a big Channel with 100,000
subscribers getting five views per hour
won't do the job for you and because of
that I'd like to take a look at it this
way I analyze the top three ranking
videos for my keyword I add up the
amount of views per hour it is getting
and divide it by three if the number
that comes out of that is something I'd
be happy with to get on my video I make
the video if the number that comes out
of it is something I won't be happy with
I leave the keyword so the views per
hour that you should look for is kind of
a gray area simply do the research and
if the amount of views per hour is
something you desire you know that it's
worth it chances are this is search
trffic because this video is ranking
number one for that keyword and that way
we kind of need verify that there are
still a lot of people searching for this
keyword at this moment this video is
getting about seven or six views per
hour which will equal out about 144
views per day which is not bad at all on
a mon monly basis that is 4,000 views if
you can get 25 videos like this you're
already at 100,000 views per month it
all starts to add up over time now I
happen to know ndi personally so I sent
him a text asking if he can confirm that
this video isn't he getting traffic from
search and as you can see he came
through send me this screenshot and as
you can see 75% of the traffic isn't he
coming from YouTube search on that video
so we were correct then let's take a
look at the second ranking video for
that keyword so once again we're going
to go to historical and we can once
again see the graph is going up very
steadily which is good to see if we take
a look at views per hour it's even
better this video is getting about 100
views every single hour as of right now
having analyzed that I can definitely
tell you there's a lot of search traffic
for this type of keyword and then we've
got video number three right here
however this is a tricky one the reason
for that is because this title does not
match at all with our search phrase our
search phrase is Real Time AI voice
changer right there this only contains
AI voice changer which means that this
video might be doing well on a different
keyword than we found so you always want
to make sure that the videos you analyze
include the keyword that we found in the
first place however the first two videos
do indeed get quite some good traffic
which means we didn't inde confirm that
people are searching for this once
you've confirmed that the videos are
still getting views what you can do
additionally as well is open up the
channel in a new tab and then with the
viq extension you can click right right
here on these free dots click view
trending videos trending videos from vid
IQ allows you to see which videos are
currently getting the most views per
hour on a channel which as you can see
apart from these two shorts the video
that we found with that keyword is
indeed their best performing video which
is also a very good sign so if the high
ranking videos are getting good views
per hour and is one of their trending
videos this will be a good keyword which
brings us to step number three now that
we found a good keyword that hasn't de
got search traffic we need to figure out
if we can rank our video for that we're
going to research these four points
number one are they using the exact
keyword in their title as I told you
before YouTube wants to show the most
relevant video to the audience so that
most likely they will click and watch a
video that way YouTube makes more money
so knowing that YouTube will serve the
most relevant video to an audience what
they will do is show the video most
relevant to a keyword which means that
if you include your keyword in the title
preferably at the start of your title
you'll rank higher than videos that
don't include the exact keyword and I
can show you that right now so let's say
we search for realtime AI voice changer
as you will see the number one ranking
video is indeed real time AI voice
changer which is a direct match with our
keyword the second video from Andy has
best AI voice changer real time so Andy
has switched up these keywords making
him not out rank this person right there
even though his video is much longer and
accumulates more watch time now the
reason and's video was initially ranking
number one when I searched for this was
because I was signed into my account and
I've previously watched videos from Andy
so if you want to do proper research
always do this in a private window so
that all of the results are 100% clean
so knowing all of that what we're
looking for when researching is videos
that are ranking very high that do not
include the entire keyword now for this
keyword that unfortunately is not the
case as the number one ranking video
does indeed include the exact keyword
the way you can research that very
easily is taking the keyword copying it
clicking on the fre dots in Chrome click
find and then search for this and then
as you can see it will show you how many
people have this it will always have one
result because it's what we search for
so every number above one means one of
the videos includes the exact phrase so
as you can see there's only two results
which means only one video has the exact
keyword in their title and because of
that this video is ranking number one
now first of all let me back that up so
notice how this video is now number one
because it's the most relevant let's now
search for this best AI voice changer
real time I've not searched for this yet
but I can guarantee you that Andy's
video will now show up number one simply
because it matches my keyword so let's
search for this and there we go as you
can see and the AI now shows up number
one why simply because our keyword that
we search for is the exact title that he
has confirming that you want to use the
exact keyword in your title so knowing
that your video can rank number one when
you use the exact keyword in your title
ultim what we want to find is videos
that rank very high in search that do
not use the exact keyword as their title
which leaves the opportunity for us to
do that exact thing so once you found a
keyword that has ranking videos who do
not use the exact keyword that is a
great sign you can out rank them Point
number two is taking a look at the
channel size if you search for a keyword
and all of the ranking videos are from
Channels with millions of subscribers
you're probably not going to outrank
them as a small Channel which is the
case for the keyword Shopify tutorial as
you can see the number one ranking video
has 400,000 subscribers the second
ranking video 235,000 subscribers almost
800,000 subscribers
350,000 making this a very very hard
keyword to rancom simply because the
competition has very big channels as
well as high quality content so that
would be a bad sign however if you
search for a keyword and a lot of the
ranking videos are from small channels
or channels that don't have hundreds of
thousands or millions of subscribers
that that is indeed a good sign because
if they were able to rank as a smaller
Channel you can do the same Shopify SEO
optimization is a great example for a
keyword that you probably able to rank
on because there are smaller channels
ranking very high the number one ranking
video is from a Channel with just 9.6k
subscribers which is not big at all the
second ranking video is from a channel
that's even smaller just 3.9k
subscribers like we saw earlier in this
video as well the third point is video
length so YouTube is known to rank
videos based B on the total watch time
that video accumulates which means that
if all of the ranking videos are kind of
short and you can make a longer plus a
better video and that is the key point
there you don't just want to make a
longer video for the sake of it because
then the quality will drop but a longer
and better video that is once again a
great sign that you're going to outrank
them because it will accumulate more
watch time people will enjoy it more or
at least that's what YouTu will think
because that's a sign it gives and
because of that you can outrank the
currently ranking videos Point number
four that I like take a look at is the
thumbnail let's say that all of the
ranking videos have extremely bad
thumbnails and you see an opportunity to
make a much better thumbnail that once
again is a great sign you will outrank
them because your CTR your clickthrough
rate will be higher and because of that
once again YouTube will show your video
much higher than the videos with a very
low clickr rate Leonardo AI tutorial is
one of those keywords as you can see the
first two ranking videos in my opinion
don't have the best thumbnails as you
can see the first one has text that is
overlapping a logo as well as overall
just doesn't look that great same goes
for the second one as you can see
there's a lot of stuff going on the text
is kind of hard to read as well as it
doesn't look professional now that is
perfect for us so what I did I created a
brand new thumbnail how I would create
it which look like this on the right
hand side we've got the character from
Leonardo AI we've got the Leonardo AI
logo so that people will recognize it as
well as it simply says complete tutorial
2023 very easy to read bolt font and I
use a yellow text on a black background
so that the contrast is good the new
version will outperform this one every
single day of the week same goes for
this one once again this one in my
opinion much much better and by the way
if you want to figure out what your
thumbnail looks like before uploading it
there's a website called thumbs up.tv
where you can upload your image right
here insert your title and then by doing
so you can see what it looks like on
YouTube you can even see it per device
as well as the traffic Source now having
our checklist with points to look at
when doing research for a keyword let's
research the keywords that I was able to
find earlier in this video starting off
with music AI voice changer real time so
let's make the search and as step number
one is opening up the first free ranking
videos to see if there's any traffic on
these kind of videos now when doing that
keep in mind that the titles have to be
somewhat related to the keyword that you
search for which for this video it isn't
need the case now this video we've been
able to see earlier is getting gray
traffic the second ranking video is the
exact same thing as you can see over 100
views per hour as well and then the
video that was ranking number three it's
not doing that well it's about 1.5 views
per hour which is a massive difference
so now knowing that there seems to be
some sort of interest because these
videos are getting crazy views per hour
so what I would do next is first of all
take the keyword go to find and then see
if there's anyone that has our exact
keyword in their title which as you can
see right there one out of one which
means no one has this exact title which
honestly couldn't be better which also
means that point number three we don't
even have to take a look at simply
because
there is no direct competition on this
exact keyword so even if there are big
channels ranking right here if we use
our exact keyword as our title we're
going to outrank them when people search
for this specific keyword which is
perfect and then the same goes for the
video length as well as if there's a
good or bad thumbnail now the video
length right here could be much better
so we can easily create a better video
while also making it a little bit longer
for this one that's going to be hard
because it's 18 minutes however like I
said because no one has the exact
keyword this will still get the job done
for us this means that music AI voice
changer real time is a good keyword to
make a video about to get our video to
rank for that keyword simply because
there seems to be zero competition the
second keyword is how to start a digital
marketing agency first of all as always
let's open up the ranking videos in a
brand new tab and here's what we get so
the first video is indeed getting quite
steady traffic this is most likely
YouTube search simply because it goes up
very steadily so that right there is a
great sign currently getting about two
views per hour which to be honest could
be a lot better because that will only
get us about 50 views per day but still
that's 1,500 views a month and these
kind of videos have a very high CPM
which means technically it still might
be worth it taking a look at the second
video this one is getting even more
views you can see about 40 views per
hour let's check that right there 50
views per hour even as of right now as
well as it continues to go up very very
steadily which is good to see and then
number three is even better if we go
over here you can see 132 views per hour
however what I already noticed is that
the channels that are ranking are very
big you can see 100,000 subscribers
800,000 and then 3.7 million so the
video that isn't doing as well as the
other two is from a channel that simply
doesn't get views anyway most of the
time if we take a look at that right
here Mike nardy normally gets a few
hundred views per video so this for him
is actually a pretty good video So based
on this we might still make the video
however if we don't analyze number two
and three which is from Central media as
well as imangi these are very very big
channels and chances are that this video
is simply getting pushed in the
recommended simply because this video is
ranking number one as we can see right
here however this is only getting a few
views per hour and then these other two
videos that are ranking lower are
getting significantly more traffic I'm
talking 10x maybe even 50x to views per
hour no knowing that this is from Big
channels chances are that the views come
from recommendations making this not a
good keyword for us why because we
cannot be sure that the traffic isn't
coming from YouTube search as well as
that all of the ranking videos are from
very very big channels which have a lot
of authority they have great content so
it's going to be hard to compete with
them so how to start a digital marketing
agency is not a good keyword to make a
video about to rank and search however
we've got another version of that how to
get clients for for digital marketing
agency so our first video right here is
getting about two views per hour which
once again comes down to about 50 views
per day the second ranking video is at
1.4 views per hour and then the third
one is at 6.7 so right at the bat it's
interesting that this one is getting 6.7
while the other ones are significantly
lower the reason for that is because the
keyword doesn't match this is about how
to get your first smma client which is
not our keyword our keyword is how to
get clients for digital marketing agency
so this right there we cannot really
include in our research simply because
the video is about something different
so we're going to get rid of this one
this video right here is somewhat
similar it's about getting clients but
it's an ad agency which once again is
not really our keyword it is still
somewhat related so you can use it to
get an idea of whether there is any
interest at all in this kind of topic
which this video got 35,000 views which
is somewhat all right it's not bad so a
lot of people aren't interested in this
but the first one is a much better
result as you can see five ways to get
clients for your digital marketing
agency so this is indeed our keyword
that we're trying to rank for so judging
based on this video itself the traffic
right here is somewhat all right
especially if you're a small channel in
the marketing Niche but what gives me
even more hope is that if I take the
keyword right there and that I search
for this is that no one has the exact
keyword apart from this guy right there
but this video is uploaded 2 years ago
which means it's a pretty old video so
knowing that there is some decent
traffic on this keyword and knowing that
only one person has the exact keyword as
their title we can now look at Point
number three which is a channel size and
that is why I'm very optimistic about
this keyword because if we take a look
at this channel right there which is
ranking number one Danny via you can see
that this channel only has 1.4k
subscribers and if we go to popular
you'll see that this is by far his most
popular video which honestly it doesn't
get much better than that because if
this guy that barely uploads that
normally doesn't get any views was able
to get his best performing video with
our keyword chances are we can do the
exact same so Point number three small
or big channels definitely small
channels which is a good sign for us
then point number four the video length
it's 11 minutes which is pretty
significant so that is pretty good for
him now chances are we can still make a
slightly longer video that is even
better because this topic there's a lot
to it so we can definitely make a
slightly better and longer video which
once again is a good sign for us
regarding the thumbnail it's a pretty
decent thumbnail it's not bad by any
means however I definitely see room to
improve it which once again is a great
sign for us making this keyword how to
get clients for digital marketing agency
a great keyword for a small channel in
the marketing industry and then let's do
one more keyword canva tutorial for
beginners as you know by now opened up
the ranking videos the first one is
getting 50 views per hour which is
definitely great second one is at 16
views per hour and then the third one is
also at 50 views per hour which
definitely means there's a lot of
traffic on this keyword next up let's
figure out if people have our exact
keyword in their title which as you can
see 42 results show up which means
there's an insane amount of people that
have our exact keyword in their title
which for us is a pretty bad sign then
also looking at the channel size of the
videos that are ranking you can see
almost 200,000 subscribers 400,000
almost 100,000 the same channel right
there 1.5 million canva itself with
300,000 so safe to say the competition
on this keyword is insane there is very
big channels ranking for this topic
which is a very bad sign for us then
also looking at the video length of
these videos right here as well as the
thumbnails considering everything so far
this is definitely not going to be a
good keyword simply because the
competition is way too high and way too
good the traffic on this keyword was
inde perfect as these videos are get
getting 50 views per hour however we're
simply not going to beat these kind of
channels especially if you don't have
one of those big channels yourself and
that is how I research the keyword once
I have found it now that we have
completed step number one which was
keyword research step number two was
checking if people actually search for
this and if you have an opportunity to
rank for this keyword it is now time for
step three which is SEO for SEO once
again we're going to be taking a look at
four different points that we need to do
correctly in order to rank our video
number one for the search phrase
starting off with Point number one which
is having the exact keyword in your
title preferably in the beginning of
your title remember yuu will show the
most relevant video to a search phrase
that someone has made because of that
you want to include the exact keyword in
your title making you rank much higher
than people that do not use that exact
keyword in their title so one of the
keywords that we found that was actually
good was Shopify SEO optimization so
right now now I will do the SEO for that
specific keyword so that you can watch
over my shoulder how to implement this
starting off with the title now the
title is the most important part of all
of this okay so the title our keyword
Shopify SEO optimization what I will be
doing is simply starting off my title
with that exact keyword so I will say
Shopify SEO optimization and there we go
so by doing that my exact keyword is
indeed at the beginning of the title
which couldn't be better however we also
want to make it a clickable title we
don't want to keyword stuff it try to
hack the game too much people also need
to be able to read it and actually want
to click on it and because of that I
think about adding something like
Shopify SEO optimization tutorial for
beginners now what you could potentially
do is include multiple keywords in your
title so you could go back to VI IQ
keyword section go to Shopify SEO either
go related keywords or matching terms to
see if there's something else that
people also search for so tutorial for
beginners is something that I can
include in the title after my main
keyword this will make it a clickable
title as well as I add another keyword
in there which could help me ranking for
that exact keyword too so Shopify SEO
optimization and then I'm going to add
tutorial for beginners just like that
and to be honest that is all that I need
to do for this keyword I'm going to add
brackets and then add 2023 in my opinion
that just makes it look a bit better a
bit more clickable but you can play
around with that yourself it is not that
important the most important part right
here is that you have the exact keyword
which is this one that you found in your
title preferably at the beginning of
your title then point number two adding
a few matching terms in the description
so first of all what I always do I take
my title I copy this and I put it at the
top of my description because when
searching for a keyword on YouTube you
will see that the beginning of the
description doesn't show up right here
in the search results on desktop top
once you've done that it is time to add
a few matching keywords as well as
related keywords in your description to
tell YouTube what your video is about as
well as potentially show up for those
related keywords so for that I simply
hit enter twice I will go back to vid IQ
I will go to related keywords and I'll
take a look at the keywords that show up
right here as well as in the matching
terms section and then what you want to
do from here is not just keyword stuff
them what I see a lot of people do
they'll select all of these and they
simp simply paste it all in here however
that is against the term of service from
YouTube instead what you want to do is
make it a readable description while
still including these keywords so here's
what I'll do I'll type in in this and
then I'll include the main keyword so
I'll say in this Shopify SEO
optimization tutorial and then right at
the backat once again we have put our
keyword in the description I will show
you how to and that potentially leaves
me room to include another keyword so
I'll go back to IQ and I'll try and find
a keyword that somehow solves a problem
related to Shopify SEO because then I
can say in this Shopify SEO optimization
tutorial I will show you how to XY Z I
can solve a problem right there right
there I found a keyword Shopify search
engine optimization so I can copy this
one go back to YouTube how to do paste
it how to do Shopify search engine
optimization perfect included another
related keyword now once again the goal
of this is to tell tell YouTube what our
video is about but also potentially show
up for these keywords right here let's
go back to vid IQ we can also click on
questions which is going to show you
questions now this could be useful for
your description usually titles or
keywords itself they don't have that
much searge volume because most people
don't search in a question kind of way
on YouTube however for example this
keyword right there how to optimize
Shopify store for SEO I can take this
right there then I can go back and I can
say you might be wondering how to
optimize Shopify store for SEO but don't
worry I'll show you all there is to
Shopify
SEO so that you can launch a successful
Shopify
dropshipping business so right there
Shopify Drop Shipping business is
another keyword that I just included and
that's exactly what you need to do this
right there is already a pretty decent
description for us to rank for that
keyword as we've included a few reled as
well as matching keywords which tells
YouTube what our video is about as well
as we can potentially rank for those
keywords itself plus everything is
readable and people can understand it
you have to keep in mind we're not
uploading a video for the algorithm or
to rank we're uploading a video for the
viewer to understand and get value out
of our video never forget that part now
if you want you can also use the AI
description generator from vid IQ for
example if you type in Shopify SEO you
can click on generate and then right
there is going to help you create a
description which honestly is actually
pretty accurate as you can see right
there it also includes quite a few
keywords they give you free options just
like that so you may use this as a draft
and then improve it yourself to make
this process even quicker however don't
follow this blindly always make sure you
check and research yourself then we've
got to attach the thumbnail there we go
Shopify SEO optimization 2023 very easy
to understand let's scroll down not made
for kids and now let's go to the tags
because a lot of people wonder if tags
are actually important and they think
that you can get millions of views by
using the exact tags that you need which
honestly is not true so all I do myself
I go to a website called rabbit tags.io
I take the keyword that I want to rank
for which in this case is Shopify SEO
optimization I go to the tag generator I
search for this hit search and then as
you can see all of these tags show up I
simply copy them and then I paste them
right here and that is it I'm done now
sometimes I will check whether it says
2022 and then I'll remove that at all or
I'll change it to 2023 but apart from
that just read through see if it makes
sense which in this case it does we've
got SEO on Shopify Shopify SEO tips
Shopify SEO tutorial the list goes on
and on so these are perfect tags now
YouTube even says it themselves tags can
be useful if content in your videos
commonly misspelled otherwise tags play
a minimal role in helping viewers find
your video so don't pay too much
attention just do what what I just did
with rapid
tags.io generator and that is it to be
honest we are now done and we have
completed the SEO for our video Let's
quickly sum up what we've done point one
we've included the exact keyword in our
title preferably at the beginning of
your title then we have used a few
related keywords as well as matching
terms in our description so that YouTube
knows what our video is about as well as
we can potentially rank for those
keywords then we've added a thumbnail
that is very easy to read as well as
tells the viewer exact ly what they're
looking for which in this case is
Shopify SEO optimization and then
finally we have added relevant tags for
our keyword using rapid tags.io now that
you know the fre step keyword research
process it is time to do this from start
till finish meaning step one two and
free all behind each other in one take
which is why now I would like to do live
keyword research with you so what I'm
going to do I'm going to set myself the
goal of finding a keyword I can rank for
with great traffic in search for my
personal channel right here and I want
you to do this with me when I'm
researching I want you to think as well
is this a good keyword if yes why so if
not why so let's get this going so
taking a look at my channel I mainly
cover faceless YouTube channel content
as well as creating content with AI
That's a topic that lately has been
doing very well for me so I'm going to
go to vid IQ and I want to find a
keyword I can rank for it that is
related to creating content with AI so
first of all my main keyword that I'm
going to search for is AI and then I'm
going to go to matching terms on vid IQ
then I'm simply going to scroll through
the results so AI tools that could be
something that I might potentially uh
look into that could have some great
topics but I also spot AI video
generator right here now already I've
got this video right there AI video
generators which is getting about 500
views per day from YouTube search as of
right now as you can see 23 views per
hour which to be honest is pretty decent
so I actually go here and research this
topic a little bit more and from doing
so I find these keywords free AI video
generator AI video generator free so
it's interesting the first two results
the top results are about free AI video
generators which I have not looked into
nor have I made a video about that so
that could potentially be something that
I could make a video about also with the
fact in mind that this video is already
doing well on that keyword so what I'm
going to do is I'm going to take this
one free AI video generator and I'll
search for this on YouTube and then
we'll analyze the results I have a funny
feeling that this might actually be a
very very good keyword for my Channel
all right so first of all as always
let's open up the first three ranking
results I'll actually do a few more I'll
do the first four simply because this
keyword is quite interesting I'll
explain why in a bit then first of all
let's take a look at the views per hour
on on the ranking videos so this video
is ranking number one currently getting
11 views per hour and as you can see
it's going up very very steadily it
doesn't get more linear than it does
right here ranking video number two 12.8
views per hour if we go to views right
here you can see kind of died down
however this is from a channel Matt wolf
it's a personal Channel big channel so
the views right here could potentially
be from recommendations and that right
now it is just surf traffic that's kind
of what I think it is since the video is
still picking up traffic quite nicely
and very steadily then the thir result
is at 100 views per hour significantly
more than the other two however this is
from thing media so a pretty big Channel
as well although it is going up quite
steadily I still think that potentially
this video is getting pushed in the
YouTube algorithm on the homepage or
recommendations simply because this
channel is so big and it has a lot of
views within just 1 month also if we
take a look at the title very important
to always remember free video generator
that's not even what this video is you
can see this AI tool creates videos in
seconds this is not free AI video
generator which makes this unrelevant to
include in our research process however
this one right there free AI video
generator doesn't need include our
keyword phrase and if we take a look at
this almost nine views per hour also
going up quite steadily plus this is a
small Channel which is good to see which
brings us first of all to step number
two let's take take a look how many
people actually use the keyword as their
title which is uh free AI video
generator so there's 20 results which is
quite big so the first video doesn't
need have the exact keyword same goes
for the second video third video doesn't
fourth video has it and then from there
on a few people have it now this one
right there is also performing very very
well so I'll just open it up quickly as
well just to take a look at that let's
see how many views per hour this is
still getting so this is at almost 100
views per hour which is massive as well
which is actually quite crazy so we can
see that this is very steadily as well
might still be traffic from
recommendations as I don't think there's
400,000 people searching for this in
Just 2 months however it shows that the
topic is really sought after a lot of
people like watching a video about the
free AI video generators then
considering that quite a few people have
this exact keyword phrase as their title
it's not the best sign
however if we then take a look at the
channel size the number one ranking
video has only 20,000 subscribers I have
80,000 plus subscribers so I'm four
times bigger than that channel I am much
smaller than the channel is ranking
second I'm also much smaller than the
video ranking F however this is not
relevant as it's not really the exact
keyword I'm much bigger than this one
right here so the fact that a small
channel here anit was able to get good
views and rank Prett pretty high on that
video shows me that this is indeed quite
a decent keyword you can see he's
getting nine views per hour which to be
honest for his channel that is already
very good however I do think that with
my channel and the quality of content
that I'm making I should be able to
outrank definitely these videos right
here as this one is not relevant this
one is but much smaller Channel and
potentially even these two results right
here making free AI video generator a
very very good keyword for me to make a
video about having found our keyword
let's now take a look at how to do the
SEO for this video to make sure it ranks
so our video keyword is free AI video
generator so that's the keyword that we
need to include in our title so that
when people search for this our video
will show up so first of all that needs
to be in the title so let's start off by
pasting that right here now our next
step is to make sure that this becomes a
clickable title because on my main
Channel I also have subscribers that
want to watch the videos which is why
for this video right here I didn't just
call it AI video generators tutorial or
something like that I wanted to make it
a very clickable title so I went with I
tried five AI video generators to create
faceless YouTube videos so this right
there was the main keyword I was trying
to rank for which succeeded it's now
getting about 20 views per hour but I
also included another keyword create
faceless YouTube videos as well as I
made it an interesting title by saying I
tried knowing that this already worked
for me I'm going to do the exact same
thing here so I'm going to make this one
I tried free free is going to be all
caps lock CU I want to put the emphasis
there AI video generators now what I can
do next is for example hit two dots and
I can say this is what happened or just
this happened for example and that's a
pretty interesting title however to be
honest I like to keep it searchable
content so I'm going to go with I tried
free AI video generators
and then I want to insert another
keyword after that so potentially I can
just do the exact same thing and then
put to create faceless YouTube videos I
know for a fact that that is indeed
going to work out very well so this
could be the title that I go with
however for example I also know that
YouTube shorts is quite an engaging
topic and a lot of people search for
this so for example I can also search
for YouTube shorts and try and figure
out what people search for there to
include that into our keyword for
example faceless YouTube shorts and
there we go we now have a very engaging
clickable title with our keyword which
is free AI video generator as well as
another keyword create faceless YouTube
shorts that right there is going to
perform insanely well on my channel so
we're going to take this title we're
going to first of all copy it and put it
at the top of the description and then
now I want to include matching terms and
related keywords in our description
first of all say in this
video I will show you and then right
there that gives me the first
opportunity to put a related keyword for
our main keyword which is free AI video
generator so I'll go back to vid IQ I'll
search for this and then I'll go to
related keywords then as you can see
right there it's going to give us all of
these for example the best AI Video
Creator or if I go over here I'm
probably going to see best free AI video
generator so that's something I can
include I will show you the best AI
video
generators that I need to make sure I
add best free AI video generators in
between there to create faceless YouTube
shorts now just real quick if we go back
to the YouTube shorts keyword you'll see
YouTube shorts monetization is a very
big keyword there so what I can say is
you might have
seen that YouTube
introduced YouTube shorts monetization
allowing you to make
money with YouTube
shorts so right there I just included
two keywords we've got YouTube shorts
monetization as well as make money with
YouTube shorts now do you still remember
the point of doing it like this first
point is to let YouTube know what our
video is about second point is to also
rank for when people search for these
keywords right here now potentially I
can make this description a bit longer
however as of right now I already have
have the main important keywords that I
want to rank for which is free AI video
generator we've got create faceless
YouTube shorts we've got YouTube shorts
monetization and make money with YouTube
shorts which to be honest is already a
pretty decent amount of keywords with
that being said as you now know the only
step left is the tags so remember what
we do is we take the main keyword that
we want to rank for which in this case
is free AI video generators we go to
Rapid tags.io we paste our keyword
we take the tags from here we paste them
and then there we go and that means
we're pretty much ready to roll now this
video cost me a lot of time to make in
case you're going to implement my
strategy I would really appreciate it if
you sign up to viq by using my personal
link this will give you a special deal
$1 for 30 days of VQ premium which
allows you to use the keyword tool as
well as access the historical data which
is really important and it also supports
me to upload videos like this one for
free I'll leave my personal link down
below thank you so much and also don't
hesitate to ask any questions in the
comments down below as this was a lot of
information at once I will also leave a
document for you with all the steps in
the description down below as well as
all other resources available with that
being said please leave a like on the
video subscribe for more videos like
this as I got a lot more coming out and
I wish you a great day cannot wait to
see you rank your videos number one good
luck