10 Youtube SEO Tips To Rank Your Video #1 On Youtube

[00:00] hello and welcome to another video my

[00:02] name is Gillian Perkins and in today's

[00:03] video I'm sharing through 10 YouTube SEO

[00:06] tips to help you rank your videos number

[00:09] one on YouTube these are the exact

[00:11] strategies that have allowed me to get

[00:12] over 16,000 subscribers and over a

[00:15] million views within the first 6 months

[00:17] of starting my youtube channel so if you

[00:19] want to find out how to rank your videos

[00:21] number one on YouTube then keep on

[00:23] watching I'm so pleased to be doing this

[00:24] video in collaboration with my friend

[00:26] Jessica Stansbury jessica is an amazing

[00:29] influencer and entrepreneur who helps

[00:31] online business owners grow their

[00:32] businesses using video I'm going to be

[00:35] sharing five of the YouTube SEO tips

[00:37] right here in this video and then after

[00:38] you finish this video you can head over

[00:40] to Jessica's video which I will link in

[00:42] the description bar below and you can

[00:44] find the other 5 tips so that you can

[00:46] learn everything you need to know about

[00:47] YouTube SEO okay

[00:49] so let's jump into the tips first you

[00:51] need to understand that how YouTube

[00:53] decides which videos to rank is based on

[00:56] keywords people are looking for

[00:58] different topics on YouTube and they're

[01:00] also watching videos and seeing videos

[01:02] suggested in the sidebar you need to use

[01:04] specific words that people are looking

[01:06] for or interested in in your videos

[01:08] title description and tags so that you

[01:10] will show up in the search and on that

[01:12] sidebar and more people will watch your

[01:14] video the first step to doing this is to

[01:16] make sure that you find some really good

[01:18] keywords that people are actually

[01:19] interested in and actually searching for

[01:21] so first

[01:22] brainstorm a whole bunch of different

[01:24] ideas about what people might be

[01:26] searching for think about the real words

[01:27] that people would use if they were

[01:29] looking for a video like yours after

[01:31] you've brainstormed a big list of words

[01:33] that people might be using then it's

[01:34] time to start doing a little bit of

[01:36] research to figure out which of those

[01:37] words are actually the most popular the

[01:39] simplest way to do this is just to start

[01:41] typing these different keywords into the

[01:43] search bar on YouTube or on Google when

[01:46] you do this you'll see a bunch of

[01:47] suggested searches pop up and these are

[01:49] some of the things that people are

[01:50] searching for the most often when you

[01:52] find these terms that people are using a

[01:54] whole lot you'll want to make sure that

[01:56] you use those words in your videos title

[01:58] description and tags another way to

[02:00] figure out exactly which keywords you

[02:02] should be focusing on is to use a free

[02:04] extension called

[02:05] tube buddy - buddy is just a browser

[02:07] extension that you can install on

[02:08] whatever browser you're using

[02:10] it will give you data on different

[02:12] search terms when you're doing research

[02:13] on YouTube so with two buddy installed

[02:15] when I search for a keyword on YouTube

[02:17] I see this little box pop up over on the

[02:20] side of the page and it gives me a rank

[02:22] for that keyword it tells me how good of

[02:24] a keyword that is based on how popular

[02:27] it is how many people are searching for

[02:28] it and how competitive it is basically

[02:31] you want to be looking for keywords that

[02:33] have lots of people searching for them

[02:35] but aren't very competitive now the

[02:36] reality is that most keywords that

[02:39] people are searching for are going to be

[02:41] fairly competitive so you're just

[02:42] looking to find a good balance if you

[02:44] can find one that is moderately popular

[02:46] and moderately competitive then that's

[02:48] actually probably a pretty good keyword

[02:50] to go after but ideally you're looking

[02:52] for one that is very popular and not

[02:54] very competitive as your channel grows

[02:56] in popularity you'll be able to go after

[02:57] more and more competitive keywords and

[03:00] you'll be able to get better and better

[03:01] rankings for your videos when you're

[03:03] just starting out it's better to target

[03:05] those less competitive keywords that

[03:07] maybe aren't quite as popular but at

[03:08] least you'll be able to rank for and

[03:10] start to get some traction on YouTube

[03:11] okay so my second tip is one that I

[03:13] haven't heard anyone talking about so if

[03:15] you do this you will definitely be ahead

[03:17] of the game and this is to use your

[03:19] competitors video titles as tags on your

[03:22] own video so when you're doing your

[03:24] keyword research and you're looking at

[03:26] these different keywords that you'd like

[03:27] to rank for and the sort of videos that

[03:29] if people are interested in them

[03:31] they would also be interested in the

[03:32] video that you are making so if you want

[03:34] to do is copy the title of that video

[03:36] exactly and then paste it into the tags

[03:39] section of your video and also into the

[03:42] bottom part of the description of your

[03:44] video that way when someone is watching

[03:45] that video on YouTube your video will be

[03:47] much more likely to show up in the

[03:49] suggested video side column and you will

[03:51] get a lot more views because of it and

[03:53] if you want to be even more sneaky about

[03:55] it that you can open up a private

[03:56] browser in your computer go to the

[03:58] competitors video and then see what

[04:00] videos show up in the side column when

[04:03] you're watching their video and you

[04:04] could use some of the more popular

[04:06] videos that are popping up on that

[04:07] sidebar as even more tags on your own

[04:10] video tip number three is to use two

[04:12] buddy to see what keywords your

[04:14] competitors are successfully targeting

[04:15] so whenever you're watching a video on

[04:17] youtube and you have two buddy installed

[04:19] over on

[04:20] right hand side you will see a list of

[04:22] all of the tags that are on that video

[04:24] and tubebuddy will even tell you how

[04:26] well that video is ranking for those

[04:28] different tags so if you see a video

[04:29] that's really similar to the video that

[04:31] you're making and the channel that made

[04:34] it has a similar number of subscribers

[04:36] as you do and maybe their videos are

[04:38] doing about as well as your videos are

[04:40] normally doing then that gives you a

[04:42] good idea that you can probably rank for

[04:44] those same keywords if you optimize your

[04:46] video around those keywords so if you're

[04:48] making a video about how to train your

[04:50] puppy and you go and watch a video that

[04:52] has that tail how to train your puppy

[04:54] and you look at the tags over on the

[04:56] side and you see that they are ranking

[04:57] number five for the keyword puppy

[05:00] training tips then you know that puppy

[05:02] training tips is probably a good keyword

[05:04] for you to go after okay now it's time

[05:06] for tip number four YouTube likes to

[05:08] reward creators who keep people on

[05:11] YouTube for longer so when someone is

[05:13] watching one of your videos if they then

[05:15] go and watch another of your videos

[05:16] right after it then YouTube thinks oh

[05:18] wow this channel is doing a great job

[05:20] people are interested in watching more

[05:22] content and that means that they are

[05:23] interested in being on YouTube to watch

[05:25] this creators content so if you can do

[05:27] something to make people want to watch

[05:29] more of your videos right after they

[05:31] watch one of your videos then YouTube

[05:33] will actually want to give you a boost

[05:35] in the rankings because they want your

[05:36] channel to do better so it sneaky little

[05:38] way that you can do this is to use your

[05:40] own name and/or channel name in the tags

[05:43] section of your video here's what this

[05:45] does this means that YouTube thinks that

[05:47] your videos are even more closely

[05:49] related to each other because it sees

[05:51] that they have these different keywords

[05:53] that are in common so it sees that on

[05:55] one of your videos your name is in the

[05:57] tags and in another of your videos your

[05:58] name is in the tags and that way when

[06:00] someone's watching one of your video

[06:01] your other videos are even more likely

[06:03] to show up in those suggested videos

[06:05] which means that someone is more likely

[06:07] to watch one of your videos after the

[06:09] video if they're already watching so not

[06:11] only does this mean that YouTube will

[06:12] favor your channel but it also means

[06:14] that you're getting more views right

[06:15] then and there because people are going

[06:17] to watch more of your videos in a row

[06:18] tip number five is also kind of sneaky

[06:21] which makes me feel like maybe I should

[06:22] call this video like sneaky tips to rank

[06:24] number one on YouTube but anyway my

[06:26] fifth tip for you is to not only put the

[06:29] tags

[06:30] in the actual tags box where YouTube

[06:32] tells you to put your tags but also copy

[06:34] them from there and paste them into the

[06:35] very bottom part of your video's

[06:37] description and that way you get all of

[06:39] your keywords both into the description

[06:41] and into the tags also rather than

[06:43] trying to stuff all those keywords and

[06:45] make them sound natural somehow in the

[06:47] video's description you can just put it

[06:48] all the way down at the bottom and just

[06:50] write tags and then put a whole list of

[06:52] the tags after that and that way anyone

[06:54] sees it they just think oh those are the

[06:56] tags and they won't think twice about it

[06:58] so I can't let you go without giving you

[07:00] a bonus tip or maybe two the first bonus

[07:02] tip is just make sure that you keep in

[07:04] mind that main big picture strategy

[07:06] which is you want to find keywords that

[07:09] have a high searched volume and low

[07:11] competition the more of those keywords

[07:12] you can find the better your videos will

[07:14] do and bonus tip number two is decide

[07:17] exactly what keywords you're going to go

[07:18] after with your video before you film

[07:20] your video so that as you make your

[07:22] video you can actually say the keywords

[07:24] in your video because YouTube is

[07:26] listening to you their algorithm and

[07:28] software has gotten a lot more advanced

[07:30] and they can actually listen to your

[07:32] videos now even if you don't have

[07:33] subtitles or closed captions on your

[07:36] video they can still listen to your

[07:38] video at least in part to try to figure

[07:40] out exactly what your video is about so

[07:42] if you say your keywords in your video

[07:44] of course in a natural conversational

[07:47] way then this will actually help your

[07:48] video rank better on YouTube okay so

[07:51] that is all the tips I have for you in

[07:52] this video but remember now you need to

[07:54] go over to Jessica's channel there's a

[07:56] link down below so that you can learn

[07:58] the other five tips about how to rank

[08:00] your videos number one on YouTube I put

[08:02] together a pretty extensive checklist

[08:04] for you guys about all the different

[08:06] things that you need to do to get your

[08:07] video to rank really well on YouTube so

[08:10] there's a link down below where you can

[08:11] download the checklist you can work

[08:13] through each of these things for every

[08:15] video you make so that your videos can

[08:16] rank a whole lot better

[08:17] of course the checklist is completely

[08:19] free and it's really gonna help you take

[08:21] your YouTube channel to the next level

[08:23] thank you so much for watching and thank

[08:24] you to Jessica for doing this

[08:26] collaboration with me if you enjoyed

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