9 YouTube SEO Settings That Are Killing Your Views (Check #8!)

[00:02] and out of this, 60% i.e. about 46 million views have come because of just one thing. That thing is neither luck nor a viral video, it is YouTube SEO. Now I know that after hearing SEO, many people think that this thing is boring or they don't know whether it works or not.

[00:16] But the truth is that if your videos are not getting views then there are high chances that your SEO is wrong. Now understand in simple language what is SEO ? SEO means explaining to YouTube for whom your video

[00:28] is made and if you have not done SEO properly then the algorithm does not understand to whom it should show your video and when YouTube gets confused then it plays safe. Meaning I don't show your video to anyone. Now think like in an exam,

[00:40] name, roll number and subject are written on the answer sheet. So that the teacher will know whose copy it is. SEO on YouTube is the name and roll number that tells the algorithm who the video is for. So today I will show you exactly nine places

[00:54] where you have to do SEO. And some of these places are such that 90% of YouTubers are not even aware of them. And yes, the best part is that these tips work on old videos too. Meaning, after watching this video, you can go and fix your old videos

[01:09] , correct them and get views on them too. So first of all local SEO. This is a place that 99% of uters don't know about and it is very basic. First of all, channel keywords come in this. For this, first open YouTube Studio.

[01:23] Then click on Settings. Go to the channel and open the Basic Info section. Here you will get a keyword option. Channel keywords. This is where you can add all the keywords for your channel. All these means I have personally added all these keywords in my channel

[01:35] related to my niche. You also do n't have to enter any random keywords here. Only post what directly relates to your niche. Second comes the name of the video file. Listen to it very carefully. Because no one will tell you this thing.

[01:48] When you edit your video and save or export it, what do you name the file? Nothing or video files. What do I do? Like the subscribers on YouTube, so the file name of my video will also be How to get 1000

[02:03] 4 video file. This may seem like a small thing to you, but this is also a part of the matter. YouTube also reads the file name at the time of uploading and it gets another signal about what the video is about and by the way,

[02:20] So if you want to become better in YouTube then subscribe to this channel and also press the bell notification so that you get the first update of my video first. Now let's come to video level SEO. There are three things that every video seems to have.

[02:34] These three videos have the most impact. But before that do one thing, use Vid IQ. This is a tool. This tool tells you what people are searching for on YouTube getting how much traffic. So first extract all the keywords related to the video

[02:48] through VideoQ and then enter the same keywords in three places. Which three places? First comes the title of the video. The title should contain your main primary keyword. The keywords that are being searched the most on your topic. But just the keyword in the title is

[03:01] not enough. If the title is boring, people won't click. Like look at this title. This is a boring title. The keyword is there but no one will click. But if something like this is done to it then the keyword also comes and the title also becomes clickable. So

[03:14] along with the keyword, curiosity and emotion have to be added to the title so that the person stops and thinks that he should watch this video. Second comes the description. Most beginners ignore this. Whereas it helps the most in giving extra attention to YouTube.

[03:27] most in giving extra attention to YouTube. and naturally use the same keywords that you have extracted from Vid IQ. Third place comes tags. Now there is a lot of debate on tags. Tags either work

[03:39] or they don't. But one thing to note is that YouTube has not yet removed the option of tags. Meaning, they do some work or the other. Now like this video of mine is how to start a YouTube channel. I have put all these tags in this video.

[03:51] And my main target keyword is how to start a YouTube channel. Look at the tags I've put on this. Videos are ranking on these. And this video currently has more than 1 lakh views. Which are still increasing. I think you will do well.

[04:04] And yes, one more thing regarding tags, put only those keywords in the tags which are actually related to your video. Do n't pick up random trending keywords. This confuses the algorithm and your video goes to the wrong audience.

[04:16] But I don't think this video has gone to the wrong audience. Because if you are watching the video till here, it means you are serious about YouTube and also want to grow on YouTube. So if you are serious then subscribe to this channel now. So

[04:29] helpful videos every week which help you a lot in becoming a better YouTuber. So subscribe. Now these are the tips that separate the good ones from the best. Very few people talk about these but they are very important

[04:44] time. The first is the thumbnail text. If you are using text in the thumbnail, it should also contain keywords related to the topic. The title should not be repeated exactly. Just put keywords in it if possible. For

[04:57] immediately explain what the video is about. This is helpful for the viewer as well as Gives clarity to both. The second is to say keywords at the beginning of the video. YouTube transcribes your entire video. This means that whatever

[05:11] you are saying in the video, YouTube is listening to it and converting it into text. And then from that same text he especially in the first 30 to 60 seconds. This

[05:25] gives YouTube's transcript a clear signal about the topic the video is about. And this thing should happen naturally. While planning the video, keep this thing in mind that in the beginning I have to say these important keywords. The third thing is English captions. Now this is the tip

[05:39] and I have also tested it thoroughly. Look at this data, my total views in 2025 were 1.1 crore. Out of this, 25 lakh views i.e. 23% have

[05:52] come only through English captions. Meaning, one out of every four views came only because I added English captions. My channel is in Hindi but because of the English captions, people from US, UK and other countries can also watch the videos. And when the views

[06:05] come from countries like Tier 1, US, UK, Canada, then our earnings also become even better. This is the result of testing my channel. This number may be different on every channel. But captions always increase and improve reach and accessibility.

[06:17] So if you make a video in Hindi , do add English captions. So now almost everything is covered. But one more thing left is time stamps. And after that I will also give you a bonus tip on

[06:32] before that, a small request, if you find this video even a little helpful then like this video. For you it is just a click but for me it is my motivation. So hit the like button now. This also motivates me to

[06:44] This also motivates me to both of these are simple but also powerful. First comes time stamps. Add time stamps to the description and also include keywords. Their heading should be

[06:57] with keywords. Something like you put this time stamp and then put the keywords and heading related to your keyword. Then I put it, then I put the heading. Then I stamps have mainly two benefits. Firstly, it becomes

[07:13] when you write clear keyword based headings in the timestamps, then YouTube and Google also understand the context of each section better that it has covered these things in this video. Now the last and most important thing is to revive and reoptimize old videos.

[07:26] Now the last and most important thing is to revive and reoptimize old videos. channel keywords, title, description, tags, file name, captions, time stamps, you can apply all these on old videos also. Go to YouTube Studio

[07:39] , open your old videos, update the description, update the tags, and if possible, add English captions as well. You can't change the file name, but everything else can be updated, and when you improve the SEO of your old videos like this,

[07:52] YouTube will review them again. If the topic is evergreen and the new meta data is clear, then the chances increase that the video will start appearing again in search results or suggested. This means that even old videos will start getting new views.

[08:06] And yes, keep one thing in mind, do try on week and average performing videos because sometimes the ranking of top videos gets disturbed due to change in title or tag. But when you do all these things like

[08:22] local SEO, hidden SEO and channel SEO, all these things with time stamps, then you start talking in the language of algorithms. Now the algorithm understands that this is a video. This has to be shown about this thing and this is all long.

[08:37] and then it sends your video to the right audience. My channel currently has over 80 million views. Of which 46 million views have come only because YouTube searches brought my videos to the right people.

[08:51] Now we have learned proper SEO. But one question, when you upload videos to YouTube, are you uploading them correctly ? Because many YouTubers do SEO but make mistakes in the upload process which ruins all their hard work.

[09:05] So click on this video right way to upload videos on YouTube. In this I have explained the complete upload [music] process step by step so that the chances of your every video going by step so that the chances of your every video going viral are doubled. [music]