How to Rank #1 on YouTube in 2026 (Complete SEO Blueprint)

[00:00] So, hello everyone. Welcome back to

[00:02] another video. So, I am Adarsh and in

[00:04] today's video, we are going to learn

[00:06] about SEO, which is search engine

[00:08] optimization.

[00:09] So, the search engine here is YouTube

[00:11] and we're going to optimize we're going

[00:13] to learn optimize your videos on YouTube

[00:14] so that they can easily rank on the top

[00:16] of the page. So, uh suppose if you've

[00:19] created videos on a particular topic and

[00:21] you want your videos to be shown on the

[00:23] top of the first page list of YouTube,

[00:25] so how do you do that? So, for that you

[00:28] need to do some sort of things, some

[00:30] sort of research and a proper way to

[00:33] upload videos and a proper things which

[00:36] you need to make uh or take care of

[00:37] while you upload videos or while you

[00:39] create video or while you create your

[00:41] thumbnail. Okay. So, first of all, what

[00:43] we are going to do is we'll be first

[00:45] opening YouTube so that we get a quick

[00:47] brief of how things work over here.

[00:49] Okay.

[00:50] So, now let's open our engine. So, this

[00:52] is uh this is a search engine. So, this

[00:55] is a search box and now, as you can see,

[00:58] this is a basic recommendation of the

[01:00] home page. This recommends me a few

[01:03] things over here which I likely to

[01:05] watch. Okay. So, now let's move on top

[01:08] and now let's see that uh how the

[01:11] optimization of the search engine

[01:13] YouTube works. Okay. So, now

[01:16] you must have created videos on many

[01:18] sort of topics because uh I don't know

[01:20] what your niche is, but you must be

[01:22] knowing. So, you must have seen that

[01:24] your video is not getting much views,

[01:26] much engagement and possibly they are

[01:28] lying down and it's around two, three or

[01:31] four years and there's no reach, so you

[01:33] are sad probably sad and discontinued to

[01:35] make videos. So, what do not. Let's see

[01:37] how things work so that you can again

[01:39] continue with your work and probably get

[01:41] good subscribers, likes and comments and

[01:44] proper engagement as you really wanted.

[01:47] Okay.

[01:48] So, let's see. So, here is a search box.

[01:51] So, as you can see, here is a video of a

[01:53] photo of a cake. So, now let's search

[01:55] about how to make a cake. Okay. So, for

[01:58] example, this is just an example. So, I

[01:59] don't know what your niche is. So, for

[02:01] example, we're going to take out Let's

[02:03] see about cooking. Okay. So, how to make

[02:06] a cake.

[02:07] Okay. So, for example, let's search how

[02:09] to make a cake. And as you can see,

[02:12] there are plenty of results over here.

[02:14] So,

[02:15] these are just the shorts videos. So, I

[02:17] always recommend a new creator never to

[02:20] move on to shorts because there's hardly

[02:22] any revenue on shorts. Now, let's move

[02:23] back. And as you can see, there are two

[02:25] videos.

[02:26] So, as you can see,

[02:28] the first video, which is ranking on

[02:30] this page on the keyword how to make a

[02:32] cake for So, this is just an example. As

[02:34] I said earlier, your keyword can be uh

[02:37] playing Clash Royale, playing uh PUBG

[02:39] Mobile, or playing any game, or whatever

[02:42] sort of niche you have, okay? So, we are

[02:44] just talking about cooking over here

[02:45] because this is just an example, okay?

[02:47] So, the first video over here is

[02:49] three-ingredient Oreo cake tutorial

[02:51] shorts, okay? So, we are not going to

[02:52] look on shorts. So, okay. So, as you see

[02:55] here,

[02:57] it says

[02:59] Okay. So, let's move over here. As you

[03:02] can As you can see here, cake making at

[03:04] home, Oreo cake in pressure cooker,

[03:06] chocolate Oreo cake special cake recipe

[03:08] Kalratri, okay? So, this is the title.

[03:11] So, let's open our notepad.

[03:12] This is our notepad. Now, we are going

[03:14] to analyze a few things why this is on

[03:17] top and why not the other videos are on

[03:19] top. Let's click over here.

[03:21] Okay.

[03:22] So,

[03:23] Okay, we are going [crying] to

[03:24] wait over here.

[03:31] Okay.

[03:32] So,

[03:33] I don't know why these ads are so long

[03:35] cuz these are useless sort of things I

[03:38] never watch.

[03:40] Okay. So, finally the ad has ended,

[03:43] okay?

[03:43] Ad has ended, okay? So, this Okay, so,

[03:46] this is the title of our YouTube video.

[03:50] Let's copy this title over here,

[03:52] which says cake making at home. Okay, so

[03:54] now we're going to copy

[03:57] As you can see, this is everything what

[04:00] we need over here. Okay, so this let's

[04:03] copy this

[04:04] hashtags too.

[04:06] We're not going to use it.

[04:08] Just to analyze these things. As you see

[04:10] over here.

[04:12] Okay, so cake making at home. So as you

[04:14] can see from the thumbnail of the video

[04:16] over here,

[04:17] the thumbnail clearly shows that the

[04:20] process is

[04:21] about the making of the cake. So that

[04:23] the Basically, what happens is whenever

[04:25] you create a thumbnail and upload it for

[04:27] your video, the algorithm of YouTube or

[04:30] the AI of YouTube starts to analyze what

[04:32] your thumbnail is. So as you see the

[04:33] picture, the first picture or the cover

[04:35] photo of your video, it has deep impacts

[04:38] on how your video will work in future.

[04:40] Because if that video is not related to

[04:42] what you have made inside the video or

[04:44] if it's not the same thing what is being

[04:46] shown, then there are high chances that

[04:48] your video will fall out of engagement.

[04:50] Okay, so as you can see, this part is

[04:52] actually somewhere in this video and

[04:54] this literally shows that the cake is

[04:56] being made because this is clear over

[04:59] here. Okay. And it says Oreo cake in

[05:01] pressure cooker as and special cake

[05:04] recipe in Marathi. Okay, so now let's

[05:06] hit it over here and let's see.

[05:08] Okay.

[05:10] So as you can see, these are the Oreo

[05:12] biscuits

[05:13] and

[05:15] most

[05:17] Okay.

[05:18] Okay, so as you can see,

[05:20] it's written O R E O Oreo so

[05:23] just because Oreo's written over here,

[05:26] this part plays a very super important

[05:29] role over here. The AI of YouTube can

[05:32] will grab the video, can understand the

[05:33] video and can eventually read the video

[05:36] what's written over here. So it can

[05:37] really identify that this biscuit is an

[05:40] Oreo biscuit because Oreo's written over

[05:43] here. So it can analyze the video and it

[05:45] can analyze the things going on inside

[05:47] the video and if it's really a real or

[05:50] not. So, if this video is a clickbaited

[05:52] video, it will never never push the

[05:54] video. But, as you can see that it say

[05:56] said that Oreo cake in pressure cooker.

[05:58] Okay, so Oreo biscuits are being used

[06:00] here. So, to in order to verify that

[06:02] what the creator is telling is truth or

[06:04] not. It is matching the title with the

[06:07] video and as you can see there are high

[06:09] proofs in the video that what the title

[06:11] says is completely true. So, as you can

[06:13] see Oreo biscuits are real there. So,

[06:15] you have to show things what you

[06:16] mentioned in your title or description

[06:18] in order to understand or in order to

[06:20] YouTube algorithm to understand and

[06:21] trust your project, whatever you are

[06:22] making okay?

[06:24] So, things are really very transparent

[06:26] over here.

[06:27] Now, let's look for the pressure cooker.

[06:30] Okay.

[06:32] Okay, that's fine. So, as you can see

[06:35] uh

[06:36] So, this is pressure cooker over here

[06:38] and now algorithm YouTube can understand

[06:40] that the cake is being made in the

[06:42] pressure cooker. Once things are done,

[06:45] now as you can see this is a pressure

[06:47] cooker and once the video is analyzed by

[06:49] YouTube, once it's it is analyzing the

[06:52] video, it is easily able to understand

[06:54] that this is an image of a pressure

[06:56] cooker and the chocolate cake uh

[06:58] whatever it's making the

[07:00] mixture has been put inside this

[07:02] pressure cooker in order to create the

[07:04] cake. So,

[07:06] actually the AI is much more intelligent

[07:09] than what we think. So, it is able to

[07:11] analyze and understand the video and

[07:13] eventually mixing uh in and eventually

[07:17] compare it with the title and

[07:18] description of the video to understand

[07:20] if the things going inside the video is

[07:23] the same as shown outside the video like

[07:25] on the title description and hashtag.

[07:27] It's trying to match if everything is

[07:28] completely true or not. So, that the

[07:31] viewers uh who watch the video on the

[07:33] top does not get uh like uh they don't

[07:36] think that they have been clickbaited

[07:37] and they are they are watching the wrong

[07:40] result. If they are watching the wrong

[07:41] result, they'll never come back to

[07:43] YouTube and then they'll not give time

[07:44] on YouTube, they'll not watch ads, and

[07:46] if they don't watch ads, the revenue of

[07:48] YouTube and YouTubers will be

[07:51] comparatively down, and that will be a

[07:53] cons for YouTube. So,

[07:56] just because of that, YouTube tries each

[07:58] and everything to promote videos which

[08:00] are really true, which are really legit,

[08:02] and they always verify if the things

[08:05] going inside the video are really uh

[08:08] true or not. So, try to make your video

[08:10] transparent, clear, and show all the

[08:12] points whatever you have mentioned in

[08:13] your title and description. Don't try to

[08:15] hide anything because if you're doing

[08:17] so, you are not trying to fool YouTube

[08:19] algorithm, you're trying to fool

[08:20] yourself because it will not push your

[08:21] video if it does not have much facts

[08:24] whatever you have written in your title

[08:25] and description. So, now

[08:27] as you can see, special cake recipe

[08:29] Navratri. So, cooker has been shown,

[08:31] cake has been shown over here, and at

[08:34] the end, you can see

[08:36] the cake is ready,

[08:38] and [music] this process, whatever

[08:40] everything whatever was mentioned is

[08:42] shown in this video, which verifies the

[08:45] authentic authenticity of this video.

[08:47] Okay.

[08:53] >> [clears throat]

[08:55] [snorts]

[08:56] >> Okay, so these are the tags, okay?

[08:59] Cake while Navratri cake Navratri is in

[09:02] there in the title,

[09:04] >> [snorts]

[09:04] >> and Navratri special well and now one

[09:07] more reason why this there has been a

[09:09] proper show in this video because

[09:11] there it has been mentioned that welcome

[09:13] Navratri cake. Okay.

[09:16] And Navratri cake, and in the title also

[09:18] Navratri cake. So, this thing can also

[09:21] push the video when there's special

[09:23] festival or something uh about which

[09:25] people are searching a lot on YouTube.

[09:27] So, even if they're not searching about

[09:29] cake and even if it's not and if it's

[09:31] Navratri or any type of festival, so

[09:33] even if they're not talking about the

[09:35] cake or searching about the cake, then

[09:37] but still this video can be recommended

[09:39] to the people who are searching on

[09:40] Navratri or there's

[09:43] festival, then the type of tags you are

[09:46] keeping, these videos can be recommended

[09:49] to the people. So, this is basically a

[09:51] cooking video. So, if I'm searching

[09:52] about uh

[09:54] how to do rituals of Navratri or do

[09:56] Navratri Puja,

[09:57] and this video is recommended to me even

[09:59] though if I'm not looking for the cake

[10:02] creating tutorial, still this video can

[10:04] be recommended. And if I watch this

[10:05] video, eventually the reach of this

[10:06] video will increase and slowly the push

[10:08] will increase and the video will be

[10:10] shown on top. So, this is how things can

[10:12] work. So, if you work on proper season,

[10:15] if you work on proper time, if you

[10:16] create a proper content with what

[10:19] YouTube

[10:20] looks for for you, then there are highly

[10:23] chances that you'll end up ranking your

[10:25] getting your videos ranked on top of the

[10:27] algorithm.

[10:30] Okay, so these are the few things which

[10:31] you have to take care of while creating

[10:34] the videos so that your video get a

[10:35] proper push.

[10:36] Otherwise, it can become very difficult

[10:39] for you to rank on this platform because

[10:41] things are really hard right now because

[10:44] this is not 2017 YouTube where videos

[10:47] were very less about any sort of topic

[10:49] on YouTube so that you can get

[10:51] more chance to rank your videos because

[10:54] this this is a competitive time. And

[10:56] whatever topic you choose, there are

[10:57] already more than millions of videos on

[11:00] that type of topic. So, when you upload

[11:03] your same video on same topic, then

[11:05] there are very less chances that your

[11:07] video will be ranked because your videos

[11:08] will be

[11:10] uh somewhere uh dumped around those 7

[11:13] million, 8 million, or 10 million

[11:15] between those 10 million or 12 million

[11:17] videos. So, it will become very

[11:19] difficult for you to your video to be

[11:21] ranked on the top. So, try to make or

[11:23] create content or keep title according

[11:26] to your videos in a way which has very

[11:30] and competition and high search result.

[11:33] High search result in the terms mean

[11:35] write the title according to the need of

[11:38] the user. Like look for the title which

[11:41] is searched by many people, but the

[11:43] videos on that title is very less. So,

[11:45] the lesser the videos on such topic, the

[11:49] lesser the competition. The higher the

[11:50] video on the topic you're creating

[11:52] video, the higher the competition. So,

[11:53] try to make sure that the videos uh

[11:57] uh what you're making on uh have less

[12:00] competition, or try to optimize your

[12:02] title

[12:04] tags, or try to use proper time

[12:06] according to the season. Okay? So, these

[12:09] are a few things which you need to take

[12:10] care of, and there are nothing There's

[12:13] nothing much difficult while creating

[12:15] videos and posting it on YouTube. If you

[12:17] take care of such small things, things

[12:19] will really work according to how you

[12:22] do. Okay? So, on This is only for today.

[12:25] I was just free, so I thought of

[12:26] creating videos, and uh

[12:28] Okay, so I have to finish my rest of the

[12:31] work which I have. And I have to uh

[12:34] fulfill some of my other jobs, too. So,

[12:37] I'll go right now and do it. So, I had

[12:39] time, so I thought of why not to create

[12:41] an informative video and post it,

[12:42] because my channel was getting dormant.

[12:44] So, instead of letting it get dormant,

[12:47] why not to post something and

[12:50] let it keep alive. Okay? So, bye for

[12:52] now.

[12:53] I hope to see you in next video whenever

[12:56] I post, and I hope you guys will support

[12:58] me next video, too.

[13:00] So, okay. This is all for today. Bye.

[13:04] Yeah, so let me just end this session of

[13:05] this Bandicam. Okay, thank you. Bye-bye.