There are countless articles, guides and even free as well as paid courses out there that teach ways of optimizing videos on YouTube to get more likes and subscribers. Unfortunately very few among us have the time to give them a thorough read and even if we do, in the end we still leave confused at various bits. None of them gives you the straightforward YouTube video ranking checklist to better optimize your videos.
About YouTube Video Ranking Checklist
Today, I am sharing this useful 'to-do' checklist of what should you keep in mind while uploading a video and what efforts are necessary to rank it higher than your competitors. You can use this YouTube video ranking checklist for just promoting your video or even a product. The checklist is as following:
- Create video in 16:9 ratio, 720P (1280x720)pixel
- Video file name will be main keyword
- In video file details (Right click the video file on your desktop and click details): a. Title will be video file name b. Subtitle will be related with keywords c. Give some related tags d. Write related comment
- Default video upload setting: a. Set as unlisted b. Set category c. Set Language and so
- Video title goes with main keyword
- In the video description: a. Description will be minimum 300-500 words for Google Ranking b. First line of description will be video title like a general sentence end with full stop(.) c. Use keywords in video description d. Video link will be inserted in this description e. Give social media links, like facebook page, group and twitter link “Follow us: Google+ | Facebook” f. Write: “Subscribe to our channel” g. Give related keywords or search terms as much as possible
- Tags will be related with keywords and first one will be main keyword/video related popular channel name. Give tags as much as possible.
- Create a 1280x720 pixel thumbnail and name it with main keyword. Thumbnail file details will be like below (Right click on video file and click details): a. Title will be thumbnail name b. Subtitle will be related with keyword c. Give some related tags d. Write related comment
- If all is done, publish and monetize it.
- Do off page SEO within 24 Hrs.
- Backlink: a. FB-10, TW-10, YT Comments-10, and others social sites recommended by YouTube-1. b. Embed your video on any site.
- Make minimum 10 instant views within 24hrs anyhow but do not yourself.
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