- In this video, I'm gonna show you my five-step process for ranking number one in YouTube. I recently used this exact method to rank in the top three in YouTube for the keyword SEO. I'm Brian Dean, the founder of Backlinko, the place where marketers turn for high rankings and more traffic. And today, you're gonna learn the five most influential video SEO ranking factors to get your videos to the top of YouTube fast. Keep watching. A few years ago, my YouTube channel was struggling. I consistently created high quality videos that provided a ton of value. But when I published my videos, crickets. (cricket sounds) Needless to say, I was frustrated. I knew that video was a powerful way to grow my online business, but I learned the hard way that video only works if people actually watch your videos. And no, your mom watching your videos doesn't count. Trust me. Hey mom, I just published a new video on YouTube. Can you watch it for me? Thanks mom, you're the best. Flash forward to today and my videos consistently get tens of thousands of views and hundreds of people subscribe to my channel every single month. My secret? I learned everything I could about video SEO. Unfortunately, most of the advice that I initially read about ranking in YouTube didn't work. You know the advice
I'm talking about. Put your keyword in your video description. Put keywords in your video filename. Write 20 tags for every video. Sure this stuff can help, but it's not gonna rocket your video to the top of Google or YouTube. Why? Because everyone on YouTube is doing the exact same thing. After trying all the generic advice that I read and getting nowhere, I decided to run a bunch of experiments and that's when I learned what really works. Specifically, I discovered YouTube's five most important ranking factors and these are ranking factors that very few people know about. Once I applied these ranking factors to my videos, my rankings shot to the roof. I started ranking for super competitive keywords like SEO, link building, how to get traffic and more. And now it's time for me to share these five ranking factors...
I'm talking about. Put your keyword in your video description. Put keywords in your video filename. Write 20 tags for every video. Sure this stuff can help, but it's not gonna rocket your video to the top of Google or YouTube. Why? Because everyone on YouTube is doing the exact same thing. After trying all the generic advice that I read and getting nowhere, I decided to run a bunch of experiments and that's when I learned what really works. Specifically, I discovered YouTube's five most important ranking factors and these are ranking factors that very few people know about. Once I applied these ranking factors to my videos, my rankings shot to the roof. I started ranking for super competitive keywords like SEO, link building, how to get traffic and more. And now it's time for me to share these five ranking factors...
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