Help with tags

[Brent Blogs]

Hi guys,

I'm quite familiar with the Google Adwords Tool, and how it can be useful for finding high-search low-competition short-and-long-tail key words.

But what I am super confused on is how to optimize the tags on my YouTube videos for better search results.

• Should I try to max out every tag YouTube will allow?
• Should I use tags related to everything in my video, or just the key concepts?
• Should I use long or short-tail key words?
• Should I try to capitalize on trending topics/videos/searches on YouTube?
• Should I include the full title of my video (and variations of it) in the tags section?

If there are any good tutorial videos or other threads one of you can recommend for this, I'd be grateful. Thanks.

 

[PitbullNorthC]

Hi guys,

I'm quite familiar with the Google Adwords Tool, and how it can be useful for finding high-search low-competition short-and-long-tail key words.

But what I am super confused on is how to optimize the tags on my YouTube videos for better search results.

• Should I try to max out every tag YouTube will allow?
• Should I use tags related to everything in my video, or just the key concepts?
• Should I use long or short-tail key words?
• Should I try to capitalize on trending topics/videos/searches on YouTube?
• Should I include the full title of my video (and variations of it) in the tags section?

If there are any good tutorial videos or other threads one of you can recommend for this, I'd be grateful. Thanks.

Great question because I have been wondering this a lot too.

 

[MoD1982]

Confirming my interest in this also.

 

[ghostlyrich]

Hi guys,

I'm quite familiar with the Google Adwords Tool, and how it can be useful for finding high-search low-competition short-and-long-tail key words.

But what I am super confused on is how to optimize the tags on my YouTube videos for better search results.

• Should I try to max out every tag YouTube will allow? yes! the more tags the more words that aim at your video
• Should I use tags related to everything in my video, or just the key concepts? yes that way it increases chances of being found! say if you post the camera you shot the video with, even though the person doesn't give a crap about the video they will come to see the camera quality and other stuff.
• Should I use long or short-tail key words? mix them up a bit like if i put car in mine it will recommend cars and i click it
• Should I try to capitalize on trending topics/videos/searches on YouTube? yes but only if its associated with the viral trending topic
• Should I include the full title of my video (and variations of it) in the tags section?yes but tag each word of the title separate!

If there are any good tutorial videos or other threads one of you can recommend for this, I'd be grateful. Thanks.

answered them in the quote bubble!. best way to put it is tags are how yopur found when your a smaller channel and it's like playing bingo! the more words that are fund the better chances of being found. it even works on google. example. go on google and tip[e in 3d split screen.. tell me who's video pops up. type in mazda 3 2006 tail light bulb and tell me who pops up..

 

[Brent Blogs]

answered them in the quote bubble!. best way to put it is tags are how yopur found when your a smaller channel and it's like playing bingo! the more words that are fund the better chances of being found. it even works on google. example. go on google and tip[e in 3d split screen.. tell me who's video pops up. type in mazda 3 2006 tail light bulb and tell me who pops up..

Yes indeed - your 3D Split Screen video comes up first.

Could you do me (us) a favor? Could you post here the exact tags you used for this particular video? It would help for structural reference. Thank you!

 

[ghostlyrich]

Keep in mind it has the most views in the catagory i wishi could copy and paste the tags but youtube doesnt let you anymore.

 

[PitbullNorthC]

so did we get a direct answer? I see that you are number one when it comes to google searches with your keywords but how did you decide on these keywords to generate the results to show like that.

 

[Brent Blogs]

Keep in mind it has the most views in the catagory i wishi could copy and paste the tags but youtube doesnt let you anymore.

Hey - I don't mean to be argumentative, but I just tried copying tags on my videos and it worked just fine. Can you try again? And even if you can't copy them, can you just do a screenshot and paste the image here? You have an audience of people here who really want to see what you're doing to rank so highly.

 

[ghostlyrich]

Hey - I don't mean to be argumentative, but I just tried copying tags on my videos and it worked just fine. Can you try again? And even if you can't copy them, can you just do a screenshot and paste the image here? You have an audience of people here who really want to see what you're doing to rank so highly.

so did we get a direct answer? I see that you are number one when it comes to google searches with your keywords but how did you decide on these keywords to generate the results to show like that.

your answer is everything and anything in the tags! here is the example i seriously cannot copy and paste tags

[DOUBLEPOST=1367860262,1367860099][/DOUBLEPOST]another example from another video



i update my tags every so often adding more that i didnt think of last time and helps increase views

 

[PitbullNorthC]

your answer is everything and anything in the tags! here is the example i seriously cannot copy and paste tags

View attachment 6548[DOUBLEPOST=1367860262,1367860099][/DOUBLEPOST]another example from another video

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i update my tags every so often adding more that i didnt think of last time and helps increase views

Don't you max out the tags field every time? I know when I am filling out my tags for my video I feel obligated to max them out. And I am still unclear of how you go about selecting which tags to use. Am I alone here?