Do captions help with search?

TheBossman

TheBossman

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So I know that having subtitles for other languages helps as it becomes better for them to search. I have also heard that captions help you out in the search too as it gives Youtube more to work with. Has anyone any experience of this personally with how it has helped them?

Considering doing them for my reviews going forward so any help with this would be nice.

Thanks.
 
I've appeared in search results for keywords unrelated to my title, description, or tags BUT had mentioned the words in my video that were captioned. I tend to find that out when I look at the YT analytics and wonder why some search terms are appearing.
 
Riddikore said:
I've appeared in search results for keywords unrelated to my title, description, or tags BUT had mentioned the words in my video that were captioned. I tend to find that out when I look at the YT analytics and wonder why some search terms are appearing.
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So it is helpful then, that is good to know. Does it take long to do?
 
Well don't quote me on this. When I post a video with captions it usually does better. I think each of the captions are a key word so it could help you rank. But make sure to say related terms in your video, so the captions will pick it up.
 
KiddieToysReview said:
Yes it helps. Massively.
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In my testing I'd say the opposite is true, most professionals say it's better than not doing it but the benefit is unmeasurable other than you'll appeal to certain sub groups, such as English as a second language, people who want to watch in a quiet place etc.
 
dont forget to open up fan translations, so people can translate for you into other languages! the support I got for this in my last upload far exceeded anything I expected.

its definitely worth the extra effort when you have less content like me.
and also I imagine people that are hard of hearing will have it show up in searches for them specifically too?
 
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