Tags experiment

[Msd]

I use VidIQ to find out what tags the bigger Youtubers are making. And here's one I found for Buzzfeed.

The key is not posting too many tags. But posting too many tags saying the exact same keyword rather than using a related word to the topic of the video. Like what Buzzfeed is doing.

So you do want to post a lot of tags with the exact same keyword OR you do not want to do that, AND instead use a related word to the topic?

 

[Sabrina]

Like what Buzzfeed is doing.

I have looking on what big channels use

I noticed that a lot of big YouTubers use very general one-word tags, but then again their videos actually have a chance to rank for those words. I don't think it makes sense for a small channel.

 

[XXLRay]

Big YouTubers can be lazy with SEO as they are already ranked high because of their size.

 

[itsamomblog]

I never know how to tag our videos, I just try to fill out the tags because I figured it would make it easier to find our videos. If we are doing a toy review, I put toy review, toys, reviews, kids, our channel name and our names.... That's about it. I have noticed that the videos I have tagged get less views from the get go, but a month down the road, they start getting more views.

 

[JB Clem]

I'm using Heartbeat and it is similar. I have looking on what big channels use and used the exact same tags if it is a similar video and it doesn't help me anything. It must have something to do with that viewers does not stay long enough and watch my videos?

It's either audience retention or the number of subscribers those channels have. I have videos which are dense with tags which get ranked lower on Youtube searches. Because the other channel has a much larger subscriber base with dedicated viewers.[DOUBLEPOST=1440374199,1440373406][/DOUBLEPOST]

So you do want to post a lot of tags with the exact same keyword OR you do not want to do that, AND instead use a related word to the topic?

Related words to the topic. Here's an example of what I used to rank one of my videos which have over 50,000 views and continually gets 100 views a day.

Not only did I use Batman and Superman in the tags. But also the related words: the actors, the San Diego Comic Con, Comic Books, and Trailers. But the most important way to rank your video on the search engine is putting the keywords in the description.

 

[lossehelin]

My friends, you are focusing in just one aspect of youtube rankings which by itself does not do anything. Tags are useful on the beginning, when youtube still hasn't figured out what to do with your video, it enables youtube to do some testing but then the benefits will get mitigated after a few days when youtube figures how to deal with your videos.
When creating tags just remember that youtube (or should i say google) hates spam, too many keywords will look spammy, repetitive keywords will look spammy, unrelated keywords will look spammy. Key is moderation.

Also, don't try to follow the tags of big youtubers as it will be irrelevant for you.

 

[Riddikore]

I noticed that a lot of big YouTubers use very general one-word tags

Twas interesting I looked at my analytics yesterday and was actually getting traffic from the word "game". As broad as that is, I'm shocked it resulted in anything.

 

[Sabrina]

Twas interesting I looked at my analytics yesterday and was actually getting traffic from the word "game". As broad as that is, I'm shocked it resulted in anything.

Could it have happened in the first few days when YT places your video according to metadata? It could have briefly ranked for 'game', at least for a few of those people searching for games.

 

[Riddikore]

Could it have happened in the first few days when YT places your video according to metadata? It could have briefly ranked for 'game', at least for a few of those people searching for games.

I bet it's due to title. I have a few videos that have the word 'game' or 'gamer'. I've found that I've been ranking better on title and description more than tags.

 

[Sabrina]

I bet it's due to title. I have a few videos that have the word 'game' or 'gamer'. I've found that I've been ranking better on title and description more than tags.

The title is part of the metadata. But metadata only tells YT what to rank the video for, not how high. How high it ranks depends mostly on watch time.