Youtube Algorythms

[uberdanger]

Ok so this has been bugging me for a while, we all want to optimize our Youtube channels, however I keep hearing different things from different people. Fact of the matter is, there are some Youtube algorythms which at least I'm not sure how works. So I'm gonna ask about a few of them on this post, and if it gets cleared up I will update the post for all of you.

First of all: Tag algorythms
Some people say the more the merrier, and that it doesn't always have to be relevant, but the more people search your tag the better. Some people believe that the more unique your tag is, and the more people search it the better.

And then there's the curveball, some people say that the less tags you have, the more specific Youtube will be about your content. For example if you have "gaming, ps3gaming, gtav, gta 5, funny, hilarious, commentary, funny moments, gta 5 funny" it's way too broad, and each individual keyword wouldn't mean as much. I'm curious to know if any of you are certaint about how tags work, and wht is best.

Second of all: Video ranking algorythms
What is it that ranks a video high, that makes it get promoted more by Youtube. Well personally audience retention and view to sub ratio has worked out way more than view to likes ratio, and like to dislike ratio. Generallt the videos with a lot of comments, and which are great gateway videos, also seem to do a lot better. But do any of you know what Youtube ACTUALLY looks at, and how much the things they look at matter.

You'll see someone like Pewdiepie be super big on Youtube, because his videos bring in a lot of subscribers, likes, favorites, comments, and continous viewerships. I don't personally watch his content, however that's exactly what the Youtube engine wants, which is why he is nr 1 at the moment

3rd and last of all: Search engine algorythms.
Many people on this forum claim that the search engine priotitizes like this: Title > Description > Tags, however do any of you have any proof of this? Because in my mind it's ridiculous that your description should be more relevant than your tags. Are you absolutely sure that's how it works, and if so which base are you making this claim on.

Also going back to my previous point, does it prioritize a couple relevant keywords, or just just a whole bunch of related keywords?

 

[Reina]

Ok so this has been bugging me for a while, we all want to optimize our Youtube channels, however I keep hearing different things from different people. Fact of the matter is, there are some Youtube algorythms which at least I'm not sure how works. So I'm gonna ask about a few of them on this post, and if it gets cleared up I will update the post for all of you.

First of all: Tag algorythms
Some people say the more the merrier, and that it doesn't always have to be relevant, but the more people search your tag the better. Some people believe that the more unique your tag is, and the more people search it the better.

And then there's the curveball, some people say that the less tags you have, the more specific Youtube will be about your content. For example if you have "gaming, ps3gaming, gtav, gta 5, funny, hilarious, commentary, funny moments, gta 5 funny" it's way too broad, and each individual keyword wouldn't mean as much. I'm curious to know if any of you are certaint about how tags work, and wht is best.

Second of all: Video ranking algorythms
What is it that ranks a video high, that makes it get promoted more by Youtube. Well personally audience retention and view to sub ratio has worked out way more than view to likes ratio, and like to dislike ratio. Generallt the videos with a lot of comments, and which are great gateway videos, also seem to do a lot better. But do any of you know what Youtube ACTUALLY looks at, and how much the things they look at matter.

You'll see someone like Pewdiepie be super big on Youtube, because his videos bring in a lot of subscribers, likes, favorites, comments, and continous viewerships. I don't personally watch his content, however that's exactly what the Youtube engine wants, which is why he is nr 1 at the moment

3rd and last of all: Search engine algorythms.
Many people on this forum claim that the search engine priotitizes like this: Title > Description > Tags, however do any of you have any proof of this? Because in my mind it's ridiculous that your description should be more relevant than your tags. Are you absolutely sure that's how it works, and if so which base are you making this claim on.

Also going back to my previous point, does it prioritize a couple relevant keywords, or just just a whole bunch of related keywords?

Regarding the tag algorithms, I suspect that the less keywords I use, the better. But, that's just a hunch. Don't really have any idea on the other two.

 

[Mark Robinson]

YouTube/Google tells you to put entire potential search terms in the tags as well as key words. This could be things like 'GTA V Funny Gameplay' or something. The kind of thing you search for when looking for that content.

 

[uberdanger]

YouTube/Google tells you to put entire potential search terms in the tags as well as key words. This could be things like 'GTA V Funny Gameplay' or something. The kind of thing you search for when looking for that content.

Yeah, but if I write "Gta 5 gunny gameplay, gta, 5, funny, gameplay" Will it be more effective since I have some keywords in there several times, or less effective because there are more keywords.

 

[Mark Robinson]

Yeah, but if I write "Gta 5 gunny gameplay, gta, 5, funny, gameplay" Will it be more effective since I have some keywords in there several times, or less effective because there are more keywords.

It mainly does search terms because YouTube has become so large now. For search results you want to make the search strings in the tags, for related videos you want to use keywords. So a mix of both will make sure you get in both related videos and search results. And that will be more effective as there are both the individual terms it uses, and the search string, so that is perfect!

 

[Sinc]

as far as i know "relevance" is based on how close the tag is to the title,and or first 2 sentences in your videos description, so i just tag my channel and title of video.

 

[uberdanger]

as far as i know "relevance" is based on how close the tag is to the title,and or first 2 sentences in your videos description, so i just tag my channel and title of video.

Please elaborate, are you saying that if my tags and title are similar, this will multiply the effect? And will having a larger description for example, deminish the effect of this relevance.

 

[Michael]

Yeah, but if I write "Gta 5 gunny gameplay, gta, 5, funny, gameplay" Will it be more effective since I have some keywords in there several times, or less effective because there are more keywords.

I would use similar techniques to when doing SEO on websites, having a few repeated keywords on the page is good but if the density of them is really high it's generally considered bad practice and can be seen as keyword spamming in attempt to outrank other sites. What I think is important is making sure the keywords are in the description of the video too and that you have a decent length description thats written for both humans and the search engine.

I dont think theres many people who know for certain and I am pretty sure their exact algorithms are well protected.

 

[Gabriel]

Yeah, but if I write "Gta 5 gunny gameplay, gta, 5, funny, gameplay" Will it be more effective since I have some keywords in there several times, or less effective because there are more keywords.

Less effective, it drowns the most important tags.

I've been tagging my videos for 4 years and I used to put lots of needless tags in there and usually put the video really far down in search results, I don't do that now and my videos usually get to the first page for the first couple of weeks from the upload.

 

[Sinc]

Please elaborate, are you saying that if my tags and title are similar, this will multiply the effect? And will having a larger description for example, deminish the effect of this relevance.

yes, it puts you higher on the search in the relevance tab, it has worked for me since forever XD, some of my videos i named specifically after looking up to make sure it doesnt exist, so only my videos would show up....look up "Instaratchet"