YouTube related video secret

There are tens or more thousands of videos on YouTube that have no views. If you want to be the first viewer of a video, spend hours on the PetitTube page.

However, in general, every uploader should be interested in getting their video noticed. There are several tricks for this, in this story we will see how to get a recommendation from YouTube related video status.

What is YouTube Related Videos?

Related Video

YouTube recommends next to the video and when the video ends also in the video window linked maybe related videos. Who wouldn't want their video to appear as a YouTube recommendation, or next to some popular videos?

Google / YouTube search

If you think there's some secret dirty trick to getting your home video quickly recommended to viewers of the 2.4 billion-viewed Gangham Style video, then you can stop reading this story here. No it is not.

Google wants users to get the most relevant match to their search. Similarly, YouTube wants to provide video viewers with the most relevant next videos possible. Black-hat trick users do not have long success in either place.

At the same time, if, for example, you plan to start offering aerial photography services, you definitely want your promo clips to be among the first or recommended videos in this category.

Secret: keywords, labels, tags

The third planet or YouTube related video the secret is keywords that is, those meaningless words and phrases that you generally don't bother to write in the bottommost box when uploading a video. In extreme cases, you add the first 3-5 words that come to mind and it stays there. Sildid

For example, whether the day before yesterday Received the title of Digitegu of the Year 2015 Viru Valge design campaign in the promo video Has even 1 keyword been added to the video on YouTube? Nada, zero, nope… However, it is not on this clip a lot of effort was also put into the description. EST. Right. 

 Viru Valge

How do I get a YouTube “recommendation” for my video?

Using similar keywords is one of the easiest ways to get your video recommended for the next video by another video viewer. Viru Valge marketers might want their design campaign promo video to have 185,000 views Smilers - Blood group Viru Valge as a recommendation to viewers.

But YouTube doesn't show keywords added to public videos?

Yes, but there are several solutions to this, one of the simplest of which is VidIQ Chrome browser plugin. In addition to the keywords, its free version shows several other statistical numbers and, for some keywords, also the result in the YouTube search.

Viru Folk

Kaupo Kalda uploaded less than 2 months ago Viru Folk 2015 on video the only keyword is the phrase "Viru Folk". VidIQ shows that Kaupo's video ranks #5 in YouTube search with this keyword.

However, Kaupo could add more keywords such as "aerial shots", "drone video", etc. - also with these keywords there would be a chance to be among the first or appear as a related video.

PS: it is unbelievable how many drone pilots of all kinds have appeared in Estonia and how little they have used YouTube optimization for their marketing. 

Keyword optimization order

  1. Find the YouTube channel in the general settings default upload settings. In the "tags" box, write at least 5 keywords to introduce your channel. This way, they will appear automatically with every uploaded video. Videos with similar keywords are often related to each other related into a video. You want the viewer to stay with your videos.
  2. More important than keywords is video category – videos of the same category are significantly more often related to each other. So, choose it carefully and also follow the competitors, i.e. videos, next to which you want to come out with your video. The video category is public, i.e. without a plugin under the video (show more) visible.
  3. One video cannot be a recommendation for many, so think about which keywords you want to be at the top of YouTube search and which popular videos you want to come up as the next recommendation.
  4. Use VidIQ or another plugin to see what you want video keywords, but don't copy everyone automatically - YouTube doesn't think this is a good solution.

If you want the video to get views on YouTube, don't forget to add keywords to it. Keyword analysis of similar videos takes significantly less time than filming, editing or uploading.

Although you don't want your competitors to use this opportunity better than you, you can still share your thoughts ;)

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