{"id":422,"date":"2019-09-13T00:35:29","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T19:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.flintzy.com\/blog\/?p=422"},"modified":"2025-02-04T14:12:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T08:42:58","slug":"how-to-optimise-your-youtube-videos-to-rank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flintzy.com\/blog\/how-to-optimise-your-youtube-videos-to-rank\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Optimise Your YouTube Videos To Rank"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you launch your YouTube channel, it can take a while to get discovered. To set the ball rolling, you will need to optimise your video to rank in search engines results.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you follow these steps, you\u2019ll slowly start to see positive gains. Here\u2019s how you can grow your channel from nada to prada:<\/span>
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  1. Find 1-2 focus keywords. Type in a couple of words that sum up what your video is about on the YouTube search feature.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    2.<\/strong> Once you find your keywords on YouTube suggest, throw in your keywords into keyword planning tools to narrow your search. <\/span>KWFinder<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>Google Trends<\/span><\/a> can help you filter the best performing keywords. <\/span><\/p>\n

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    3.<\/strong> Find keywords that have a high search volume and are less competitive. For example, the word waterfall has a high Keyword Difficulty (KD) score of 52. Find words that score less than 40. The keyword \u2018water features\u2019 has a low KD and high search volume which makes it a better alternative.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    1. Use long tail keywords. Rather than using one keyword like \u2018waterfall\u2019 use a combination of keywords like \u2018best waterfall in USA\u2019. These long tail keywords are highly targeted and more likely to perform well against competitive keywords. If you use keywords that are being used by many competitors, your video is going to get buried.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n