12/01/2021
Tip #3 FREE YouTube Ranking Strategy
TubeBuddy is such a great tool for YouTube because it can be used for so many important things such as keyword ranking, thumbnails and even languages.
To start ask yourself this question: what keywords do you want to rank for? The goal is to identify the phrase that will be easier to rank your video for in YouTube.
Type the keyword or title into the YouTube search bar this will be what you want to name your video. Look in the top right-hand corner of the screen to see the TubeBuddy chrome extension and pay attention to the Keyword Score in the Search Explorer to see what the Search Volume and Competition is for that corresponding keyword. When the Search Volume is red it means there is not enough people searching for it and when the competition is red it means there is too much competition for it. So ideally you want to be in the green for Search Volume and green or yellow for Competition, as well as have a high corresponding score.
A good keyword or title is comprised of high search volumes and low competition which means that the video will be easy to rank in YouTube for that corresponding keyword. When the video gains more interaction such as views, likes, comments, shares and subscribes over time it will rank higher naturally.
Another tip is to check out the top 5 or 10 competing videos for your keyword in YouTube. Use TubeBuddy to see how well they are optimized and what common keywords they have used.
Additionally, a trick is to copy/paste your keywords and title into the Google Chrome finder cnt+f to see if any other videos have your same keywords in them which means it will be harder to rank your video.
A lot of people don’t know using your videos ‘File Name’ will help your videos rank in YouTube. After making your YT video, on the actual MP4 that you’re going to upload onto YouTube. Right click the MP4 and go to properties, then click the details tab and fill in the following values:
- add your video title/keywords
- rate your video 5 stars
- add relevant keywords
- add your website URL to the website field
When optimizing your video to rank high in YouTube all you must do is repeat the same keywords again in your title, description and tags. Tags should be specific and relevant. Thumbnails should be eye catching and an exact match to the keywords or title. The video description should sound natural leading with the keywords or title first.