How to rank #1 in YouTube search: SEO formula and tips?

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Do you own a YouTube channel, or are you planning on starting one? Many YouTubers have proved this efficient and are also their secret of how they rank on the first page of simple youtube searches. Here are 9 tips to rank #1 on the youtube search page.

9 tips to rank #1 on youtube

• The first part of the title

The first part of the title should explain exactly what the content of your video is. YouTube gives more importance to the first few words of your title rather than it in whole.

Rather than giving a 'How to make a chocolate milkshake' as your title, choose 'Chocolate Milkshake recipe at home'.

• Engage viewers

What most famous YouTubers do is, they use call-to-action (CTO). They ask for feedbacks or reply for a particular question to comment in the comment box below.

Instead of using 'Let us know what you think about this video in the comment section', as them a particular question. This will make it easier for the viewer to comment as they know what to comment on and have been made specific.

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• TAB formula for video tags

This has been proved effective by Brian Dean, a famous YouTuber, and many others as well. Most of his videos have ranked on the first page of youtube searches.

Video tags must be specific and must explain what the video is really about. Dont add many tags thinking that would help. That would only make it hard for youtube to understand what your video is really about.

TAB stands for Target, Alternative and Broad tags.

Add the specific content as the first tag.

Add few alternative tags which also represent the content.

Finally add Broad tag which gives the idea of what the video is based on.

For example, for a chocolate milkshake, we can add the following tags:

1. Chocolate Milkshake recipe
2. Chocolate Milkshake at home
3. Chocolate milkshake with ice cream
4. Milkshakes
5. Health

• Make eye-catching thumbnails

This plays a vital role in click rate. Just like the title, this too must be very attractive. This should catch the attention of the viewers and make them want to see your video.

Use colors that dont make you blend in with youtube or other videos. Dont use red, white, or black(youtube colors). Instead, use eye-catching colors like green, blue or purple. This makes your video stand out from the crowd. This makes your video more clickable.

Add text in your thumbnail but not too much. Add about 20-30 characters in your thumbnail which explain what the video is about. Make it big and bold.

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• Mini blog-like descriptions

Description plays a major role in SEO as well. Instead of giving common descriptions, give them a small understanding of the content. Dont explain your whole video. Add things that will make them curious to see your video.

Use many keywords related to your content which will help ranking when your tags are searched.

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• Video length

Video length must be long but not too long. The recommended length for a video to rank up is 8 to 15 minutes long. If your video is an educational video or a crash course, it can go as long as a few hours.

• Use of parenthesis/brackets

Believe it or not, studies have shown that the rate of clicking on video with brackets present in the title is way higher than those without brackets.

You can use brackets denoting the year, or 'fast' or in any other way.

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• Rank in suggested videos

Here is another efficient way of getting views. Rank up in suggested videos of famous and most viewed videos.

To do this, copy few keywords/tags from famous videos as it is to your videos. Use similar tags of such videos. Make your video longer than that video and explain the content better than them.

Recreate their video by yourself, and you will rank in their suggested video. You will also get a lot of views.

Please do not copy or edit their videos and upload them as your own. This will cause your channel or video to be banned due to copyright strikes.

• Find what viewers like in your video

Go to analytics and check where people tend to skip or leave your video. Watch that part of your video. Correct it and stop using similar things in future videos.

Also, observe where people stay and watch your videos. Please find out the interesting parts of your video which kept them watching and add that in further uploads. May it be a joke or just the change in camera angle.

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Conclusion

Follow these steps and you can rank #1 in youtube search.

1. Title
2. Engagement
3. Tags
4. thumbnail
5. Description
6. Length
7. Use brackets
8. suggested video ranking
9. Increase watch time

The TAB formula will help you out a lot as it has been used by many at the time famous YouTubers.

Remember that starting a youtube channel can be tough, and it will take a lot of time. But as long as you continue to upload contents on daily/weekly basis, your channel will begin to grow and you will get many subscribers and views.

You can also earn money out of youtube.

Good luck!