The Maine SEO Blog

Video is just one more way to connect with viewers/visitors/customers.  Generally speaking, video is even more powerful than text – it can be more interactive and personal.  Not to mention:

1. You can start your own YouTube channel, and upload all of your videos. (Hey, even the President is doing it…)
2. Your videos can come up in Google’s Universal Search Results.
3. You can integrate your videos in your Local Search listings.
4. You can link from your video back to your site/blog.  (It is, unfortunately, nofollowed; but Google does still look at them!)
5. You can link and/or embed the video on your on website or blog. (Views of the video on your site count toward the total viewings, which help your YouTube rankings.)
6. You can optimize your videos to rank well – in both Google and YouTube searches.

The best part? You can make a video about almost anything. I could, for example, make a video catching the major points of going through keyword research on my favorite sites.  Or, I could showcase my favorite measurements from Google Analytics (like Rich just did).  And YouTube is just the place to upload it.

Nicki Hicks
Show Me The Movie

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