Website Video SEO – Getting your videos seen online
People usually love video, millions of Americans consume videos online and same is the case world over. A consumer is most likely to keep in mind and refer to a video in comparison to a print advertisement. These days video making is very economical as compared to the cost of a traditional commercial. Broadband is getting enormous popularity worldwide. Now people can watch videos without long download times or quality issues. Present generation considers video to be a reliable source of news and information. Online video for them is second to nature. Here are a few tips/hints for optimizing your video:
1) It is recommended that you create and submit a transcript for users and the search engines, add a transcript to each video file you’ve uploaded via your Video Status page. Create a Keyword Rich Title for your Transcript; include a brief introductory paragraph/synopsis that describes the subject matter of your transcript (and video) and be sure to publish your transcript.
2) Don’t forget to encode the keywords you are targeting into your video. Try to use the word “video” as much as possible, make sure the word “video” is used in your title, description, meta data etc.
3) Off-page SEO, or, the techniques that one uses outside of the actual coding of the site itself (links, etc…), is just as effective for online video content as it is with any other webpage. Therefore, do your best to develop inbound links to your videos with the keywords that you are targeting in the anchor text of those links.
4) It is advisable to create a separate sitemap just for your videos in your site and try to keep your video files in one directory this would help the web crawlers to locate your video files speedily and effortlessly.
5) If you are hosting the video on your own site, it is advisable to do your best to utilize a player that is not flash as search engines have difficulty understanding flash content. That being said, it will be difficult to empower video on your site without a simple flash player. If you can not get around it, do your best to take advantage of the other SEO techniques since search engines cant understand the flash technology.
6) Create search engine friendly keyword URLs for your video pages. To do this, you can use mod-rewrite function or htaccess file so that the URLs are freely assessable and readable by the search engines.
7) Various video search engines use to capture thumbnails of your in different manner. Some of them take the first frame of your video, while others try to take from the middle or end. It is better to experiment with each site individually to make sure they are displaying the right thumbnail for your video. A video thumbnail is always crucial when it comes to decide for a viewer which video to watch.
Try to keep one video per page and put all video pages into the same directory or folder.
Beside the above mentioned points there are few more points relevant for the optimization:
9) Keyword research, as with search engine optimization for other online content, is crucial for targeting the audience you desire most effectively. Use keyword research tools available in order to identify those words that most often are searched for when searching for related content online.
10) Allow users to submit comments and feedback on your videos. Studies show that viewers who offer feedback are those most likely to convert and take the desired action that you are trying to solicit, whether it be an email, website visit, or purchase.
November 22, 2008 by Mark Robertson
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Free iPod Song Downloads – Carefulness Matters
Free iPod song downloads is now available from many well established sites that give music at no cost. Yes, time has come for you to enjoy your iPod with the latest or old time favorite music which you can download for free.
Of course before you can start enjoying free music, you must install the necessary software to your PC. This will enable you to get iPod song free downloads immediately. If you are not familiar with the software, just search for it and follow the simple installation instructions.
The iPod is one among the latest technologies in music that makes sound still one of the best sources of enjoyment. Using internet technology, the iPod has allowed any one from any where around the world to listen to his favorite music in the most convenient way. Imagine the ease of using iPod, and because of this it has become one of the most in demand items in the market.
Out of the many music sources that are now in the web, there are some that really stand out. One of these is Love To Know Music. It is known for its library of songs that range from the 80s up to the present. This is one of the sites that have daily updates so you get every latest music everyday which you can get as free iPod song downloads.
Download.com is an ideal site if you want free iPod song downloads from some of the most popular song artists. With their library of more than 75,000 songs, all given for free, there is no reason why you cannot find your favorite tracks.
You can also visit Amazon, a good site that is well maintained and updated. If you find newly released hits to be great, then your search must already end here. Be the first to get a copy of the latest music only from this trusted site.
In your quest to enjoy your free iPod song downloads, there is one thing that you have to remember. Do not be lured by websites that cannot be trusted. Chances are with these websites you would end up having problems with virus, adware and spyware. It would be very difficult for you to solve this problem. You could even lose those important data that you already have in your PC.
To avoid such problems, you should make sure that you download only from trusted sources. Stay away from sources that have not yet established good reputation. This will make sure that your free iPod song downloads will be an enjoyable experience.
November 19, 2008 by Davion Wong
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