How to SEO a video website

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by newprospect, Dec 1, 2009.

  1. #1
    We have a video website containing several millions of free videos. Each video is placed on a separate web page, e.g.
    http://www.seedic.com/watch/Michael-Jordan-s-NBA-career-top-ten-dunk-900091821.html

    We would like to SEO this page, but really don't know what's the most efficient way. Could anybody shed us with some light?

    Really appreciate!
     
    newprospect, Dec 1, 2009 IP
  2. webcosmo

    webcosmo Notable Member

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    add h1 tag. you can have more text on the description.
     
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  3. newprospect

    newprospect Peon

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    Thanks, we've already add h1 to the title of the video. We don't know if this weights a lot. Is there any tools to check?
     
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    Ok, I was caught up watching the videos, but anyway. The first thing you need to do is add some real content to the page, a few paragraphs should work fine, as it stands right now you just have a bunch of adsense and the h1 points to a different website. I would do this with the meta tags:

    Title: Michael Jordan's Top 10 Video Dunks
    Description: A collection of the top 10 video dunks in Michael Jordan's career while in the NBA.
    Keywords: Michael Jordan Dunks, Michael Jordan Videos, Michael Jordan Clips.

    This will be a better start then what you have now so it is worth a try.
     
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  5. cyberfreakz

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    Add little text as description for each video that contains keywords as well as something about what's in the video...!
     
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    Well, first you need to add some real text content related to your videos on all pages properly using your keywords and then start submitting and posting it to video sites, social networks, bookmarkings etc with proper title and descrition that incluedes your main keywords.
     
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    expertofexperts Active Member

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    Add some more text with videos with some tags intergrated at the bottom or any other place.

    Once you have them then make sure that your title and meta keywords for particular page are same as tags. Now try getting some high PR links. Emphasis on getting high PR links. This will automatically generate traffic to your website.
     
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    youtube is the best video marketing source
     
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    Most people simply rely on the traffic they get from the actual video sites, missing the entire SEO boat with their videos! Inbound links (backlinks) to your videos are important for optimization within Google universal SERPS.
     
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    Thanks everyone. We modified our pages following your suggestions.
     
    newprospect, Dec 7, 2009 IP
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    BTW: can any body tell me if a sitemap has good effect on SEO? Thx
     
    newprospect, Dec 15, 2009 IP