Using YouTube For Back Links

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    Is youtube any good for backlinks... Like posting a video and having your URL in the text beside the screen?
     
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  2. homfuc

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    no, they have very low priority for google
     
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  3. kutekutta

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    I don't think it will give any back links but it will give more traffic to your website.
     
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    it is an authority backlink so yes go for it
     
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  5. giancarlo

    giancarlo Active Member

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    I think the youtube links are nofollow. But they will probably bring you some good traffic.
     
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    impact-productions Well-Known Member

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    Definitely good. They are no-follow backlinks but that doesn't matter on many sites other than Google. Even within Google, the fact that they're clickable will get visitors to your site.

    The other aspect worth considering is trying to tie up the first few pages of Google rankings. As YouTube is highly ranked by Google as an authority site, there is a good chance that your video will appear on there. That pushes your competitors out, with the added advantage of possible clickthroughs.
     
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  7. sultanofseo

    sultanofseo Notable Member

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    youtube links are not live links anymore so linkwise they are worthless these days. since users cannot click on the link and visit the site anymore, youtube traffic would be lower than before as well
     
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    seodetectors07 Notable Member

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    well youtube links are of no advantage according to link building as there are not clickable and are not considered as good links......

    you can promote your video within youtube to get high traffic otherwise dont think of any help regarding links
     
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    seodetectors07 Notable Member

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    well youtube links are of no advantage according to link building as there are not clickable and are not considered as good links......

    you can promote your video within youtube to get high traffic otherwise dont think of any help regarding links.......
     
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  10. Viktor Drej

    Viktor Drej Banned

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    Youtube I think is nofollow so its useless unless you have url on video..
     
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    vickyseo09 Banned

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    it's No follow it's good for traffic point of view!!!
     
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    YouTube is used for marketing purposes not for link building campaigns ;)
     
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    The YouTube links in the description field are clickable. I always use this on my videos.

    Just put 
    http://www.mysite.com
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    at the start of the description.

    At the end of your video put an arrow to where the link is as a Call To Action to encourage the viewer to click the link. Be sure to leave this up for at least 30 seconds so that YouTube doesn't go to the related videos page.
     
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    Use it for visibility (traffic). Your youtube page can quite easily on certain keywords (if correctly optimized for SEO) get you on the first page and as a consequence get you some decent indirect traffic ;)
     
    dollarjames, Feb 1, 2009 IP