Hi Everyone.
Couple of points, really.
1) I totally agree with all the points in the OP. Almost to the point where I would call them the "Seven Commandments of Youtube"!
I would like to add, though, regarding
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Order of your tags is also quite important.
For example:
If I did a gaming video of Me role-playing as a police officer in Grand Theft Auto v (
which i do...shameless plug!).
The first tags Would be something like: GTA V, GTA 5 ,grand theft auto, lspdfr (the police mod), gta be police, gta play as cops.....etcetera etcetera.
Then as you go on adding more tags, you become less specific, such as adding more generic words like: cops, police, gaming, police chase... and so on.
I've probably not explained that very well, for which I apologise...
Also, in the long run, to ensure your videos are ranked as high as possible, resist the temptation to insert inappropriate and irrelevant tags, like popular channel names, or popular tags.
If people start watching your video because it was suggested by another, completely un-related, video and they watch a few seconds before clicking away, that will hurt your viewer retention figures, which has massive knock on effects regarding rank and advertising ( would you pay alot to advertise on a video no one watches?).
Talking of channel names... Top Tip.
Always put your channel name in the tags of all your videos.
There is only one you, so automatically youtube should associate all your videos together when it comes to suggested videos. If someone is watching one of your videos, why have a side bar full of other peoples content, tempting your viewer away...keep hold of them for as long as you can.
One more thing, as I'm on a roll
I honestly cannot see the point in "sub4sub".
Why? What is the actual point?
I'd much rather have 1000 subs gained because people want to watch my content...and do, than have 10,000 subs because I have subbed to 10,000 other channels and they have 'Returned the favour', but none of them have any interest in my content.
(OK I may have exaggerated a bit, but you get the point)
In fact, I can think of few things worse than having a large amount of subs, but a small amount of views. How can you build a channel like that?
But thats just what I think, and I am far from being any sort of guru on the topic.
I have been active on youtube Since late march this year ('15) and have learnt SO much, but have so much more to learn. I wish you all the best of luck!
Right...now I'm gonna check out your channels....you dont have to check mine if you don't want and if you do, definitly dont subscribe if you don't enjoy what you see!
Cheers!
G