YouTube For Building Your Links

**HTMLBasicTutor** · #1 (**permalink**) 09-29-2009, 02:21 PM

In an article I found today the author doesn't think you should use YouTube for building links. Their number one reason is:

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...YouTube results bump web pages down in the general search results and web pages make sales , videos don’t!...

...If your goal is to make your website an authority in your industry/niche, you should house and promote the videos on your site, not YouTube. This will help with algorithmic authority, branding and traffic....

Reference: You Shouldn’t Use YouTube For Building Your Links

Your opinion on the author's findings and opinion?

jayjay · #2 (**permalink**) 09-29-2009, 03:02 PM

Maybe it depends on the what products you are promoting.

SyfonicHosting · #3 (**permalink**) 09-29-2009, 03:06 PM

I wouldn't use YouTube because to me it seems to be pretty unprofessional to upload a video that has your link all over it.

davidtrounce · #4 (**permalink**) 09-29-2009, 03:47 PM

Hi, new user, new website, lets be honest, i am totally green when it comes to these things. Keen to learn more so i can build our family business online - our site is only 4 weeks old.

It would be helpful to know the source of your article. What if the you tube clips are not my own, but relevant to my site? Would that impact negatively on my SERP?

Cheers,

David

**HTMLBasicTutor** · #5 (**permalink**) 09-29-2009, 03:56 PM

The source of the article is posted at the end of the quoted passages.

flaminjo · #6 (**permalink**) 09-30-2009, 02:56 AM

i really dont agree with the author here, in my opinion videos are something that google loves the the most. in my opinion it is good to invest time in building videos for your product

MikeZewski · #7 (**permalink**) 09-30-2009, 07:51 AM

Video marketing is a great way to promote your business or website.

MarketingTide · #8 (**permalink**) 09-30-2009, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by cashmoneygifting.com

Video marketing is a great way to promote your business or website.

Yes, video marketing IS, however for link building, most video sites are useless as they use the nofollow tag on any outgoing links in the descriptions.

MikeZewski · #9 (**permalink**) 09-30-2009, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by MarketingTide

Yes, video marketing IS, however for link building, most video sites are useless as they use the nofollow tag on any outgoing links in the descriptions.

I put my link in my description.

rirara · #10 (**permalink**) 09-30-2009, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by flaminjo

i really dont agree with the author here, in my opinion videos are something that google loves the the most. in my opinion it is good to invest time in building videos for your product

I agree with you. YouTube is one of the easiest ways to get tons of new visitors.

lxh · #11 (**permalink**) 09-30-2009, 06:21 PM

I disaggree with it. You tube is one of the best tool online to help you promote your product. by using the proper keyword people will be checking on your video as a result many will visit your site.

Jenie0109 · #12 (**permalink**) 09-30-2009, 07:31 PM

I only upload videos on youtube for traffic. I do get a fair amount of traffic in a week and sometimes get inquiries.

**HTMLBasicTutor** · #13 (**permalink**) 09-30-2009, 07:51 PM

People, the topic at hand is link building not traffic.

js112 · #14 (**permalink**) 10-01-2009, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by flaminjo

i really dont agree with the author here, in my opinion videos are something that google loves the the most. in my opinion it is good to invest time in building videos for your product

really???? do you think GG loves videos most??? hmmmmmm....

socialfactory · #15 (**permalink**) 10-02-2009, 12:56 AM

You tube can't be used for link building because it has set no follow attribute in it's coding but you can use youtube for generate web traffic.

MikeZewski · #16 (**permalink**) 10-02-2009, 08:25 AM

Another good way to get traffic from You Tube is to create a username in your niche. For example my username is gvowebhosting so that keyword will rank high in that search. And always put your link in the description of your videos.

Loyalbiz · #17 (**permalink**) 10-04-2009, 05:40 PM

Hey I disagree here as videos do make sales so your links off Utube are absolutely imperative

MikeZewski · #18 (**permalink**) 10-04-2009, 05:48 PM

Videos also help to brand yourself if you make videos of you talking. Try not to give to much of a sales pitch if you do this,talk a little about yourself and let people get to know a little about you.

leahmarie · #19 (**permalink**) 10-05-2009, 03:06 AM

We tried using Youtube for marketing and all we got the results are the increase in traffic or we didn't use Youtube strategy that well. Maybe some of you have inputs on this.

~kev~ · #20 (**permalink**) 10-05-2009, 08:31 AM

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do not recommend using it as a primary way to build links or as an integral part of your SEO program.

Links in the video description are nofollow - and you can not use alt tags. So they are of little use for building page rank links.

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* Videos on YouTube are on YouTube so any optimization effort you implement helps YouTube and not your website/pages.

Wrong - You can create a video sitemap to tell google that you have videos on your site. The video sitemap has been around for years. This shows the authors actual knowledge on the topic, which aint much

http://www.google.com/support/webmas...n&answer=80472

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Google supports mRSS, an RSS module that supplements the element capabilities of RSS 2.0 to allow for more robust media syndication. If you publish an mRSS feed for the video content on your site, you can submit the feed's URL as a Sitemap.

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While traffic from YouTube can be beneficial, you have to optimize the content on YouTube like any other in order for people to find it. This is time better spent elsewhere.

Wrong - Youtube is my #2 source of targeted traffic with only about a 23% bounce rate. If that is not time well spent, I dont know what is.

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It’s doubtful you’ll build a brand following on YouTube unless the public is already aware of your brand.

Wrong - there are a lot of people that promote their sites/products on youtube. Its like the #1 place to go for reviews.

Youtube is my forums #2 source of targeted traffic. Its very possible to create something and promote it on youtube.

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YouTube results bump web pages down in the general search results and web pages make sales , videos don’t!

Wrong - have you ever heard of the Youtube partner program? If not, I suggest you read up on it.

Overall, I found the author of the article to be posting opinion, and not facts. Get your facts straight and try again.

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I have been posting videos on youtube for 2 1/2 years. It pisses me off when people trash talk youtube and they dont have the slightest idea what their posting.

I wonder if the author even has a youtube account? Because I sure did not see a link to it.

Its like the author had some ideas, pulled stuff out of thin air and posted it with no real facts or evidence to back up the statements.

Just on the video optimization and the "videos not making sale" - the author got the facts totally wrong. You can make sales from youtube and you can optimize your site for embedded videos.