YouTube is awful for your SEO unless you want to get viral on YouTube.
There is a viable alternative around: Embedding an open source FLV player instead of the proprietary YouTube player everybody uses without thinking of the consequences: Continue Reading »
Ever since the emergence of Universal Search video SEO has been in the focus of forward looking online marketers. Videos can potentially get millions of views and spread virally with ease.
YouTube videos often show on the first page of Google results. More often than any other Universal Search results, be it images, maps or news for instance.
All of this is nothing really new. This month though a private video reached almost 18 millions views that was different. It’s not one of the most popular videos of all time yet. There mostly music videos rule. Nonetheless it’s by far the most popular one this month. The next contender, Michael Jackson follows suit with “just” approx. 4 million views.
