2 Easy Ways To Create Video And How To Use Video SEO To Jump To The Top Of Google Search Results
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Here are two easy ways that to create video that anyone can use and get them online easily; video can greatly enhance your Google search results. Videos are useful for any kind of website but if you are a small local business you will be amazed at how easy this is and how much they can help you in your local Google search results.
Google Search Results Using Video
It is as simple as creating a YouTube account by going to YouTube.com and hitting the sign up button in the upper right and filling out the form. Then visit each of the next two sites and follow the steps.
Links to the two easy video creation sites are below but first I want to show you the quality video results you can expect to produce with only a little work.
The first site is Google itself and you can literally be on line in a few minutes. Have six searches related to the topic of the video you want to make, then type in your website URL as the last search on the page. Here is an example of what you will produce:
The second site, Animoto, have 5 or 6 pictures ready and some simple phrases. You can create videos like this one which has proven effective for out client, Louisville Data Solutions:
After you make the videos the sites will ask for a title and if you are a local business be sure to put your city name there before your title.
Make your own Search Story video in minutes
During the Super Bowl, we ran a 60 second ad made simply with a few Google searches and a little music. We were humbled by how much some people liked it. And we’ve even seen a few parodies that have left us in stitches. Making videos out of Google searches isn’t exactly elaborate Hollywood film-making, but to help everyone get in on the fun, we’ve made a really simple video creation tool, which you can try today.
The videos you produce with these tools are a huge help in getting Google search results, especially if you are promoting to a local market.
What is Animoto?
Turn your photos & videos into pure amazing.Animoto automatically produces beautifully orchestrated, completely unique video pieces from your photos, video clips and music. Fast, free and shockingly easy. Again, getting these videos online with proper keywords in the description will aid in getting high Google search results.
After you produce and upload your videos you will want to promote them. Get the url of your videos and goto socialmarker.com and submit the links to 5 or 6 of the sites to help your Google search results. You will have to make an account for them. Then read the next post if you really want to amp up the promotion.
After your videos are uploaded, YouTube will allow you to edit the description and allow you to add lots more information. the first thing in the description should be a link to your website. If you are promoting a local business then after your blurb be sure to include your business name, address, and phone number this will help in local Google search results.
Google Search Results: Use Video SEO To Jump To The Top
As most search engine optimization (SEO) experts are aware, getting first-page Google search results is harder than ever. Not only do Google’s search and indexing algorithms continue to evolve in complexity, but Google has given over more and more of its search results real estate to “blended” search results, displaying videos and images towards the top of the first page, and pushing down—and sometimes off the page—traditional web results that would have otherwise competed for top rankings in the Google search results.
Google Search Results Info
- 10 SEO Tips to Remember When Building Your Site (sixrevisions.com)
Video can greatly enhance your Google search results so be sure to include it in your mix of promotion activities. Best of success in your quest for high Google search results.