How do I get my videos indexed?

Most of time, i got question else then how can video helpful for increasing traffic. The main problem is that search engines can’t parse a video (most of search engines are originally designed to index HTML) so if you have a video on a page, all the search engine can do to read is its title, comments and some meta information. So if you post a video on home gardening, Google will not be able to read your lips and figure out what you are saying in order to rank you for this term.

Here is suggestion, as mentioned above Google CAN see the video title, comments and some meta information. If you want to index the content of video in the search engine, what you need is an automated transcription services to let the tool do the job for you.

Note: it is recommend before publish review content so make it readable and usable.

Here is couple of Questions relate to Video Optimization and Hosting

How can I rank, especially if I want to rank for keywords in the content?

A: Video can help you to get alot of links from external resources though linking to it or embedding the video within their websites. However, it’s going to be hard to rank for these keywords in the video content unless you are targeting long tail keywords with proper keyword research.

Where should I host my videos?

A: There is only have 2 options

1. Third party: Youtube, one of biggest video website and mostly-used search engine after Google.
But still, there are other third party video websites out there: Google Videos, metacafe, dailymotion, spike tv and Vimeo.
It is highly recommended using third party hosting as it will have maximum number of accessibility to your video.

2. Your site: using a flash player to show videos on your website.
Why choose your website: if you are trying to get the traffic, you need those page views going to your website either because only you can control it, or because you are earning money off your website, or because this is where you can advertise. This is another option that I would highly recommend.

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