FAQ: Is There a Secret to Ranking Videos Quickly?
One of the secrets to ranking videos in Google is having external resources linking to your videos and embedding your videos. Below is the lifecycle of a Viral Video. The lifecycle may seem complicated but you can manufacture much of the process and benefit from ranking our videos highly.
Recipe to Rank Your Videos:
Get Viewed: Send your video out to all your friends and family and ask them to watch your video, like, share and comment on your video.
Get Shared:
- Ask friends and family to share your video on social media
- Put your video on your social media pages and your website (WordPress, Tumblr, Blogger, WordPress.com, Google Plus, Weebly, Wix)
- Get other people to social bookmark and share your video. One resource you can use to get hundreds of other people to share your and like your content is Social Adr
- Ask other websites to link to your content, use your social media properties to link to your videos and use Social Monkee to get hundreds of bookmarks to your videos.
- BONUS TIP FOR LINKS: Write a press release announcing your video. Distribute your press release through Email Wire, Release Wire or another reputable press release service. Hint: You can find vendors on Fiverr that will submit your press release to these services for only $5.