{"id":26370,"date":"2019-03-14T07:07:51","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T15:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/?p=26370"},"modified":"2025-02-10T08:00:38","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T13:00:38","slug":"youtube-seo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/youtube-seo\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube SEO: How to Rank Your Videos From Start to Finish"},"content":{"rendered":"
Do you want to know how we increased our YouTube search views by nearly 400%?<\/div>\n

Within 7\u00bd  months, we achieved some killer rankings on YouTube for some of the most sought after keywords in our industry.<\/p>\n

While rankings are geographically targeted and always in flux, here are a few examples:<\/p>\n

#1 for \u201clocal SEO\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n

#1 for \u201cSEO tips\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n

#2 for \u201cSEO\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n

We aren\u2019t a viral sensation, but we\u2019ve had steady growth from the first day we published a keyword-targeted video.<\/p>\n

Ahrefs YouTube Search Traffic over the past 7 months.<\/p><\/div>\n

In fact, our channel has amassed over 3 million minutes of watch time in that same 7-month period (~6 years<\/em> worth of attention).<\/p>\n

Our channel isn\u2019t huge, we publish one video per week, and our industry isn\u2019t exactly \u201cexciting.\u201d And compared to our top competitors, our subscriber count is microscopic.<\/p>\n

But that\u2019s what I love<\/em> about YouTube SEO.<\/p>\n

Anyone and everyone has the opportunity to entertain, engage, and rank<\/em>.<\/p>\n

In this post, you\u2019ll learn how to rank your YouTube videos from start to finish.<\/p>\n

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