The Building Blocks of Great Video
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The Building Blocks of Great Video
- 1. PHIL NOTTINGHAM SEO Consultant, Distilled phil.nottingham@distilled.net @philnottingham
- 3. A Real Case Study 196 Pages Domain Authority – 31 Average visits Per Month - 2700 http://www.kurtzandblum.com PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 4. Cost: $4000 ($75 per video) PHIL NOTTINGHAM |@philnottingham
- 5. July 2012… Created and hosted 53 videos on his site PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 6. August 2012… 51/53 ranking with rich snippets PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 7. September 2012… Organic traffic up by 14% PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 8. Moves from to 7th 4 for head th term (with no other link building work) PHL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 9. Increase in both telephone traffic and sales. PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 10. The Building Blocks of Great Video PHIL NOTTINGHAM
- 11. Phil’s First Day at Distilled
- 12. Phil’s second week at Distilled
- 13. Distilled Circa October 2012
- 15. Where does video fit in the world of SEO
- 17. Two main problems
- 18. Problem 1:
- 20. Video = Great Content …Right? PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 21. So... Form Video = Great Content …Right? PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 22. Common Practice (This Sucks) We need to do Video What can we do a video about? Make video
- 23. Good Practice We need more content to improve X What’s the best format for that? Make Video
- 24. Would this content lose something if it were just text and image? PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 25. Problem 2:
- 26. How most Marketers see Video
- 28. Video is about much more than viral PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 30. Drive more traffic from search Click Through Rate ++ http://www.distilled.net/blog/video/getting-video-results-in-google/ PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 31. Embed the video on the page you want to rank PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 32. Host on your own server or with one of these providers http://www.seomoz.org/blog/hosting-and-embedding-for-video-seo PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 33. High quality video without draining your bandwidth Setting Value Codec h.264 Frame Size 1280x 720 Pixel Aspect Square Bit Rate 2014kbps Audio ACC/MP3 at 320kbps PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 34. HTML5 player with Flash Fallback http://www.longtailvideo.com/players/ PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 35. Don’t use the iframe option http://www.seomoz.org/blog/hosting-and-embedding-for-video-seo PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 36. Video XML Sitemaps • Provide Google with video metadata • Define the video image thumbnail • Link to on-site profiles http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=80472 PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 37. http://dis.tl/video-sitemap-generator PHIL NOTTINGHAM @philnottingham
- 38. Can also get videos indexed with Schema http://schema.org/VideoObject PHIL NOTTINGHAM @philnottingham
- 41. A user who watches an Appliances Online video… PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 42. Twice as likely to convert PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 43. Spends 9.1% more money PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 44. £339 £369 PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 46. Bridge the gap between Initial Interest and conversion. PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 47. Empathy, Hard facts. PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 48. “That video looks expensive…” PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 49. Include transcriptions on the page
- 50. Provide unique and relevant text for product pages. PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 51. Don’t put “conversion” video on YouTube • Cannibalises rankings for your own site. • Hard to convert from YouTube • Can devalue Your YouTube channel PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 52. Appliances Online…what’s going on? PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 53. “So….YouTube Sucks for SEO?!” PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 54. What…?
- 55. YouTube is the world’s second biggest Search Engine PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 56. If you don’t have a presence there, do you really have an SEO strategy? PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 58. YouTube is like Inbound TV PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 59. A Creative Story – Attached to your brand PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 60. Tutorials also work well http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbXzI-IAdSc PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 61. YouTube Keyword Tool https://ads.youtube.com/keyword_tool PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 62. YouTube Optimisation 101 • Include keywords in the file name • Include a Closed Caption (transcript) file *cough* keyword stuffed *cough* • Optimise Title, Description and “Tags” as per traditional SEO • Include naked URL link in meta description • Get links, views and shares http://www.distilled.net/blog/social-media/youtube/youtube-seo/ PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 63. Measure user engagement, not views https://www.youtube.com/analytics PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 64. Failure looks like… TL:DW PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 65. Lower bounce rate: • Keep stings/indents short • Focus on quality of audio • Get straight to the meat and potatoes PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 66. Quick route to social proof 33,000 views For £2150 (Avg. CPV = 7p) PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 67. Also put it everywhere PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 68. Encode Settings for YouTube Setting Value Codec h.264 Frame Size 1920x1080 Bit Rate Unrestricted Audio ACC/MP3 at 256kbps PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 72. How and when do people link to Video? Embed Content Link to Pages • Only when it’s directly valuable • When it’s a good resource to their audience • When it’s entertaining • When it’s informational. PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 73. Video as part of a page type 114 linking root domains http://www.simplybusiness.co.uk/microsites/wordpress-for-small-businesses/ PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 74. New Integrations of HTML5 and JQuery http://www.ted.com/talks/ryan_merkley_online_video_annotated_remixed_and_popped.html PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 75. Make sure links only go to your site, not hosting platform Video on owner’s domain: • 9494 links from 248 Domains Video on Vimeo.com: • 4,879 links from 515 domains http://www.abc.net.au/tv/hungrybeast/stories/stuxnet-anatomy-computer-virus/ PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 76. Restrict visibility on hosting domain PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 77. Add custom embed code on page. http://dis.tl/video-embed-generator PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 78. Exception to the rule – Custom YouTube Playlists http://www.distilled.net/training/facebook/ PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 79. http://dis.tl/youtube-playlists-tool PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 80. FAQ
- 81. “I self-hosted and submitted a video sitemap but my videos aren’t indexed yet. What should I do?” PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 83. ““Phil, I think I’ve made a mistake. I've done loads of videos on YouTube & people have embedded them, but I have no links as they all link back to YouTube….” PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 84. Pro Tip – Outreach to everyone who embedded your YouTube Version and ask them for a link PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 85. “I want rich snippets, links and my video on YouTube. Can I do all the approaches?” PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 86. Yes…But you need content suitable for that AND you’ll dilute all of the return. PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 87. Inappropriate content/ Outranked by YouTube for some keywords Some Links Inappropriate Point to content YouTube
- 88. If you want traffic & conversions to your site, Host the content securely PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 89. If you want a video to be seen, Put it on YouTube (and Vimeo etc). PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 90. If you want everything, create more content PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 91. No
- 92. Yes
- 93. Resources
- 94. Sourcing Performers • http://www.cssd.ac.uk • http://www.spotlight.com/ • http://drama.ac.uk • http://www.castingcallpro.co.uk • http://filmjobspro.co.uk • http://voicebunny.com PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 95. Sourcing Production Talent • http://www.mandy.com • http://www.shootingpeople.org • http://searchlight.com • http://skillset.org • http://productionbase.co.uk • http://filmandtvpro.co.uk • http://www.fivver.com • http://www.mandy.com • http://filmjobspro.co.uk PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 96. Places to learn video production • http://www.creativecow.net • http://philipbloom.net/ • http://www.lynda.com • http://ae.tutsplus.com • http://www.videocopilot.net • http://www.izzyvideo.com • http://finalcutking.com PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 97. More information on building a video strategy http://www.distilled.net/training/video-marketing-guide/ PHIL NOTTINGHAM | @philnottingham
- 98. Or just buy me a drink… Questions?! PHIL NOTTINGHAM SEO Consultant, Distilled Phil.nottingham@distilled.net @philnottingham
Editor's Notes
- This is HowardKnown him 2 weeksCommented on one of my SEOmoz posts.
- Kurtz and BlumLawyers in Raleigh, NCNot one of my clients. Guy who commented on one of my blog posts.
- When I joined Distilled – this is what I got.When I joined Distilled in 2011 – I was given this and told to edit some videosNeed a strong, story lead beginning that builds Ethos too. Maybe Distilled story?Explain about What my goals were:How the production fits with the technical – most of the advice out there compeltely ignores how your content affects the SEO.Also – stuff you can do. SEO’s fit into the world of video.Wrap that around my story.. From wat I’ve learnt.SEO has a real role in vidoe – but ti’s this. Explain how you appraoch stuff.Not surprising because….
- Spent £2K on this.
- You aren’t the ones doing productionYou aren’t the ones coming up with the ideaYou are the ones working these guys to make sure you see real tangible benefit from the content.Basic video SEO stuff actually really simple. am starting with a question. And I think it’s an important one. There are loads of blog posts out there telling you some neetthigns you can do with video, how to get rich snippets, - but, none of that is all that complicated and what is lacking is a real understanding about What a Video SEO strategy looks like. And, I think that’s to be expectedI think there’s 3 issues facing us at the moment, when it comes to video.There is general confustion about where Video fits in the world of SEO and search marekting.
- Noone knows when they should do itHow much it costsHow to create itNot technical knowledge Gap, but a knowledge gap in working out what to do where.
- That’s like saying “text on your site is great content”.
- Make a video if that’s the right format
- Some performative elements here too – If you aren’t a good public speaker, don’t turn great blog posts into videos for the sake of it. Play to your strengthsDon’t just need video, need good video.
- Video gives you a presence on YouTube (and vimeo)It’s a way to promote products and servicesThe goal is to “Go Viral”
- Dollar Shave Club Example
- ImprovingCOnversions
- Content that you’re using to improve conversions, you want rich snippets. for
- Gallery Pages are fine as a supplement, but are not an alternativeMartha Stewart Example?
- Host on own server. User one of theseDon’t make it publicHacks to make YouTube videos rank for your site, but they only work when the videos aren’t that popular on YouTube.If the videos aren’t doing well on YouTube – why are they on there anyway?Pick one – use Wistia, they get SEO and have a free package.Rich Snippets for your site only.Referrals to your site only.
- HD video Ranks betterDon’t want to destroy your bandwidth
- If you’re self hosting – you need to embed the content using the HTML5 <video> tag.With flash fallback. – Anyone using IE7. Or use a player skin – this one is my favourite.
- Don’t use Iframe Option – Wistia – use SEO andvimeo use “old embed code”.More information on Hosting Post – Created in April but the advice still stands
- Main thing you need to do to get a video rankingCan include within main sitemap or create a new one
- Slow down here.Built one – allow you to input the data and it will built you a suitable sitemap
- Mention.
- User’s who have made it to your site…Are interested in your productNeed concerns/barriers dealt withWant to know the story behind the productDon’t need to be sold the conceptSpeak directly to the real-world concerns of your audience, not your brand guidelines.
- Speak to the concerns and questions of the audienceExplain the virtues and vices of the product in plain English Don’t hard sell the product.DON’T FUCKING LABOUR IT.
- User who views a video on Appliances Online.
- Unique content on product pagesSpeechPad to do it cheaply.
- Will allow you to rank for kIf you don’t want users to see it, hide it behind a tab with CSS.ey phrases in the transcript and dominate the long tail
- Add images of area you need people to click to convert vs the product page
- Sorry guys, Ibigged you up, now I’m gonna slap you downLook how much traffic you’re leakingI know the argument is that this provides value – but would this traffic not be better driven back to your own site?
- It’s also an Ad network, but the main value you get from ads, again, is brand awareness.You need to be treating it like a social platform as much as a search engines
- Search “Tutorial” on YouTube – it’s all makeupHow to tie a tie – 11 million views
- Primary keyword, secondary keyword brand.Caption Tube
- Get people to watch to the endReedit to tweak any bad things.Anything tanking – get it off your channel
- Views are a meaningless and innaccurate metric – but luckily for us, no-one else knows that.More eyes on your channel will encourage more organic subscribersHomepage takeovers – still relatively cheap for the reach. Paid views increase the overall metrics and make videos feel more authoritativeRun ads and get a lot more subscribers – bots, but it looks good.Won’t help you rank, but will make it look better.YouTube advertising – not The kidna views on fivver.
- Don’t worry about duplicating content, just get it out to any relevant social sharing sites.
- Don’t be silly with this – Anchor text, link to the page with video.
- Not great for YouTUbe,Very few people doing this = opportunityexceptt…
- Ask them to bed your better HD version
- Can I do everything at once?
- The kind of content you use to achieve brand awareness on YouTube is NOT the kind of thing that will help conversions on your own site. Each goal requires unique targeting as well as unique technical points
- If you want sales, conversions & traffic – Don’t. “If you don’t have a presence on YouTube, do you really have an SEO Strategy?”
- No - Video all the thingsYes – Most Interesting Man
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