PageRank is a system for analyzing and comparing website links used by the Google search engine. A website's Google PageRank (PR) is a numerical value from 1 to 10 which represents the quantity and quality of links pointing at it from other websites. Basically, Google is assigning a website a score out of 10 for its "link popularity". No one outside … [Read more...]
YouTube Video Search Ranking Factors: Interpretation of Results Pt. 4
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Interpretation of Results At 76% accuracy (other optimization engines might find a better solution or increased accuracy), the following are the surprising results: First, note that keywords in title tag is the most important YouTube ranking element in their search. According to the analysis results, it has around 82% importance. This is crucial, … [Read more...]
YouTube Video Search Ranking Factors: Using MS Excel Solver to Estimate the Percentage Importance of the Factors Pt. 3
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Since all data are of the objective type (numerical), the percentage importance of each factor can be analyzed using MS Excel Solver. Because of this, a summary table has been created using the raw data you downloaded previously. The %importance column (in pink cells) is blank because it is still unknown (see the big screen shot). Using Solver with … [Read more...]
YouTube Video Search Ranking Factors: Data Gathering and Analysis Pt. 2
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Data Gathering and Analysis For information purposes, the data for the factors above will be gathered from the following sources: 1. Keywords in title - the <title></title> element of the video URL in YouTube, excluding the word "YouTube." 2. Membership age - the formula to compute this is as follows: Age = 2010 -Date that the … [Read more...]
YouTube Video Search Ranking Factors: A Closer Look Pt. 1
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In the above screen shot, the search query is SEO Tips, and the video that occupies the top spot is "Google On Page SEO Tips and Strategies." This video can get a high click through rate, which results in high video exposure. This exposure will increase the number of video views and possibly the earnings (if you have ads in those videos or a referral … [Read more...]
Optimizing for the YouTube Search Engine
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If you have any decent video assets, then it definitely should. Even if you can't immediately think of a video asset, you probably have at least one you can leverage. A product demonstration, a client testimonial, a clip from an event or seminar you hosted, an interview you conducted with an industry expert -- all of these would be good potential fodder.YouTube … [Read more...]
Protect your Privacy with Private Domain Registrations — Blog — WordPress.com
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One of the requirements of owning a domain is that you must give your contact details when registering that domain. Internet regulations require that your name, address, email, and phone number be accessible 24/7 to anybody who wants to see them just by looking up your domain. This rule was created to make it easy to contact a domain owner in case … [Read more...]
Dealing with Perception
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This is a classic case where yes they are both right! That doesn't mean that there isn't room for improvement just that they have a different perception of the same thing. When consulting and working with clients the same words often have different meanings for different people. This is what makes communication so hard and what really needs to be thought … [Read more...]