YouTube Algorithm & SEO Questions Answered

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By Chris Barnhart On Sep 3, 2024

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A few months ago, we posted some answers about how YouTube ranking is affected by various variables and factors – YouTube SEO questions and answers, if you will. Well, the YouTube Liaison posted a number of short video answers around the YouTube algorithm and YouTube SEO over the past week that I wanted to share.

In fact, I believe more questions and answers will be posted in the coming days – so I will continue to add those to this post.

(1) Does the algorithm care what category you choose for your video? A little bit?

Does the algorithm care what category you choose for your video? I asked @hitsman ! pic.twitter.com/JI9wGHWEJN

— YouTube Liaison (@YouTubeLiaison) August 21, 2024

(2) What’s the secret to pleasing the algorithm? It is all about the audience:

What’s the secret to pleasing the algorithm? pic.twitter.com/NKE5qbtfe5

— YouTube Liaison (@YouTubeLiaison) August 21, 2024

(3) How important are tags actually to the algorithm? Not really important:

How important are tags actually to the algorithm? I asked @hitsman to find out pic.twitter.com/FtcErjZ8dY

— YouTube Liaison (@YouTubeLiaison) August 22, 2024

(4) How much do hashtags matter to the algorithm? Same, not much:

How much do hashtags matter to the algorithm? I asked @hitsman and here’s the answer! pic.twitter.com/5k2STFiRJP

— YouTube Liaison (@YouTubeLiaison) August 22, 2024

(5) Does cadence or consistency matter in terms of video performance? Yes, but maybe more to you and your audience than the recommendation algorithm!

Does cadence or consistency matter in terms of video performance? Yes, but maybe more to you and your audience than the recommendation algorithm! pic.twitter.com/vOKNOodE8x

— YouTube Liaison (@YouTubeLiaison) August 26, 2024

(6) Does the algorithm really care about the video description? Should you stuff all the keywords in there? Keywords do matter but do not stuff them:

Does the algorithm really care about the video description? Should you stuff all the keywords in there? I asked @hitsman and here’s what he said! pic.twitter.com/rO6UY5j2YP