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Getting Your Video Indexed by Google: Is YouTube The Only Answer?

February 23, 2010 by scottw

Part of my online toolkit includes LivePerson, software that allows me to chat with people who visit our website.  LivePerson also provides a real-time view of who is on your website, and how they got there.

Many times during the day, I’ll catch somebody visiting the Living in Las Vegas Podcast website via a Google search for “Las Vegas Podcast”.  From time to time, I’ll check out that person’s Google search to see how we’re ranking. . .and what other sites are being listed.

GoogleVideo01 As I was checking out our ranking on Google this morning, I saw something fascinating. . .and VERY promising.  Along with searching the web for “las vegas podcast”, Google also initiated on its own a video search for “las vegas podcast” as well.  As the screen shot shows, Google found our latest video podcast episode, which is self-hosted.

This is huge.

I’ve experienced Google’s YouTube fixation.  I have other search engine phrases that I’ve previously been ranked #1, only to slip down a spot or two because a YouTube video uses the same keywords.  What I didn’t expect is that Google would be able to (or want to, for that matter) index a self-hosted .MP4 video.

 

GoogleVideo02When I clicked on the “Video results for las vegas podcast” link, I was further impressed.

For a select few videos, Google allows you to Watch Video Here. . .clicking it brings up the video on the right side of the search results, ready for play [see the graphic below].  Google also searches for other related videos and displays them as thumbnail graphics below the video being played.  In our case, if found related videos on YouTube, LivingInLV.com, Ustream.TV and MeFeedia.com. [As seen below.]

Again, very impressive.

My guess is that the reason we’re seeing this happen is because our self-hosted videos are MP4 videos.  We’re also using the jwplayer Flash player, which seems to be helpful as well.  Regardless, this is GREAT NEWS!  The fact Google is indexing this content demonstrates that when done correctly, embedded video does provide more content for Google to index.

What does that mean to you?  Well, it doesn’t mean you should ignore YouTube.  Google has much love for YouTube.  But it DOES mean you should recognize that embedded video increases your probability of being discovered via Google.

 

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Category: Online Video, Podcast Tips, Podcasting Expert, Video PodcastsTag: Embedded Video, MeFeedia, Ustream, Video, YouTube
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