The Bible on Getting the Most Views

Posted on: July 15, 2009

 By Daniel Ravner

Anyone who uploads a video onto the net, wants people to see it. There’s no such thing as a video clip that was created to be locked up in drawer. However, receiving a significant number of views is not that simple as the number of videos being uploaded per minute is endless. Therefore, many people’s videos will only be watched if someone specifically searches for it using keywords.

Here are a few tips on how to get more views:
1. Keywords: Keywords act as identifiers for search engines that pull up results within the website, according to the words that users search for. Therefore, it does not matter if you are an ordinary Joe uploading a video, or President Obama. Using keywords, sexy, sex, sexiness with your name, will increase the chances of your name coming up on Google or on a website.
2. Video Clip Length: Length is a deciding factor. Shorter clips (ranging from 30 seconds to 2 and a half minutes) will be clicked on more frequently. People are slowly gaining more patience to watch longer clips, but be patient, we’re not there yet.
3. Thumbnails: A picture is worth a thousand words. A sexy picture is worth a thousand views. The only problem is that the computer usually gives you three options to choose from. So, how can you get around this? On YouTube, you simply need to place the thumbnail you want exactly on the center of the player…

4. Title: The more provocative, the better.
5. Sleep with the Editor: Video websites have a section on the homepage titled, sdflksdflkj. The site editor can choose to put your video in this section and have it featured on the homepage.
6. Fast Experience: Internet users won’t wait around for the credits to roll since the video content is free (this is untrue for mobile phone content). Users are always a second away from skipping over to the next video
7. Main Streaming: Though many wish that the mainstream trend would fade out over the internet, the truth remains that the most clicked videos are those that have to do with something mainstream.
8. Commitment: This is mostly true for series, as most series have more views than stand alone videos. However, one must prove
9. Comments: Positive comments and high rankings improve your video’s accessibility on the stie. And, be cleaver and write yourself a few positive comments, and ask your friends to do the same.
10. Many Views: I know this may not be the best advice, but the more views you have, the higher your chances are of being watched by new viewers
11. Knowledge: Decide whether you will publish your video on one site, or many sites. Concentrating your efforts on one specific site raises your chances of having high rankings on one site. Know everything – what your audience wants, what they desire, and what they love. Know the website on which you choose to upload your video – what the site’s demographics are, what they desire, what the site’s branding communicates, and who the site’s most frequent visitors are.
12. Distribution: Upload the video onto Facebook, advertise it on forums, add it as a video response to popular videos, and email it to your friends. In order to raise the number of views for your video, it’s important to add the link to the video located on the most popular video site that targets your audience.
13. Only the daring thrive: By definition, viral success is surprising. Science claims that viral distribution can only prove tens of thousands of views, but not more. The net is full of thousands of videos that are marketed correctly and compete against each other. However, the internet loves hunger and thus, it is important to remain credible and show the effort behind your production. And so, only after your vision is complete, you will be able to see where you came from in relation to your competition.