Video to help SEO

[dwittlinger]

Does using a video embed code get the attention of the search engines in the same way that hosting the video file directly in my control panel would? Or is an embed link to my video treated the same as any other outgoing link?

I'm trying to find the best way to use my video to boost SEO as much as I am to benefit my customers. Anyone have a definitive answer on how Google treats embed codes?

[Nashvegas]

Hey David, I like what SEO Moz sez about video SEO: http://www.seomoz.org/blog/seo-for-video-content

[jamesww]

I am playing some some different things on several niche sites to try and answer this question. What I am finding is that it is likely best to host it on your own site first for about 30 days and then syndicate it with a link to your site page that has the video in the description for the video.

[OaklandHomes]

This is what I've been hearing. Put it on your site first and them migrate it to other sites later on once you've exhausted it.

[Mark Z]

Everybody says the most powerful SEO right now is having video on your site, so does google give you just as much credit if you take video and embed it on your site as if it was your own video that you uploaded?

[rmasse10]

What I have found is that if you post to Googles Youtube, and after it gets indexed, make sure that your title and description are written correctly the first time...

[Philman]

When it comes to video and SEO, one important thing to remember is that the spiders can't interpret video. Granted, this is definitely something that is being worked on, but if you want to optimize your videos for SEO, then you need to focus on the meta portion of it. I don't know your experience with scripting, but I know swfobject may be able to help you in this endeavor.

[jamesww]

What I have found is that if you post to Googles Youtube, and after it gets indexed, make sure that your title and description are written correctly the first time...

The One,

Hit on the nose when he said the title and description have to be written correctly from the begining. I have noticed this as well on a couple of videos data I tried to edit.

[Eric Blackwell]

Hi Markz.

If you watch the video that was linked above. Rand explains it pretty well...when to use onsite and when to use YouTube, and the like.

I really like the concept of using different keywords for the two...

best

Eric

[Mark Z]

Just so I understand, Keller Williams has a real estate channel or video that is updated every month, so I have embed it on my website, and every month the video is automatically updated. Do I get any link juice for this video on my site or is all the link juice go to where the video came from? In other words does google recognize at all that my website has any video or because I don't have any titles or meta descriptions attached to this video, does it mean nothing to google on my site?