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Line chart showing how the number of comments on YouTube videos drops from about 5,000 at rank 1 to around 2,000–3,000 by rank 20.

Video SEO on YouTube: The Comprehensive 2025 Guide

June 1, 2025 / by Dave Burnett

Overview: Video SEO vs. Traditional SEO Video SEO focuses on optimizing video content so it ranks well in search engines and on video platforms. This differs from traditional SEO, which is centered on text-based content (web pages, blogs). In traditional SEO, algorithms emphasize factors like keywords in text, backlinks,...