I've been looking at ways at improving my status on YouTube. I mean, I don't think I'm going to make outstanding videos that everyone is going to watch, or that I'll ever make money from my channel, but I think it would be nice to have at least a thousand subscribers.
To that end, I've been watching videos from successful YouTubers who are sharing tips on what to do to gain subscribers and to improve the search-engine optimization (SEO) of my channel. Some are great tips and others I just plain question.
For example, it's recommended by many YouTubers that when you upload a video, you don't make it available to the public immediately. As soon as you've uploaded your video, you should make it unlisted or even private for at least 24 hours to give the algorithms time to analyse your content so that it can direct it to a relevant audience.
Letting the automated processes work without others randomly looking at the channel apparently gives it a better chance to get your video to the right people.
I've also started adding hashtags in the description, as well as improving the description so that keywords are repeated. This also apparently helps the algorithm.
Other tips include adding your own comment and pinning it, adding links, using the same title as the file name, and more. I've done all of these: we'll see if, in time, it helps my channel.
One thing that I've heard one YouTuber claim that others have not is to not share your video with friends and family. His reasoning is that these people aren't necessarily your target audience and may skew the algorithm in finding the right target.
When I've been releasing my kayak videos, I let my Paddlefolk friends know about it. Whether they were paddling with DW and me or not, they seem to be genuinely interested in our kayaking adventures and how I've put those videos together.
But I've also shared these videos on my blog site and I think that's fine.
Most of my readers, I would think, share an interest in the topics that I write about on The Brown Knowser blog. Maybe not every topic but enough to have you read another post or return to the site.
I thank you kindly for that.
Because I do talk about travel and kayaking a lot on my blog, I assume that people read my blog because they like travelling and kayaking, too. Let me know if I'm wrong; if I am, what interests you about my blog?
So, I share my YouTube videos here. I think of my channel as an extension to my blog and that anyone who is interested in the content here might also be interested in the content on my channel.
What do you think?
Anyway, last weekend, I released a video of DW's and my kayaking adventure in the Saguenay Fjord. It's a continuation of our trip in the Laurentians, of which I had already shared two videos from Parc National de la Jacques-Cartier. I had shared those videos before I saw the video where someone said that I shouldn't be sharing my videos with family and friends.
It's now been more than a week since I made that video public and I feel that if the YouTube algorithm analyses the content to seek out the best audience that they would have done that by now. And I'm counting on the people who access my videos from my blog do so because you're legitimately interested in that content.
Here's that video: give it a watch if exploring the Saguenay Fjord and kayaking interest you.
And if my videos interest you, please subscribe to my channel. I'd like to reach at least 300 subscribers by the end of the year, so if you know anyone who might also be interested in the content on my channel, share the videos with them and tell them to subscribe, too.
I'll continue to seek out videos that give me advice for growing my channel. I'll just take some of that advice with a grain of salt.
Happy Tuesday!
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