Best way to include Youtube videos in a website for SEO purposes

reno_queen

I am aware of Does embedding youtube videos help SEO? - from 2011, and wonder if this answer is (still) valid. I suspect the answer is no longer as accurate as it may have been as I know Google is now mining the content of videos for a start. An SEO report I have is complaining about embedded iFrames and large page sizes - and the only explanation for this would appear to be that the site has Google Videos in iFrames (the rest of the page,...

Originally asked by davidgo on Stack Exchange (webmasters) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

Place the embed high up in the page, blog post. The longer the dwell time on your site, the better. An engaging video that is not just a talking head but with B rolls, graphics, lists and end card, suggested videos to keep watching, listening is valuable content. It creates a quality UX which signals this stuff is worthwhile, recommend it shouting like Paul Revere. (Horse delivery optional, up to you.)

Full answer by Andrew Mooers: https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/a/148300 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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