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In 2024, OBS for a Clearer, Better Live Stream to YouTube
OBS for a Clearer, Better Live Stream to YouTube
Live stream to youtube with OBS step by step guide for beginners
Richard Bennett
Mar 27, 2024• Proven solutions
- Part1. Stream Now set up
- Part2. Set up Your Live Streaming Encoder
- Part3. Youtube Events set up
- Part4. Video tutorial
1. Stream Now set up
Follow these steps to live stream your impressive videos to YouTube using Stream Now tool:
Step 1: First of all you need to login with your account and then move to Creator Studio option directly.
Step 2: Choose the Video Manager option from top most toolbar.
Step 3: From the drop down menu, simply select Live Streaming option to begin with.
Step 4: Now hot the steam now option on your screen.
Step 5: Change or Upload your thumbnail as per need.
Step 6: It is time to provide an eye catching title to your video, add description and finally choose category from the drop down menu.
Step 7: While using stream option, never forget to click on ‘make archive unlisted when complete’ option so that you can save as well as watch your content on YouTube at later stage.
Step 8: You can monetize your ads as per need.
Step 9: It also provides options to add cards.
Step 10: Now move to encoder setup and then simply copy and paste these details to your streaming software.
Step 11: Now you can set your live chat option as per your requirement.
Step 12: The analysis window will help you to know about how many viewers are connected to your video as well as the message updates will be reflected.
Step 13: Stream health can be monitored directly.
Step 14: One can also use the social media button for live shares.
2.Set up Your Live Streaming Encoder
As soon as you have completed the above set up then next task is to adjust settings of your streaming encoder. It is possible to make easy selection out of wide range of live streaming encoders. The details below are provided with reference to OBS too that is open source type free to access software.
Step 1: First of all you need to visit official website of OBS and get your software tool installed on your system.
Step 2: Now launch OBS on your device and directly go to settings option.
Step 3: It is time to copy the stream key from YouTube and then paste it directly in the specified field of OBS.
Step 4: Users can now add their sources and scenes.
Step 5: Once all these settings are done then you can simply hit the option for start streaming and it will bring your content to YouTube directly.
3. Youtube Events set up
Live stream is little different from Stream Now platform as it allows users to schedule the streams as well as a connectivity to Google Hangouts is provided. These easy to follow steps will assist you to handle all settings for your events using Live Stream tool:
Step 1: Simply click on the schedule event option on screen.
Step 2: It is much easier to make settings for basic information as well as audience type. Make some desired changes to SNS platform. If you select the Quick type then it will directly select your webcam and you need not to make additional complicated settings whereas the custom type option provides easy set up options with OBS.
Step 3: The advance settings option works same as that of stream now features and users can adjust most of these settings as per their streaming needs.
Step 4: Users can turn monetization On or Off as per their preferences.
Step 5: As soon as you finish all above settings then simply click on the create event option.
Step 6: One more window will appear on your screen and here you can make adjustment for preferred bit rate. Also put your dedicated stream key with encoder.
Step 7: When all above steps are completed then you need to hit the option for save changes so that your tool can act accordingly.
Step 8: Now click on events and here you will be able to find your event. Move to live control room if you want to access complete details about this event and you can easily delete it.
Step 9: Users can set privacy terms or simple delete the event that is currently in action.
Video tutorial
Richard Bennett
Richard Bennett is a writer and a lover of all things video.
Follow @Richard Bennett
Richard Bennett
Mar 27, 2024• Proven solutions
- Part1. Stream Now set up
- Part2. Set up Your Live Streaming Encoder
- Part3. Youtube Events set up
- Part4. Video tutorial
1. Stream Now set up
Follow these steps to live stream your impressive videos to YouTube using Stream Now tool:
Step 1: First of all you need to login with your account and then move to Creator Studio option directly.
Step 2: Choose the Video Manager option from top most toolbar.
Step 3: From the drop down menu, simply select Live Streaming option to begin with.
Step 4: Now hot the steam now option on your screen.
Step 5: Change or Upload your thumbnail as per need.
Step 6: It is time to provide an eye catching title to your video, add description and finally choose category from the drop down menu.
Step 7: While using stream option, never forget to click on ‘make archive unlisted when complete’ option so that you can save as well as watch your content on YouTube at later stage.
Step 8: You can monetize your ads as per need.
Step 9: It also provides options to add cards.
Step 10: Now move to encoder setup and then simply copy and paste these details to your streaming software.
Step 11: Now you can set your live chat option as per your requirement.
Step 12: The analysis window will help you to know about how many viewers are connected to your video as well as the message updates will be reflected.
Step 13: Stream health can be monitored directly.
Step 14: One can also use the social media button for live shares.
2.Set up Your Live Streaming Encoder
As soon as you have completed the above set up then next task is to adjust settings of your streaming encoder. It is possible to make easy selection out of wide range of live streaming encoders. The details below are provided with reference to OBS too that is open source type free to access software.
Step 1: First of all you need to visit official website of OBS and get your software tool installed on your system.
Step 2: Now launch OBS on your device and directly go to settings option.
Step 3: It is time to copy the stream key from YouTube and then paste it directly in the specified field of OBS.
Step 4: Users can now add their sources and scenes.
Step 5: Once all these settings are done then you can simply hit the option for start streaming and it will bring your content to YouTube directly.
3. Youtube Events set up
Live stream is little different from Stream Now platform as it allows users to schedule the streams as well as a connectivity to Google Hangouts is provided. These easy to follow steps will assist you to handle all settings for your events using Live Stream tool:
Step 1: Simply click on the schedule event option on screen.
Step 2: It is much easier to make settings for basic information as well as audience type. Make some desired changes to SNS platform. If you select the Quick type then it will directly select your webcam and you need not to make additional complicated settings whereas the custom type option provides easy set up options with OBS.
Step 3: The advance settings option works same as that of stream now features and users can adjust most of these settings as per their streaming needs.
Step 4: Users can turn monetization On or Off as per their preferences.
Step 5: As soon as you finish all above settings then simply click on the create event option.
Step 6: One more window will appear on your screen and here you can make adjustment for preferred bit rate. Also put your dedicated stream key with encoder.
Step 7: When all above steps are completed then you need to hit the option for save changes so that your tool can act accordingly.
Step 8: Now click on events and here you will be able to find your event. Move to live control room if you want to access complete details about this event and you can easily delete it.
Step 9: Users can set privacy terms or simple delete the event that is currently in action.
Video tutorial
Richard Bennett
Richard Bennett is a writer and a lover of all things video.
Follow @Richard Bennett
Richard Bennett
Mar 27, 2024• Proven solutions
- Part1. Stream Now set up
- Part2. Set up Your Live Streaming Encoder
- Part3. Youtube Events set up
- Part4. Video tutorial
1. Stream Now set up
Follow these steps to live stream your impressive videos to YouTube using Stream Now tool:
Step 1: First of all you need to login with your account and then move to Creator Studio option directly.
Step 2: Choose the Video Manager option from top most toolbar.
Step 3: From the drop down menu, simply select Live Streaming option to begin with.
Step 4: Now hot the steam now option on your screen.
Step 5: Change or Upload your thumbnail as per need.
Step 6: It is time to provide an eye catching title to your video, add description and finally choose category from the drop down menu.
Step 7: While using stream option, never forget to click on ‘make archive unlisted when complete’ option so that you can save as well as watch your content on YouTube at later stage.
Step 8: You can monetize your ads as per need.
Step 9: It also provides options to add cards.
Step 10: Now move to encoder setup and then simply copy and paste these details to your streaming software.
Step 11: Now you can set your live chat option as per your requirement.
Step 12: The analysis window will help you to know about how many viewers are connected to your video as well as the message updates will be reflected.
Step 13: Stream health can be monitored directly.
Step 14: One can also use the social media button for live shares.
2.Set up Your Live Streaming Encoder
As soon as you have completed the above set up then next task is to adjust settings of your streaming encoder. It is possible to make easy selection out of wide range of live streaming encoders. The details below are provided with reference to OBS too that is open source type free to access software.
Step 1: First of all you need to visit official website of OBS and get your software tool installed on your system.
Step 2: Now launch OBS on your device and directly go to settings option.
Step 3: It is time to copy the stream key from YouTube and then paste it directly in the specified field of OBS.
Step 4: Users can now add their sources and scenes.
Step 5: Once all these settings are done then you can simply hit the option for start streaming and it will bring your content to YouTube directly.
3. Youtube Events set up
Live stream is little different from Stream Now platform as it allows users to schedule the streams as well as a connectivity to Google Hangouts is provided. These easy to follow steps will assist you to handle all settings for your events using Live Stream tool:
Step 1: Simply click on the schedule event option on screen.
Step 2: It is much easier to make settings for basic information as well as audience type. Make some desired changes to SNS platform. If you select the Quick type then it will directly select your webcam and you need not to make additional complicated settings whereas the custom type option provides easy set up options with OBS.
Step 3: The advance settings option works same as that of stream now features and users can adjust most of these settings as per their streaming needs.
Step 4: Users can turn monetization On or Off as per their preferences.
Step 5: As soon as you finish all above settings then simply click on the create event option.
Step 6: One more window will appear on your screen and here you can make adjustment for preferred bit rate. Also put your dedicated stream key with encoder.
Step 7: When all above steps are completed then you need to hit the option for save changes so that your tool can act accordingly.
Step 8: Now click on events and here you will be able to find your event. Move to live control room if you want to access complete details about this event and you can easily delete it.
Step 9: Users can set privacy terms or simple delete the event that is currently in action.
Video tutorial
Richard Bennett
Richard Bennett is a writer and a lover of all things video.
Follow @Richard Bennett
Richard Bennett
Mar 27, 2024• Proven solutions
- Part1. Stream Now set up
- Part2. Set up Your Live Streaming Encoder
- Part3. Youtube Events set up
- Part4. Video tutorial
1. Stream Now set up
Follow these steps to live stream your impressive videos to YouTube using Stream Now tool:
Step 1: First of all you need to login with your account and then move to Creator Studio option directly.
Step 2: Choose the Video Manager option from top most toolbar.
Step 3: From the drop down menu, simply select Live Streaming option to begin with.
Step 4: Now hot the steam now option on your screen.
Step 5: Change or Upload your thumbnail as per need.
Step 6: It is time to provide an eye catching title to your video, add description and finally choose category from the drop down menu.
Step 7: While using stream option, never forget to click on ‘make archive unlisted when complete’ option so that you can save as well as watch your content on YouTube at later stage.
Step 8: You can monetize your ads as per need.
Step 9: It also provides options to add cards.
Step 10: Now move to encoder setup and then simply copy and paste these details to your streaming software.
Step 11: Now you can set your live chat option as per your requirement.
Step 12: The analysis window will help you to know about how many viewers are connected to your video as well as the message updates will be reflected.
Step 13: Stream health can be monitored directly.
Step 14: One can also use the social media button for live shares.
2.Set up Your Live Streaming Encoder
As soon as you have completed the above set up then next task is to adjust settings of your streaming encoder. It is possible to make easy selection out of wide range of live streaming encoders. The details below are provided with reference to OBS too that is open source type free to access software.
Step 1: First of all you need to visit official website of OBS and get your software tool installed on your system.
Step 2: Now launch OBS on your device and directly go to settings option.
Step 3: It is time to copy the stream key from YouTube and then paste it directly in the specified field of OBS.
Step 4: Users can now add their sources and scenes.
Step 5: Once all these settings are done then you can simply hit the option for start streaming and it will bring your content to YouTube directly.
3. Youtube Events set up
Live stream is little different from Stream Now platform as it allows users to schedule the streams as well as a connectivity to Google Hangouts is provided. These easy to follow steps will assist you to handle all settings for your events using Live Stream tool:
Step 1: Simply click on the schedule event option on screen.
Step 2: It is much easier to make settings for basic information as well as audience type. Make some desired changes to SNS platform. If you select the Quick type then it will directly select your webcam and you need not to make additional complicated settings whereas the custom type option provides easy set up options with OBS.
Step 3: The advance settings option works same as that of stream now features and users can adjust most of these settings as per their streaming needs.
Step 4: Users can turn monetization On or Off as per their preferences.
Step 5: As soon as you finish all above settings then simply click on the create event option.
Step 6: One more window will appear on your screen and here you can make adjustment for preferred bit rate. Also put your dedicated stream key with encoder.
Step 7: When all above steps are completed then you need to hit the option for save changes so that your tool can act accordingly.
Step 8: Now click on events and here you will be able to find your event. Move to live control room if you want to access complete details about this event and you can easily delete it.
Step 9: Users can set privacy terms or simple delete the event that is currently in action.
Video tutorial
Richard Bennett
Richard Bennett is a writer and a lover of all things video.
Follow @Richard Bennett
Finding Superior Hashtags for Your YouTube Content
What is YouTube Tag and How to Find Great Tags For Your Videos?
Richard Bennett
Oct 26, 2023• Proven solutions
There are a huge number of videos uploaded to YouTube every day, and that is why it is so important to make sure your videos are sorted properly by the site using YouTube tags. If you don’t, potential viewers will miss out on the chance to discover and enjoy your videos.
Instead of forcing yourself through a painful brainstorming session, it can be easier to identify the best tags using these techniques that experienced content managers use to populate their tag lists.
In this article, I will show you how to find great tags for your YouTube videos as well as some answers to the frequently asked questions about YouTube Tags.
Part 1: How to Find YouTube Tags [3 Effective Ways]
1. Use YouTube’s Auto-Suggest Tool to Get Tags
YouTube’s search engine can be your best ally on the quest for great tags. This tool was created to aid users who are looking for content on the platform, and content creators can benefit from it as well. By typing the general topic of your video, or a few words vaguely related to your video, into the search bar on YouTube you can see suggestions that reflect what viewers are searching for and take some of those suggestions into consideration for your tags. With every new phrase (and even every additional character you type), new options will appear. By playing around with this tool you will gain valuable insight into the searching habits of YouTube viewers.
This method may not be too precise, but the idea is to quickly gather information and perhaps get some inspiration for more creative or complex tags. Most of the suggestions will be logical, but there can be a few unexpected combinations you’d never think of. Be very careful when translating the findings to your own situation, since the fact that some terms are popular doesn’t mean they are relevant for your video. Another problem is that slightly altered terminology can significantly change the effectiveness of the tag, so you should ideally use the suggested phrases in the exact form as you found them or not at all. If you do make adjustments, you should test the new tag through the same auto-complete tool and see how it fares.
2. Try YouTube Tag Generators
If you’d like to dig a little deeper, there are multiple dedicated tools that can assist you in picking the most suitable YouTube tags for every video you upload. Let’s examine a few of them in greater detail:
#1. Keyword Tool
A very simple and reliable web-based tag generator that provides you with 750 frequently searched keywords that would be suitable for your video. The keyword list is based on YouTube’s search tool in a way similar to what we described in the previous chapter. However, since the analysis is automated with the Keyword Tool, you can get a huge list in just a few seconds. This generator is especially useful when you are looking for long-tail keywords that attract niche audiences.
#2. Rapid Tags
This tool is a bit more sophisticated and includes some analytic features on top of tag generating capacities, allowing you to manage your channel more effectively. It’s completely automated, so you won’t have to do any heavy lifting on your own. Just type the URL of your video into the appropriate field and let Rapid Tags do the rest. You can easily switch between the Generator, Analyzer, Ranker, and Tracker tools, so you can acquire a complete picture of the suitability of each tag and a better understanding of the projected performance of your video.
Want more tools to generate YouTube tags? Check our picks of the best YouTube video tag generators .
#3. BetterWaytoWeb
While this free-to-use tool has a very simple interface and won’t require any background knowledge to use, it still provides valuable information. It can suggest suitable tags for your new video based on the main keyword you provide, speeding up your research considerably. It can also analyze the tags placed on an existing YouTube video, which is important for deducing how other authors working in the same category are optimizing their content.
3. Study Your YouTube Rivals’ Tags
YouTube content authors can learn a lot by analyzing their top competitors. No matter what your videos are about, there are probably countless other creators that want to attract the same audiences as you. Only a tiny percentage of them will manage to gain significant viewership, and those are the ones you should be researching in detail.
If you are able to locate the most successful videos with content similar to yours you are already halfway to your goal, but one obstacle still remains. You can’t even see your competitor’s tags them when you click on their videos on YouTube. This type of information is not displayed, but some specialized solutions are able to reveal it upon request. Here is one YouTube certified analytic tool capable of doing that:
1. VidIQ
Currently used to manage more than 30,000 YouTube channels, this powerful video marketing suite can also help with tag selection. It can enlarge your tag library by a factor of 10, and provide you with a direct comparison with your chief competitors. In addition to increasing your views, this app can help you monitor your visibility on social networks, and track detailed statistics that describe the performance of your video. In other words, this is a comprehensive package that will help you manage your channel in a professional way.
What’s your YouTube tag strategy?
Part 2: YouTube Tag FAQs
1. What is YouTube Tag?
YouTube tag is a keyword that you added to help Google and YouTube understand your video context, which is an important ranking factor in YouTube searching. Basically, the better you tag your video, the more views you can get. But you should keep in mind that adding excessive tags to your video description is against YouTube policy.
2. How Many Tags Should You Use on YouTube?
Though there is no restriction about the numbers of the YouTube tags, you should keep the total characters of all tags within 400 characters. In most cases, 5-8 tags are appreciated for a YouTube video. It is recommended to add as many relevant tags as you can, such as brand-specific tags, YouTube auto-suggest tags, or tags created with some tag generator.
3. Do Tags on YouTube Get More Views?
The short answer is Yes. Since Google is encouraging people to use tags to help them understand your video content, then it can recommend the videos to relevant users accordingly. With tags, YouTube can categorize your videos and make them discoverable easier. For example, when you search tag #FilmoraSchoolStory in YouTube, you can see all the videos with the tag in the search result. allowing viewers to find your content more easily.
Retouch YouTube Videos with Filmora
There are lots of filters, overlays and effects pre-programmed in Wondershare Filmora video editor , you can improve YouTube videos without costing any extra fees if you’ve subscribed to Filmora.
Richard Bennett
Richard Bennett is a writer and a lover of all things video.
Follow @Richard Bennett
Richard Bennett
Oct 26, 2023• Proven solutions
There are a huge number of videos uploaded to YouTube every day, and that is why it is so important to make sure your videos are sorted properly by the site using YouTube tags. If you don’t, potential viewers will miss out on the chance to discover and enjoy your videos.
Instead of forcing yourself through a painful brainstorming session, it can be easier to identify the best tags using these techniques that experienced content managers use to populate their tag lists.
In this article, I will show you how to find great tags for your YouTube videos as well as some answers to the frequently asked questions about YouTube Tags.
Part 1: How to Find YouTube Tags [3 Effective Ways]
1. Use YouTube’s Auto-Suggest Tool to Get Tags
YouTube’s search engine can be your best ally on the quest for great tags. This tool was created to aid users who are looking for content on the platform, and content creators can benefit from it as well. By typing the general topic of your video, or a few words vaguely related to your video, into the search bar on YouTube you can see suggestions that reflect what viewers are searching for and take some of those suggestions into consideration for your tags. With every new phrase (and even every additional character you type), new options will appear. By playing around with this tool you will gain valuable insight into the searching habits of YouTube viewers.
This method may not be too precise, but the idea is to quickly gather information and perhaps get some inspiration for more creative or complex tags. Most of the suggestions will be logical, but there can be a few unexpected combinations you’d never think of. Be very careful when translating the findings to your own situation, since the fact that some terms are popular doesn’t mean they are relevant for your video. Another problem is that slightly altered terminology can significantly change the effectiveness of the tag, so you should ideally use the suggested phrases in the exact form as you found them or not at all. If you do make adjustments, you should test the new tag through the same auto-complete tool and see how it fares.
2. Try YouTube Tag Generators
If you’d like to dig a little deeper, there are multiple dedicated tools that can assist you in picking the most suitable YouTube tags for every video you upload. Let’s examine a few of them in greater detail:
#1. Keyword Tool
A very simple and reliable web-based tag generator that provides you with 750 frequently searched keywords that would be suitable for your video. The keyword list is based on YouTube’s search tool in a way similar to what we described in the previous chapter. However, since the analysis is automated with the Keyword Tool, you can get a huge list in just a few seconds. This generator is especially useful when you are looking for long-tail keywords that attract niche audiences.
#2. Rapid Tags
This tool is a bit more sophisticated and includes some analytic features on top of tag generating capacities, allowing you to manage your channel more effectively. It’s completely automated, so you won’t have to do any heavy lifting on your own. Just type the URL of your video into the appropriate field and let Rapid Tags do the rest. You can easily switch between the Generator, Analyzer, Ranker, and Tracker tools, so you can acquire a complete picture of the suitability of each tag and a better understanding of the projected performance of your video.
Want more tools to generate YouTube tags? Check our picks of the best YouTube video tag generators .
#3. BetterWaytoWeb
While this free-to-use tool has a very simple interface and won’t require any background knowledge to use, it still provides valuable information. It can suggest suitable tags for your new video based on the main keyword you provide, speeding up your research considerably. It can also analyze the tags placed on an existing YouTube video, which is important for deducing how other authors working in the same category are optimizing their content.
3. Study Your YouTube Rivals’ Tags
YouTube content authors can learn a lot by analyzing their top competitors. No matter what your videos are about, there are probably countless other creators that want to attract the same audiences as you. Only a tiny percentage of them will manage to gain significant viewership, and those are the ones you should be researching in detail.
If you are able to locate the most successful videos with content similar to yours you are already halfway to your goal, but one obstacle still remains. You can’t even see your competitor’s tags them when you click on their videos on YouTube. This type of information is not displayed, but some specialized solutions are able to reveal it upon request. Here is one YouTube certified analytic tool capable of doing that:
1. VidIQ
Currently used to manage more than 30,000 YouTube channels, this powerful video marketing suite can also help with tag selection. It can enlarge your tag library by a factor of 10, and provide you with a direct comparison with your chief competitors. In addition to increasing your views, this app can help you monitor your visibility on social networks, and track detailed statistics that describe the performance of your video. In other words, this is a comprehensive package that will help you manage your channel in a professional way.
What’s your YouTube tag strategy?
Part 2: YouTube Tag FAQs
1. What is YouTube Tag?
YouTube tag is a keyword that you added to help Google and YouTube understand your video context, which is an important ranking factor in YouTube searching. Basically, the better you tag your video, the more views you can get. But you should keep in mind that adding excessive tags to your video description is against YouTube policy.
2. How Many Tags Should You Use on YouTube?
Though there is no restriction about the numbers of the YouTube tags, you should keep the total characters of all tags within 400 characters. In most cases, 5-8 tags are appreciated for a YouTube video. It is recommended to add as many relevant tags as you can, such as brand-specific tags, YouTube auto-suggest tags, or tags created with some tag generator.
3. Do Tags on YouTube Get More Views?
The short answer is Yes. Since Google is encouraging people to use tags to help them understand your video content, then it can recommend the videos to relevant users accordingly. With tags, YouTube can categorize your videos and make them discoverable easier. For example, when you search tag #FilmoraSchoolStory in YouTube, you can see all the videos with the tag in the search result. allowing viewers to find your content more easily.
Retouch YouTube Videos with Filmora
There are lots of filters, overlays and effects pre-programmed in Wondershare Filmora video editor , you can improve YouTube videos without costing any extra fees if you’ve subscribed to Filmora.
Richard Bennett
Richard Bennett is a writer and a lover of all things video.
Follow @Richard Bennett
Richard Bennett
Oct 26, 2023• Proven solutions
There are a huge number of videos uploaded to YouTube every day, and that is why it is so important to make sure your videos are sorted properly by the site using YouTube tags. If you don’t, potential viewers will miss out on the chance to discover and enjoy your videos.
Instead of forcing yourself through a painful brainstorming session, it can be easier to identify the best tags using these techniques that experienced content managers use to populate their tag lists.
In this article, I will show you how to find great tags for your YouTube videos as well as some answers to the frequently asked questions about YouTube Tags.
Part 1: How to Find YouTube Tags [3 Effective Ways]
1. Use YouTube’s Auto-Suggest Tool to Get Tags
YouTube’s search engine can be your best ally on the quest for great tags. This tool was created to aid users who are looking for content on the platform, and content creators can benefit from it as well. By typing the general topic of your video, or a few words vaguely related to your video, into the search bar on YouTube you can see suggestions that reflect what viewers are searching for and take some of those suggestions into consideration for your tags. With every new phrase (and even every additional character you type), new options will appear. By playing around with this tool you will gain valuable insight into the searching habits of YouTube viewers.
This method may not be too precise, but the idea is to quickly gather information and perhaps get some inspiration for more creative or complex tags. Most of the suggestions will be logical, but there can be a few unexpected combinations you’d never think of. Be very careful when translating the findings to your own situation, since the fact that some terms are popular doesn’t mean they are relevant for your video. Another problem is that slightly altered terminology can significantly change the effectiveness of the tag, so you should ideally use the suggested phrases in the exact form as you found them or not at all. If you do make adjustments, you should test the new tag through the same auto-complete tool and see how it fares.
2. Try YouTube Tag Generators
If you’d like to dig a little deeper, there are multiple dedicated tools that can assist you in picking the most suitable YouTube tags for every video you upload. Let’s examine a few of them in greater detail:
#1. Keyword Tool
A very simple and reliable web-based tag generator that provides you with 750 frequently searched keywords that would be suitable for your video. The keyword list is based on YouTube’s search tool in a way similar to what we described in the previous chapter. However, since the analysis is automated with the Keyword Tool, you can get a huge list in just a few seconds. This generator is especially useful when you are looking for long-tail keywords that attract niche audiences.
#2. Rapid Tags
This tool is a bit more sophisticated and includes some analytic features on top of tag generating capacities, allowing you to manage your channel more effectively. It’s completely automated, so you won’t have to do any heavy lifting on your own. Just type the URL of your video into the appropriate field and let Rapid Tags do the rest. You can easily switch between the Generator, Analyzer, Ranker, and Tracker tools, so you can acquire a complete picture of the suitability of each tag and a better understanding of the projected performance of your video.
Want more tools to generate YouTube tags? Check our picks of the best YouTube video tag generators .
#3. BetterWaytoWeb
While this free-to-use tool has a very simple interface and won’t require any background knowledge to use, it still provides valuable information. It can suggest suitable tags for your new video based on the main keyword you provide, speeding up your research considerably. It can also analyze the tags placed on an existing YouTube video, which is important for deducing how other authors working in the same category are optimizing their content.
3. Study Your YouTube Rivals’ Tags
YouTube content authors can learn a lot by analyzing their top competitors. No matter what your videos are about, there are probably countless other creators that want to attract the same audiences as you. Only a tiny percentage of them will manage to gain significant viewership, and those are the ones you should be researching in detail.
If you are able to locate the most successful videos with content similar to yours you are already halfway to your goal, but one obstacle still remains. You can’t even see your competitor’s tags them when you click on their videos on YouTube. This type of information is not displayed, but some specialized solutions are able to reveal it upon request. Here is one YouTube certified analytic tool capable of doing that:
1. VidIQ
Currently used to manage more than 30,000 YouTube channels, this powerful video marketing suite can also help with tag selection. It can enlarge your tag library by a factor of 10, and provide you with a direct comparison with your chief competitors. In addition to increasing your views, this app can help you monitor your visibility on social networks, and track detailed statistics that describe the performance of your video. In other words, this is a comprehensive package that will help you manage your channel in a professional way.
What’s your YouTube tag strategy?
Part 2: YouTube Tag FAQs
1. What is YouTube Tag?
YouTube tag is a keyword that you added to help Google and YouTube understand your video context, which is an important ranking factor in YouTube searching. Basically, the better you tag your video, the more views you can get. But you should keep in mind that adding excessive tags to your video description is against YouTube policy.
2. How Many Tags Should You Use on YouTube?
Though there is no restriction about the numbers of the YouTube tags, you should keep the total characters of all tags within 400 characters. In most cases, 5-8 tags are appreciated for a YouTube video. It is recommended to add as many relevant tags as you can, such as brand-specific tags, YouTube auto-suggest tags, or tags created with some tag generator.
3. Do Tags on YouTube Get More Views?
The short answer is Yes. Since Google is encouraging people to use tags to help them understand your video content, then it can recommend the videos to relevant users accordingly. With tags, YouTube can categorize your videos and make them discoverable easier. For example, when you search tag #FilmoraSchoolStory in YouTube, you can see all the videos with the tag in the search result. allowing viewers to find your content more easily.
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There are a huge number of videos uploaded to YouTube every day, and that is why it is so important to make sure your videos are sorted properly by the site using YouTube tags. If you don’t, potential viewers will miss out on the chance to discover and enjoy your videos.
Instead of forcing yourself through a painful brainstorming session, it can be easier to identify the best tags using these techniques that experienced content managers use to populate their tag lists.
In this article, I will show you how to find great tags for your YouTube videos as well as some answers to the frequently asked questions about YouTube Tags.
Part 1: How to Find YouTube Tags [3 Effective Ways]
1. Use YouTube’s Auto-Suggest Tool to Get Tags
YouTube’s search engine can be your best ally on the quest for great tags. This tool was created to aid users who are looking for content on the platform, and content creators can benefit from it as well. By typing the general topic of your video, or a few words vaguely related to your video, into the search bar on YouTube you can see suggestions that reflect what viewers are searching for and take some of those suggestions into consideration for your tags. With every new phrase (and even every additional character you type), new options will appear. By playing around with this tool you will gain valuable insight into the searching habits of YouTube viewers.
This method may not be too precise, but the idea is to quickly gather information and perhaps get some inspiration for more creative or complex tags. Most of the suggestions will be logical, but there can be a few unexpected combinations you’d never think of. Be very careful when translating the findings to your own situation, since the fact that some terms are popular doesn’t mean they are relevant for your video. Another problem is that slightly altered terminology can significantly change the effectiveness of the tag, so you should ideally use the suggested phrases in the exact form as you found them or not at all. If you do make adjustments, you should test the new tag through the same auto-complete tool and see how it fares.
2. Try YouTube Tag Generators
If you’d like to dig a little deeper, there are multiple dedicated tools that can assist you in picking the most suitable YouTube tags for every video you upload. Let’s examine a few of them in greater detail:
#1. Keyword Tool
A very simple and reliable web-based tag generator that provides you with 750 frequently searched keywords that would be suitable for your video. The keyword list is based on YouTube’s search tool in a way similar to what we described in the previous chapter. However, since the analysis is automated with the Keyword Tool, you can get a huge list in just a few seconds. This generator is especially useful when you are looking for long-tail keywords that attract niche audiences.
#2. Rapid Tags
This tool is a bit more sophisticated and includes some analytic features on top of tag generating capacities, allowing you to manage your channel more effectively. It’s completely automated, so you won’t have to do any heavy lifting on your own. Just type the URL of your video into the appropriate field and let Rapid Tags do the rest. You can easily switch between the Generator, Analyzer, Ranker, and Tracker tools, so you can acquire a complete picture of the suitability of each tag and a better understanding of the projected performance of your video.
Want more tools to generate YouTube tags? Check our picks of the best YouTube video tag generators .
#3. BetterWaytoWeb
While this free-to-use tool has a very simple interface and won’t require any background knowledge to use, it still provides valuable information. It can suggest suitable tags for your new video based on the main keyword you provide, speeding up your research considerably. It can also analyze the tags placed on an existing YouTube video, which is important for deducing how other authors working in the same category are optimizing their content.
3. Study Your YouTube Rivals’ Tags
YouTube content authors can learn a lot by analyzing their top competitors. No matter what your videos are about, there are probably countless other creators that want to attract the same audiences as you. Only a tiny percentage of them will manage to gain significant viewership, and those are the ones you should be researching in detail.
If you are able to locate the most successful videos with content similar to yours you are already halfway to your goal, but one obstacle still remains. You can’t even see your competitor’s tags them when you click on their videos on YouTube. This type of information is not displayed, but some specialized solutions are able to reveal it upon request. Here is one YouTube certified analytic tool capable of doing that:
1. VidIQ
Currently used to manage more than 30,000 YouTube channels, this powerful video marketing suite can also help with tag selection. It can enlarge your tag library by a factor of 10, and provide you with a direct comparison with your chief competitors. In addition to increasing your views, this app can help you monitor your visibility on social networks, and track detailed statistics that describe the performance of your video. In other words, this is a comprehensive package that will help you manage your channel in a professional way.
What’s your YouTube tag strategy?
Part 2: YouTube Tag FAQs
1. What is YouTube Tag?
YouTube tag is a keyword that you added to help Google and YouTube understand your video context, which is an important ranking factor in YouTube searching. Basically, the better you tag your video, the more views you can get. But you should keep in mind that adding excessive tags to your video description is against YouTube policy.
2. How Many Tags Should You Use on YouTube?
Though there is no restriction about the numbers of the YouTube tags, you should keep the total characters of all tags within 400 characters. In most cases, 5-8 tags are appreciated for a YouTube video. It is recommended to add as many relevant tags as you can, such as brand-specific tags, YouTube auto-suggest tags, or tags created with some tag generator.
3. Do Tags on YouTube Get More Views?
The short answer is Yes. Since Google is encouraging people to use tags to help them understand your video content, then it can recommend the videos to relevant users accordingly. With tags, YouTube can categorize your videos and make them discoverable easier. For example, when you search tag #FilmoraSchoolStory in YouTube, you can see all the videos with the tag in the search result. allowing viewers to find your content more easily.
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There are lots of filters, overlays and effects pre-programmed in Wondershare Filmora video editor , you can improve YouTube videos without costing any extra fees if you’ve subscribed to Filmora.
Richard Bennett
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