If you don't create your own thumbnails, YouTube will present an image from the video. If you're not careful, your thumbnail could feature someone with an awkward face or something equally useless.
Not only will these thumbnails not represent the topic of dbtodata the video, but they will also look unprofessional, which will reflect poorly on your brand.
Youtube video thumbnail
Here is a thumbnail of one of our videos. The video clearly states what the topic is, the timestamp in the bottom right tells you how long the video is, and the image itself shows you who will be hosting it. The content on the right is the text that Google Bot can crawl, so it must follow SEO guidelines.
Youtube Studio app can help you create thumbnails. You can choose 3 options from your video or create your own.
Make your thumbnails relevant and eye-catching. Looking at the image above, you immediately know what the video is about and the yellow details on the purple background are very eye-catching.
2. Your Title Tag must be related to the video
People will click on a video that matches what they are looking for, depending on their search intent. If they click on your video and it doesn’t match their search intent, they will go back and go elsewhere. Google and YouTube will notice this and you may see a drop in your search rankings.
Google will also penalize you if you try to do keyword baiting, that is, if you use irrelevant keywords in the title to trick people into watching your video.
Do some keyword research and write good text for your Title tags.
Youtube video thumbnail
As you can see, this title clearly explains what the video is about. And when you click, you get 13 minutes of great content on how to double your blog traffic.
