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Surfgod  185 posts
Registered: Jun '05
14845_Anakin
Date Posted: 12/22/06 1:38pm Subject: Tips On Getting Lots Of Hits On Youtube
I was just wondering if people can tell me some tips on getting a video played alot on youtube. Is it better to have lots of tag words or as little as possible? Beside tag words what else can I do to get it hit? Thanks.

 
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StevenBills  1339 posts
Registered: Jan '06
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Date Posted: 12/22/06 1:44pm Subject: RE: Tips On Getting Lots Of Hits On Youtube
Surfgod posted:
I was just wondering if people can tell me some tips on getting a video played alot on youtube.


Make a good movie.

 

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Boter  1868 posts
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Date Posted: 12/22/06 1:48pm Subject: RE: Tips On Getting Lots Of Hits On Youtube
In the end, that's about it. A lot of hits don't come from people searching your tags - they come from people following links to your video, by other people blogging about your video to thier own audiences. Make something worth passing on, and you'll find that your hits will increase.

 

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rickraptor  102 posts
Registered: Jun '06
23547_Anakin Skywalker
Date Posted: 12/22/06 3:53pm Subject: RE: Tips On Getting Lots Of Hits On Youtube
StevenBills posted:
Surfgod posted:
I was just wondering if people can tell me some tips on getting a video played alot on youtube.


Make a good movie.


Rather than a good movie, ask yourself what people wanna see, and give it to them. It doesn't have to be good really, but better if it is dancing

 
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HowardFilms  2657 posts
Registered: Apr '05
24115_Vader and Elmo
Date Posted: 12/22/06 4:09pm Subject: RE: Tips On Getting Lots Of Hits On Youtube
On myspace, Siege of Ilum's opening three minutes used to be on the first page of the search 'star wars' in myspace video (dances)...

...but then I had to delete and restart my acct...

sad

 

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Shadow_of_Evil  11578 posts
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Date Posted: 12/22/06 4:46pm Subject: RE: Tips On Getting Lots Of Hits On Youtube
Post something with some stupid emo, with a lame emo haircut, playing the guitar or piano...poorly.

 

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erus_multus2  961 posts
Registered: Nov '05
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Date Posted: 12/22/06 5:44pm Subject: RE: Tips On Getting Lots Of Hits On Youtube
Um, maybe use tags like "boobies" or "lesbians".

 

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HowardFilms  2657 posts
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Date Posted: 12/22/06 6:23pm Subject: RE: Tips On Getting Lots Of Hits On Youtube
haha, good idea

 

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doggans  7765 posts
Registered: Aug '02
6279_George Lucas
Date Posted: 12/22/06 6:35pm Subject: RE: Tips On Getting Lots Of Hits On Youtube
The latest film I was involved with that was uploaded to YouTube had the advantage of having "Wii" and "Nintendo" in the tags. tongue

 

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YouAgain  6618 posts
Registered: Dec '01
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Date Posted: 12/23/06 12:15am Subject: RE: Tips On Getting Lots Of Hits On Youtube
The best way to get hits is to be a 14 year old school girl dancing around with her friends all dressed in their underwear!

 

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princessleia911  1174 posts
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Date Posted: 12/23/06 12:49am Subject: RE: Tips On Getting Lots Of Hits On Youtube
YouAgain posted:
The best way to get hits is to be a 14 year old school girl dancing around with her friends all dressed in their underwear!


Ewwww, that's a little pervy.

 

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Shadow_of_Evil  11578 posts
Registered: Nov '01
14835_Sandtroopers
Date Posted: 12/23/06 4:05am Subject: RE: Tips On Getting Lots Of Hits On Youtube
I'd watch it. tired

 

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YouAgain  6618 posts
Registered: Dec '01
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Date Posted: 12/23/06 4:20am Subject: RE: Tips On Getting Lots Of Hits On Youtube
princessleia911 posted:
YouAgain posted:
The best way to get hits is to be a 14 year old school girl dancing around with her friends all dressed in their underwear!


Ewwww, that's a little pervy.


but its what youtube is all about!

 

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primetime62  636 posts
Registered: Dec '05
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Date Posted: 12/23/06 7:14am Subject: RE: Tips On Getting Lots Of Hits On Youtube
Another idea would be to spend a few grand on a HDTV and then smash it with a slegehammer in the parking lot. Those kinds seem popular.

 

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Surfgod  185 posts
Registered: Jun '05
14845_Anakin
Date Posted: 12/24/06 12:54am Subject: RE: Tips On Getting Lots Of Hits On Youtube
Lots of great and funny ideas guys. This isnt for a fanfilm but little trailers for another film I'm working on so just trying to get it noticed. The thing is, for my Star Wars fanfilm I put lots of tag words and in two months only got 182 hits while a few days ago released a clip from Fantastic Four where Chris Evans picks up the nurse with four tag words and its already over 300 views so I'm confused about the whole tag words thing obviously.

 
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DarthDodobird  495 posts
Registered: Dec '03
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Date Posted: 12/24/06 1:33am Subject: RE: Tips On Getting Lots Of Hits On Youtube - Date Edited: 12/24/06 1:35am (2 edits total) Edited By: DarthDodobird
StevenBills posted:
Make a good movie.


Heh. That doesn't work nearly as well as you'd think. No film I've ever made (not that I'm proclaiming mine are that good) have ever recieved more than 400 hits.

My sister filmed my younger cousin singing a song from High School Musical, and she had, at last check, 5000 hits a month or two ago.

She also routinely sings along with songs from other plays, and each routinely recieve thousands of views, while the movies I spend years on get less than 500.


In the end, unless if your video makes the "Viral Leap" that we all hope for, where your film DOES start getting passed around (and think about it, how many times, REALLY do You yourself pass around a video? Not all that often. Same as eveyrone else), unless if you have some tags that people commonly search for, you won't get many views.

I mean, really, who really searches for "SBFP"? (was that smooth, or what?)

In my experience, anyway.

 

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