Topic - Online Video & annotations
Online Video Subtitles Increase Video Viewing by 40% – New Research
In addition to the fact that subtitles can assist with accessibility and discoverability, subtitles can also increase the amount of time that a user spends watching a video by almost 40 percent. In fact, where subtitles appeared, 80 percent more people watched the entire video to its completion. This is an important indicator for post-roll video advertising as well as for those videos that have a branding message or call to action at the end of the video.
YouTube annotations review – the good, the bad, and “Tube tips”
ReelSEO’s Grant Crowell does an in-depth review of YouTube’s annotations feature – offering explanations, excitations, limitations, and recommendations for how to use annotations to enhance your video search optimization.
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Youtube Annotations – Video Marketing Tip to Drive Traffic to Videos
YouTube videos have the capabilities to support annotations. These are notes that are displayed in the video as it plays. They can be informational, narrative and even, interactive as they can link to over videos and YouTube urls.
