TLDR Google’s video indexing report may not accurately reflect the total number of videos on a website, and there are questions about the purpose and relevance of video indexing in search results.
Key insights
🤔Google’s video indexing report may be misleading, as it only shows the videos on indexed pages, not the total number of videos on the website.
🎥Google may not index videos on pages if the video is not the main content, as it won’t benefit the user searching for related content.
🤔Showing irrelevant videos in search results may not benefit the searcher, raising questions about the purpose of video indexing.
📄If the topic of the video matches the content of the page, such as an introduction or launch video, it can be added to the homepage and will be indexed.
Highlights
📹00:00 Video not main content of page, error in Google Search Console, affects video performance, how to solve it explained in video.
📊01:05 Google Search Console’s Video Indexing Report shows the videos on indexed pages, not the total number of videos on the website.
📹02:18 Google may not index videos on pages if the video is not the main content, as it would not benefit the user.
🔍03:26 Googlebot gets confused by testimonial videos on a business homepage that are not directly related to the page’s content. Expand
📺04:48 If you don’t understand, watch the video again and give yourself some time to comprehend the concept.
📹05:20 Create dedicated pages for your videos with relevant titles and details, and embed the video as the main content to improve visibility in search results.
📹06:42 Only have one video of the same topic on a page to ensure it gets indexed in Google search results, and create separate pages for multiple similar videos to increase their chances of ranking and traffic.
📹07:43 Like and share the video to help Google’s algorithms. Thank you for watching!