How to Get Your Video Found, Watched and Shared
By Michael Litt and Stephanie Goodman via Huffington Post
YouTube has become one of the most popular social sharing platforms on the Internet. It is a focal point that people either aspire to be like or try to emulate. You will more often than not hear, “How do I make my video popular on YouTube?” rather than, “How do I make my video popular online?” YouTube has become the online platform for videos of all shapes and sizes.
It’s important to keep in mind that although YouTube is popular, not all its videos hit 1 million users in 24 hours. However, in order to have your video watched by thousands, hundreds or millions, it doesn’t need to be “Dance Dare,” submitted to and viewed by Ellen Degeneres.
Your video just has to be ‘cool.’ Sounds easy enough, right? Well, here are some tips on how to do it.
How does YouTube make videos so popular?
With the purchase of YouTube, Google tends to favor videos pushed to YouTube and as a result, those same videos show better on search results.



