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Branding4 min read
YouTube Profile Picture Size
The YouTube profile picture size is 800 x 800, cropped to a circle and shown at about 48px beside comments. How to change it and how to design for that size.
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Tags & metadata6 min read
Best YouTube Tags: Lists by Niche, and What Actually Works
The most common YouTube tags, tag lists by niche, and the five-minute method that beats copying any list. Plus how many tags to use and what tags cannot do.
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Metadata4 min read
How to Write a YouTube Video Description
A structure for YouTube video descriptions that works: what goes above the fold, where chapters and links belong, how long it should be, and what to avoid.
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YouTube SEO9 min read
YouTube SEO: What Actually Moves Results
A practical guide to YouTube SEO optimisation: topic selection, titles, thumbnails, retention, descriptions, chapters and tags — in the order that actually matters.
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Channel data5 min read
How to Find a YouTube Channel ID
Find any YouTube channel ID in seconds. Where to look for your own in Studio, how to get someone else's from a handle or video URL, and what the ID is for.
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Repurposing5 min read
How to Download a YouTube Transcript
How to get a YouTube transcript: the native Show transcript panel, how to strip timestamps, which format to choose, and what to do when a video has no captions.
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Tags & metadata10 min read
How to Add Tags in YouTube Video Description
Boost your YouTube video's visibility with effective tagging. Learn how to add relevant tags and best practices to enhance discoverability and performance.
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Monetization6 min read
How Much Does YouTube Pay per 1,000 Views?
What YouTube actually pays per 1,000 views, why RPM and CPM aren't the same, what moves the number, and how to estimate a channel's earnings from public data.
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YouTube SEO6 min read
How to Check Your YouTube Video Ranking
How to check where your video ranks on YouTube search, why personalisation makes rank trackers unreliable, and which metrics to fix when you aren't ranking.
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Tags & metadata5 min read
Unleash Your Channel's Potential with a YouTube Tag Generator
How a free YouTube tag generator helps, what tags actually do for discoverability, and how many to use. Get relevant tags in seconds and skip the guesswork.
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