Today we're going to talk
about YouTube categories.
That's right,
YouTube categories is
what we're talking about today.
Specifically, which
ones should you
be picking up for
your videos and why
and what difference
does it make.
We're going to talk
about that coming up.
Hey, guys.
My name is Tim Schmoyer.
And what is your name?
Zeke.
Zeke, and how old are you, Zeke?
Three.
Yeah, this is my son
who wanted to join me
for making a video today.
And so today we're going
to answer a question
from Ken Tremain about
YouTube categories.
I have lots of videos
with different topics.
Should I separate them all
by different categories?
Will that give me more views?
Or should I put them
all under entertainment
because, basically, they'll
all fit under that category.
That's a great question, Ken,
one that I get asked a lot.
For example, what
if you're doing
a video on how to play tennis.
Do you like to play tennis?
Uh-huh.
So should that go into the
category about education?
Should that go into a
category about how to?
Or should that go into
the category of sports?
Which one?
I like sports.
Sports.
And why should it go in
the one about sports?
I didn't--
Well, the way I like to
think about it is this.
If someone is browsing each of
the videos of these categories,
that's actually
what the categories
used to be for so
people could browse
through different
categories and that has now
gone away for the most part.
But if you're browsing a
category, which person browsing
one of those
categories will be most
likely to be interested
in your video.
So would it be someone
browsing the how to section?
The education section?
Or the sports section?
In this case, I
think, someone who's
most likely to watch a video
about how to hit a tennis ball
and how to play tennis that
would fit best in the sports
category.
People in the education
category might
be looking for academic stuff.
Is that funny?
Why is that funny?
Because you're laughing.
Oh, because I'm laughing.
And then people in
the how to might
be looking for a lot
of different things.
So-- I'm glad you find
that funny, little guy.
Do you know what
difference it makes
for people what category
they put their video in?
No, you don't?
Well, I don't think it makes
much of a difference, actually.
I think it might influence
how your video shows up
as a related video to each
other, but other than that,
I wouldn't stress too
much about which category
your videos go in.
Find the one that you
think is best appropriate,
most accurately
describes your content,
and someone that are
browsing that category
would be most interested in
your video and pick that one.
But at the end of
the day, I don't
think categories-- I think
they're still left over
from the old browsing
days on YouTube,
which are kind of over.
OK, are you done making videos?
Uh-huh.
OK.
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