Videos = SEO?

Everyone knows that Google is the world's largest search engine. Do you know what number two is?

It's actually YouTube!

Not only do people actually search for millions of items every day directly through the search bar on the YouTube website, YouTube videos also enjoy premium placement in the search engine results pages for many Google searches.

Lately, I've been experimenting with YouTube videos as a means to rank well for particular search terms, and I've had very positive results.

One example is my YouTube Video Series about St Petersburg, Florida Real Estate, designed to help St Pete homeowners avoid foreclosure, sell their home fast, or find rent-to-own properties in St Pete. In this Google search for "How to sell a probate property quickly in St Petersburg, FL" - my video was at the top of the search results in just two days:

Have you had success with YouTube for marketing your small business? Share with a comment below!