I have either discovered or stumbled across something exciting regarding video views. As many of you know I track a lot of numbers (as any good nerd would, I blame Tony and Alfred for that). As I was charting my videos in the last couple of months I came across quite a few videos that had much higher monthly views than previously.
I didn’t know why. Then I discovered that Google is placing a video in the #2 spot of photos. I quickly checked 5 of my most recent Media contributions and lo and behold all 5 of them had a video in 2nd place, a couple of them were mine.
Then I checked 4 other guides from across the world. Same thing I clicked on 5 of their recent contributions and the same results happened. Over 80% of them were videos. I do want you and others to check this out.
I only checked on desktop, I clicked on their contribution> clicked on Place details> clicked on the main or cover photo.
Below is a short table showing my results: Videos in 2nd place, Videos not in 2nd place and there no no videos for this POI.
| Name | Country | Videos in 2nd | Videos not in 2nd | No videos | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry | Canada | 5 | 0 | ||
| @tony_b | Barbados | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
| @AdamGT | Australia | 4 | 1 | ||
| @Annaelisa | Germany | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
| @rednewt74 | USA | 4 | 1 | ||
This does explain to me why the sudden growth in my video views. I would like you guides to test a little more. It does seem that this is world wide. I think now is a great time to add videos. I am also trying to come up with an even better video strategy
What do you think?
Tagging a few others who I know would be interested in video news especially those with video goals. @AZ_2021 , @JustJake , @Trail_blazer , @anon24291235