Uploaded March 2015 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Back up your YouTube channel data.
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Learn how to title your videos, how to tag YouTube videos, and the best description template to get more YouTube views.
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Your title, description and tags are so important when your video is first uploaded to YouTube.

YOUTUBE TITLES
- 100 character maximum
- Anything over 70 characters gets truncated in search results
- Make your titles clickworthy: bit.ly/1BEJLuM

YOUTUBE DESCRIPTION

We recommend adding information in your description in the following order:

- Brief Synopsis (this will be your snippet in search)
- Primary URL (don't forget the http://)
- Supporting information
- Channel Information

Remember that only the first 3 lines (about 160 characters) will appear before the "show more" link.

YOUTUBE TAGS

- Add around 5 - 15 tags to your video
- Individual tags can be up to 30 characters in length
- The entire tag field accepts up to 500 characters (including commas and spaces).
- Do your keyword research

BONUS DOWNLOAD
Download our handy YouTube Upload Checklist here:

vidiseo.com/resources/youtube-upload-checklist

ABOUT VIDISEO

VIDISEO is a YouTube Consulting Agency that provides YouTube Tutorials, Resources, and YouTube Marketing services.

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