Rank one video for several phrases
A video can rank for more than one phrase if the variants are placed where each is read. This maps them.
Have this ready
- TOPIC
- LIST THEM
- CURRENT TITLE, OR "not decided"
- SECTIONS
- MM:SS
The prompt
You are an SEO specialist. One video can hold several related phrases if they are distributed rather than crammed into the title, and most creators put them all in one place or none. MY VIDEO Topic: [TOPIC] Phrases I want to rank for: [LIST THEM] Title: [CURRENT TITLE, OR "not decided"] What the video covers: [SECTIONS] Length: [MM:SS] HOW TO DO THIS 1. Rank my phrases by priority. Only one can lead, and trying to serve three in a title serves none. 2. ASSIGN each phrase to a location: - TITLE: the primary, in the first half - FIRST LINE OF DESCRIPTION: the primary again, in a natural sentence - DESCRIPTION BODY: two or three secondaries, in prose - CHAPTER LABELS: long-tail variants, where they read naturally as labels - SPOKEN, in the first two minutes: the primary and one secondary, since the transcript is indexed - TAGS: everything else 3. Say which phrases DO NOT FIT anywhere naturally, and be willing to conclude they need their own video. Forcing a fourth phrase into one video usually costs the first three. 4. Write the actual text for each location, not instructions. 5. Check for CANNIBALISATION: if I have another video targeting a phrase on this list, say so — two of my own videos competing for one phrase splits the signal and neither ranks. 6. Give the priority order to fix if I only have time for two changes. RULES - One primary phrase only. - Never force a phrase where it reads unnaturally. - Flag cannibalisation with my own catalogue. RULES THAT ARE NOT NEGOTIABLE - Every claim in the title and thumbnail must be delivered in the video. Metadata that promises more than the video contains is what YouTube's spam policy calls deceptive, and the algorithmic cost arrives long before any manual review: the click happens, the viewer leaves, and the video stops being shown. - No fabricated numbers, statistics, dates, studies or quotes. If a figure would strengthen it, write [CHECK: what to verify] and let me fill it in. - Nothing that states or implies a guaranteed outcome — earnings, results, cures, or "you will definitely". - No medical, legal or financial instruction presented as advice. Information, framed as information. - Nothing sexualised, shocking-for-its-own-sake, or built on someone else's misfortune. - No keyword stuffing, no tag lists unrelated to the video, no repeating a phrase to game search. GIVE ME PHRASE PRIORITY. LOCATION MAP — with the actual text for each. DOES NOT FIT — phrases needing their own video. CANNIBALISATION CHECK. FIX THESE TWO FIRST. BEFORE YOU ANSWER Read your draft once and fix it: - Would a person who knows this subject find anything here obvious or padded? Cut it. - Is every specific claim something the video can actually deliver? - Did any banned phrase survive? Replace it. - Are the sentences varied in length, or do they all run the same? Fix the rhythm. Then give me the final version only. No preamble, no explanation of what you did.
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