Melody King
Bing, the search engine created by Microsoft, is gaining traffic, although it’s no Google yet. However, not many e-commerce companies are placing their product videos on this newer search engine.
Now that Bing is powering searches on Facebook’s Graph Search, it’s a good time to get your videos indexed in Bing. Here’s how to do it.
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by Melody King
16 May 2013 17:10pm
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Videos are a powerful way to showcase products on an ecommerce website, and savvy online retailers are discovering ways to get the best return on their investment in video.
For example, videos can help improve SEO campaign results, and user-generated videos can help boost conversion rates.
Almost every type of website you visit these days features video prominently, since website visitors and shoppers have a growing appetite for video.
It’s more engaging for website visitors, and tells a brand or product story in a more immersive way than text and images do.
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by Melody King
21 March 2013 15:22pm
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A new search ranking algorithm update has shaken things up for ecommerce managers who have been incorporating video into their search strategies.
According to Google and YouTube, they are adjusting rankings so that videos with more "watch time" are ranked highest. In other words, the amount of time a video is played and, presumably, watched, matters more than how many times people view it.
The solution to this ranking challenge is user-generated video. We know that site visitors are interested in what other customers are saying about your products. People value these honest, objective opinions from those outside of your business.
What's more, user-generated videos are more than informative. They're often funny, which can compel viewers to stay tuned longer.
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by Melody King
25 January 2013 13:14pm
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YouTube is a popular choice for hosting e-commerce videos, but it has its drawbacks. It’s hugely popular and it’s free – but sophisticated e-commerce capabilities are limited.
YouTube does offer some obvious pluses when it comes to video hosting, and the site provides a fast and easy way to get videos in front of the required eyeballs.
It’s free, it’s user-friendly, and being that it’s the second-largest search engine in the world, it attracts the necessary traffic you need for product videos.
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by Melody King
15 October 2012 09:42am
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