Can Search Engines Read Closed Captions And Descriptions On YouTube

image - YouTube Closed Captioning Follow Me on Pinterest In this post I use a Hangouts on Air to answer a blog comment question about using Closed Captions on YouTube videos.

On the blog post How To Do Closed Captions For YouTube Kate asked…

What’s the difference between closed caption and description that we add to YouTube video? I thought ‘description’ is read by search engine. [Read more...]

How To Find Views For A Google Plus Hangouts On Air (HOA)

YouTube Video Views Follow Me on Pinterest If you are the owner of the YouTube channel where the Hangouts on Air is hosted, you can simply log in and go to your Video Manager to see the view count for all your videos. No big deal there.

But, what if you are just a participant or doing a bit of research to see how many views a HoA is getting? How do you see the view count on those Hangouts on Air Videos? [Read more...]

Google Plus Hangouts Custom Overlays FAQ’s Blog Post and HoA Video

Google Plus Hangout Custom OverlaysBranding is an important part of blogging and video is no exception. Google Plus Hangouts allow you to get pretty creative by using custom overlays. Add a bit of personality to your branding when you are using Google Plus Hangouts or Hangouts on Air. [Read more...]

Being blocked from Google Plus Hangouts?

Blocked from Google hangout Follow Me on Pinterest Seems there are several people mentioning that they try to enter a hangout and get a message telling them they are blocked. Therefore they cannot join the hangout.

Some of these people are saying that they were blocked in a previous hangout for reasons such as; someone didn’t agree with them and blocked them to “kick them out“, others have said they were blocked because they had no live cam, and some say they have no idea why or when they were ever blocked. [Read more...]

Connecting YouTube and Google Plus Update

The Google YouTube Merge Follow Me on Pinterest The YouTube Partners Channel has put out an update video that explains one of the “encrypted” updates sent out by the YouTube Creator’s blog: Coming soon: Link your channel with a Google+ page (and keep your channel name).

John Fisher, YouTube Engineer, gives us the rundown on the YouTube and Google Plus “merge“. He starts by saying that this integration is to help you get a Google Wide Identity. (I’m already afraid. I want branding, but not for my name, so let’s get on with the G+ Page/YouTube integration.) [Read more...]

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