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I have been working to build my YouTube channel for 14-plus years. At first I thought to myself, Hey, my YouTube channel would suffer a lot if I did not use a VPN to somehow manipulate my YouTube videos to select the location from where I upload my YouTube videos to be different from my local area.
Because I have seen a lot of big YouTubers that seem to not use local area location selection and instead opt for selecting a tier 1 country like the U.K. or U.S. to manipulate their YouTube videos location somehow, which helps them get traffic from tier 1 countries.
But now, after a long period of time, I realized that providing the accurate data of your location from where you upload your YouTube videos is crucial for your success because your YouTube videos would appear in the YouTube/Google search engine if somebody tried to search for your YouTube channel.
The added advantage for this methodology is that you can get hired by a local company for local SEO as well since you would show them proof of results on Google search. Let me showcase an example so that it is made easier for you to understand what I mean to say about this local SEO strategy.
The above image showcases that after searching my YouTube channel handle name on Google Search, my YouTube channel comes up in third place. My location is Peshawar, Pakistan, and I always provide my location data while uploading my YouTube videos.
Lately when I went to apply for a school as an English teacher, I got rejected and was not even considered for an internship as well. So I showed the principal this exact result in a desperate attempt to get hired as a local SEO specialist, and guess what? The principal took me seriously for the first time in all of my attempts.
In the above image you can clearly see my latest long-form video's details page, where I have set my location to "Peshawar" city. This is the best way to optimize your YouTube channel for showing up in local SEO Google and YouTube search results.
Do you have another local SEO strategy that you would like to share with me? Please let me know in the comments section below.
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