Can I use competitor's tags without them knowing?

[merpaderp]

I know with google you can use all the keywords you want just not use the brand in your actual ad, is it the same with youtube? Can I put my competitors' brands as keywords/tags on my videos?

 

[dragonnet]

Simple question,simple answer: Yes you can..at least until someone report you..if you can make good ROI and dont mind getting banned after some time then go for it

 

[acidol2]

I really doubt you'll get your video banned for using a brand in your tags. You should be good.
People make videos about apple products, and they have the "apple iphone" or "apple" in their tags and their videos aren't banned.

 

[tony_d]

I know with google you can use all the keywords you want just not use the brand in your actual ad, is it the same with youtube? Can I put my competitors' brands as keywords/tags on my videos?

Depends whether it's commercial use or not... there's a good chance whatever you're doing would be covered by 'fair use'.

 

[merpaderp]

Depends whether it's commercial use or not... there's a good chance whatever you're doing would be covered by ''.

It is commercial, so it wouldn't be fairuse. Second, it's not something I would be using in title / description so it wouldn't be visible to people looking at the videos, just keywords/tags so my video will show up when they search for a competitor of the same product. What I don't know is, can keywords on a youtube video be seen, or are they purely hidden and just assist in SEO

 

[merpaderp]

Found the answer. You can search metatags on a youtube video -- we can close this thread now.