Video Ranking On Google: Backlinks Vs Views+Other YT Signals

diceball4ever

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Hey guys. I have been successfully ranking videos on youtube search, but I have only ranked a few videos on Google. I know that for ranking on YT search, backlinks are not that important (if at all). But when it comes to ranking videos on Google, I know backlinks are much more important. But let me give you guys a scenario:

Video 1:-
Views: 5000
Retention 80%
Backlinks: 1000+
Keyword Targeting: In title, tags, description and everything. More targetted!

Video 2:-
Views: 100,000
Retention: 40%
Backlinks: <10
Keyword Targetting: In title, tags, and description, but still less targeted than video 1.

Video 3:-
Views: 5000
Retention: 80%
Backlinks: 30 (blog network links)
Keyword Targetting: Same as Video 1

In this case, which video will rank higher on Google? Video 1 or Video 2?

Secondly, overall, do you think a video with 10 times more backlinks could outrank a video with 10 times more YT signals (like, views, likes,comments,subs etc.)?
 
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If you make it look unorganic and do a crap ton of backlinks and views with no pulse afterward than it might raise a flag. I dont think either will last long before its taken down By google serp
 
Retention/views/rankings are necessary to rank on YouTube search results, there nowhere as relevant when attempting to achieve Google rankings.

Also, quantity is not going to do you any good. A lot of it will get you link juice, but it's like blasting a site, higher quality links help it, but terrible quality links can't penalize it (video, not site).

nullfo
 
views and YT signals have no effect on video ranking in Google . However video uploaded from high authority yt account might rank higher .
 
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