Autochapters to identify key segments in videos
YouTube uses chapters to improve search results by identifying key segments in each clip. We predict that Autochapters will play a much bigger role in video discovery in the future. With each element of each clip becoming searchable, this will provide more data on what people are looking for. This will also facilitate more discovery potential based on your content.
You could improve your YouTube chapter segmentation and LenseUp can assist you with optimizing your chapter names according to relative keyword search and probable matching. If, for example, you are aware that people are searching for information on ‘yellow swimming suits‘, and you have a particular video segment on this topic, you could try adding that title into your clip.
Why chapters are so important for video creators?
You can use chapters to timestamp and label sections of your video in order to segment it, just like an author would use chapters to segment each part of a book.
Not only does this effectively inform viewers about what each section of your video is about, but it also allows those viewers to quickly skip to the section they‘re most interested in.
How to add chapters to your video
There are two ways to add chapters to your video: automatically or manually.
Manually adding chapters can be done by creating a list of timestamps for your video and adding them to your video’s description. This way you can precisely pinpoint when a new segment begins. Adding chapters to your video automatically can be done by adding chapter markers while you’re editing your video in YouTube Studio.
At the top of your description, type the exact time that the video‘s first chapter starts, then type in a hyphen, and then the specific title of that segment. Do the same for the next chapter until you are finished. For example, if you‘re publishing a video about how to make a make a button badge, you could have a list that looks something like this:
0:00 – Introduction
0:06 – Place metal front
0:18 – Place one peace of plastic on top of metal
0:51 – Place the badge back
1:16 – Move the gray ring on top
1:35 – The button badge is ready!
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