Video SEO optimization in 2013

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YouTube released plans Thursday that allow channel producers to sell paid video subscriptions that will create a new marketplace for programming on the Internet, making it crystal clear why the company continues to build out an Internet-connected fiber network at 1-gigabit-per-second speeds. By 2020, that content could serve up on many of the 30 billion wirelessly

Aside from the subscription service, marketers should prepare to see a variety of ads that embed video clips, such as a hybrid paid-search ad on Google and Bing shopping-like sites to help boost ecommerce. Q1 2013 ecommerce sales grew 13% year-over-year to $50.2 billion, according to comScore numbers released Friday.
While Google research shows that shoppers using mobile devices tend to spend more in stores, video platforms like Joyus, the video shopping platform startup led by former Google exec Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, will become a catalyst for ecommerce built through video. Investment firms like InterWest Partners and Time Warner Investments think so, too. The companies recently contributed to an $11.5 million second funding round in Joyus.
Video has already been popping up in retail sites like Saks Fifth Avenue to demonstrate runway looks. Knowing how to optimize that content for search engines will become critical.
Universal search for categories from retail to travel serves more video clips in query results. Search on engines often times remain the starting point for in-store mobile consumers. Some marketers assume smartphone shoppers use shopping apps or navigate directly to brand and retail Web sites while in a store, but Google found that 82% of smartphone shoppers use mobile search to help make purchase decisions.
Dave Witting, VP of global customer success at Brightcove, provides seven quick SEO tips for marketers looking to optimize video aimed at driving more traffic to brand sites.

Thumbnail quality is important The editorial quality of your thumbnail trumps image quality. Put another way, choosing compelling thumbnails for your content can increase user clicks. Higher user engagement will impact your SEO results. It's also worth noting that an image thumbnail will always get better traffic results than a generic video icon or a "click here for video" text link.

Ensure that the site is optimized The most flawless video SEO is worthless if your site is not optimized. It's always a good best practice to ensure your Web site's SEO is optimized before tweaking your video settings.
 Lot of companies and websites are just starting to recognize their potential in being distributed.  Sometimes people just do not feel like studying an article.  NetConsultCo.com describes why a lot of press information websites now couple their online articles with an included movie.  Also, when scrolling through a social social networking site, most audiences are more willing to watch videos clip based rather than reading large articles.
Last but not the least i recommend you to follow the basics of seo and you will do wonder don’t waste your time in black hat techniques that can penalize your Blog and one phrase which  i use for Google is “Love Google will love you back”