We do a ton of YouTube SEO for clients.
A great way to add a ranking boost to videos is by adding the video transcript into the description section.
Problem is, typing out a transcript is a pain.
I don’t present problems without offering a solution. In this case, I’m giving you two:
Sound good? Let’s get into it.
What I just laid out is a nice hack, but it’s not perfect.
You’ll notice you still have to do significant cleaning in order to get the transcript to appear how you want it.
That’s why I don’t mess with all that – I pay someone to do it.
If you’ve looked around the web for a video transcription service, you’ve probably noticed they range from $1.00 – $4.00 per minute.
That’s insane.
I found a website that does it for $.60 per minute. That’s right buddy, $.60 per minute.
What’s even better, they have an automated platform that allows for easy ordering. Bulk upload your videos or YouTube video URLs and their team transcribes and formats them, perfectly.
Laua Dixon SaysVery informative. I like the step by step guide and informative video’s. This is a skill that will come in very handy for any marketer or video creator. Thanks for posting this guide.
Ryan Stewart SaysYou’re very welcome Laura
Bandle SaysI can tell you really got a lot of experience with this. Great site!
Justus SaysDarn this is brilliant! Genius Man Genius!
Mcmurry Saysdude how did you learn all of this? freakin awesome!!!
Macrina SaysI read somewhere in a forum where somebody was trying to sell how to do this, so thank you a great deal for providing this helpful info for free.
Somrak SaysReally enjoyed the vid! I learned a lot about youtube video transcripts.
Vale J. SaysDoes firebug contain any spyware? I am hesitant about downloading stuff I never heard of.
Derrick Rodkin SaysSome people think the description section is unimportant. But that is probably more important than the vid itself in the eyes of search engines.
Conway Saysand all the time I’ve been writing these out. Man! wish I had seen your tutorial earlier…oh well guess better later than never.
Sam Q. SaysDidn’t know making YouTube transcripts was this easy. Thanks for sharing!
Sam Q. SaysThanks for sharing! Helps me a lot!
Yuvraj SaysTYVM you’ve solved all my prlmeobs
Jan SaysIs there any way to get the transcript where you don’t have access to the ‘CC’ button? I have a locked (private) video I want to do this with but I can’t get at the CC button. Thanks.
Koemei SaysHey, a guy from Koemei here. Just wanted to let you know that if you want to get a machine transcript in an easy way and even to search your videos based on the transcript, you may want to try Koemei https://koemei.com using a free trial. Moreover, you can integrate the video search into your own website. Hope it be of use for your.
Mika Douglas SaysFollowed the steps however, there is only 1 instance of “timedtext”. Any idea as to the issue?
gen Sayswhat plugin did you use to lock that link? pretty cool
Khaldoun SaysIt’s just for English language, but for another laguage it is not working. Have you another idea for it.
thanks
learn share SaysOn Safari (web-Inspector) is possible to do this, but we have to copy from the element tag (div “transcript-scrollbox”).
Thanks for sharing, 😉
johnc SaysAny tips on extracting from the xml?
Rob Stephens SaysI use video transcripts on my blogposts – if I use the same transcript in my YouTube video description will I get penalised for duplicate content?
Ryan Stewart Saysno, but i wouldnt use them on both…i like to use the full transcript on blog posts and a summary on youtube videos
chris SaysI am inputting timed text in to the search but nothing is showing…
I was excited when I saw your tip/tutorial here, but for the life of me I can’t see the text. Here is a screenshot of the speaker at a funeral. The video has CC, so I enabled it as well as added “timedtext” with no quotes into the search box under the NET tab. It looks like a running list of IP addresses, hmm, am I overlooking something perhaps? I apologize for posting a link here, but I don’t see a way to upload an image into your comment form here. https://goo.gl/photos/V7UU77JDpif8gFrr6
John is Homeless in Boulder SaysI have another question, I promise I’m not spamming, I just see that my previous comment hasn’t been reviewed yet, but I’d really like to ask this also.
The Firefox Add-ons page says this is no longer supported and suggests using the Mozilla dev tools. Does that operate the same as this somewhere deep down in the setting?
New question:
Ryan Stewart Saysnot sure, this post is pretty old, sorry! :/
Brian SaysSuccinct, actionable info. Thank you! Tried selecting five stars but no visual feedback when I clicked.
Ryan Stewart SaysThank you Brian!
ma sarvamangala SaysWas looking for just this. Thank you.
Marinette SaysHello! Thanks for sharing this info. Do you know if it is possible to add a transcript for a YouTube video that is embedded on a different site?
Ryan Stewart SaysThat is not possible, no
Ahmed SaysHello Rayan
We have a youtube channel with ranking videos about jobs and resume. and we wish to create a website that will have blogs and articles made out of video transcriptions of our channel.
For example:
ABC youtube channel has a video about how to write a resume (with closed caption CC)
Can we make an article out of it on our new website XYZ?
Note: the video CC (transcript) are not found online on any article or website.
it’s unique to the web but not to youtube as there is transcription in the CC, not the description.
just advise us if it’s ok we do that without getting penalized for palgraizm or duplicated content.
If you upload a transcript (or caption) to YouTube, then post that video/transcript in your blog, wouldn’t you get pinged for duplicate content?
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Wow! I am learning so much from your blog. I never even fathomed that I could get transcripts from Youtube. Thank for sharing!