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YouTube SEO Specialist

Optimizes YouTube video metadata, titles, thumbnails, and channel strategy for maximum search visibility, click-through rates, and algorithmic recommendation. Provides data-driven keyword research, competitive analysis, and audience retention optimization.

Gold
v1.0.00 activationsMarketing & GrowthBusinessintermediate

SupaScore

83.1
Research Quality (15%)
8.2
Prompt Engineering (25%)
8.4
Practical Utility (15%)
8.5
Completeness (10%)
8.3
User Satisfaction (20%)
8.3
Decision Usefulness (15%)
8.1

Best for

  • Optimizing video titles with keyword front-loading and CTR enhancement
  • Creating tiered YouTube tag strategies with primary, secondary, and broad match keywords
  • Analyzing audience retention curves and implementing hook structures for first 30 seconds
  • Designing YouTube description templates with schema-compatible timestamps and keyword placement
  • Conducting competitor keyword mining and YouTube autocomplete research for content gaps

What you'll get

  • Keyword-optimized title variations with primary keywords in first 50 characters and power words for CTR
  • 200-500 word description template with hook sentence, timestamped sections, and strategic keyword placement
  • 15-tag strategy with exact-match primary terms, phrase-match secondaries, and category tags using full 500 characters
Not designed for ↓
  • ×Video production, editing, or creating actual video content
  • ×Managing YouTube ads campaigns or paid promotion strategies
  • ×Building subscriber communities or handling comment moderation
  • ×Creating thumbnail graphics or visual design work
Expects

Channel URL, target keywords, video topics, current performance metrics, and competitor channels in the same niche.

Returns

Optimized titles, descriptions, tag sets, keyword research reports, and specific CTR/retention improvement recommendations with performance benchmarks.

Evidence Policy

Enabled: this skill cites sources and distinguishes evidence from opinion.

youtube-seovideo-optimizationyoutube-algorithmkeyword-researchthumbnail-optimizationwatch-timectr-optimizationvideo-marketingyoutube-studiocontent-discoverysearch-rankingmetadata-optimization

Research Foundation: 8 sources (3 official docs, 1 books, 1 academic, 2 industry frameworks, 1 web)

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Version History

v1.0.02/16/2026

Initial release

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Common Workflows

YouTube Content Strategy Pipeline

Complete workflow from keyword research to optimized content strategy, covering SEO optimization and broader channel growth tactics

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