: XML Video Sitemap for embedded YouTube videos - anyone done this successfully and if so how? This is poorly documented by Google and has been hotly debated by SEO's but has anyone actually

This is poorly documented by Google and has been hotly debated by SEO's but has anyone actually done it?

There is no info. on Google Webmaster Forums although they recommend that a person does submit a video sitemap for embedded YouTube videos.

It is possible with Vimeo but the only methods I have seen for YouTube involve cloaking and/or dodgy/old methodology.

This question has been asked on this forum once before in 2010 but the landscape has changed a lot since then.

Has anyone had any traction with this?

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@Jessie594

It has been my experience (and understanding) that YouTube-hosted videos CAN be embedded into Video Sitemaps.

However, to get the maximum SEO benefit (higher video listings in the SERP's), you need to host the video and video thumbnail on your own web site. This is more difficult because you need a video player, a good web hosting provider that supports video playback, and just more effort is involved than merely adding a YouTube embed code to a web site.

So, techincally XML Video Sitemaps support YouTube Videos, but for optimal SEO results, you need to host the videos on your own website.

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This is pretty good documentation support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=80472
More information is available in webmaster tools
www.google.com/webmasters/videositemaps/

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