{"id":366,"date":"2015-09-22T11:52:09","date_gmt":"2015-09-22T15:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/videosonyourwebsite.com\/blog\/?p=366"},"modified":"2015-11-27T08:57:13","modified_gmt":"2015-11-27T13:57:13","slug":"video-thumbnails-make-viewers-click","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videosonyourwebsite.com\/blog\/video-thumbnails-make-viewers-click\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Thumbnails Make Viewers Click"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/videosonyourwebsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/thumbnails.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/videosonyourwebsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/thumbnails-300x170.png\" alt=\"thumbnails\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/videosonyourwebsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/thumbnails-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/videosonyourwebsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/thumbnails-1024x581.png 1024w, https:\/\/videosonyourwebsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/thumbnails.png 1427w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWhat makes someone want to watch your video? Well, there&#8217;s your stellar reputation for creating interesting content&#8230;there&#8217;s a great headline that explains what&#8217;s in it for the viewer&#8230;but even more than that is a great thumbnail. Remember this is a visual medium and you should be appealing to the eyes and emotions. <\/p>\n<p>YouTube gives you a choice of three thumbnails selected from various points in your video. Or, if your channel has been verified, you can upload a custom thumbnail. I&#8217;m usually good with the ones YouTube picks for me, as you can see from the graphic above. But here are some things you should definitely watch for in choosing a thumbnail that will make viewers and web visitors want to watch what you have created:  <\/p>\n<ol>\n1. Use close ups of faces, especially those making eye contact. Faces are compelling, but if the topic of the video is a product or other physical item, use that.<br \/>\n2. Strong emotions are more compelling. Show a face with a strong emotion.<br \/>\n3. Show the face in front of a bright colorful background. A high contract between the face and the background is best.<br \/>\n4. Text can work, but keep it to three or four words which do not hide the face. Keep it readable.<br \/>\n5. A bug or logo superimposed on the left bottom works. But keep the lower right free as YouTube often uses this area for one of their graphics.<br \/>\n6. Give the thumbnail an identifiable design or look any time there are a number of videos from the same producer. This reinforces the brand.<br \/>\n7. Design for the small screen of smart phones.<br \/>\n8. Keep the thumbnail simple and easy to understand.<br \/>\n9. Don\u2019t mislead. A YouTube thumbnail of a bare-breasted woman not only misleads the viewer, but is also penalized as misleading. <\/ol>\n<p>You have great stories to share. Create great visuals, and keep them coming back for more.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;that&#8217;s a wrap<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YouTube gives you a choice of three thumbnails selected from various points in your video. Or, if your channel has been verified, you can upload a custom thumbnail. I&#8217;m usually good with the ones YouTube picks for me, as you can see from the graphic above. But here are some things you should definitely watch for in choosing a thumbnail that will make viewers and web visitors want to watch what you have created:  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76,92,83],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-video-as-content","category-video-seo-and-optimization","category-you-tube-for-business"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/videosonyourwebsite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/videosonyourwebsite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/videosonyourwebsite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/videosonyourwebsite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/videosonyourwebsite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/videosonyourwebsite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":369,"href":"https:\/\/videosonyourwebsite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366\/revisions\/369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/videosonyourwebsite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/videosonyourwebsite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/videosonyourwebsite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}