Do you comment on YouTube videos very often?  Well, you should.  Contrary to what you might think, there are actually potential benefits to you for leaving comments which can help get you noticed.  Here are a few:

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1. You’re engaging the video producer when you comment on their video.  If you leave a positive comment and something substantial (ie. more than just “cool video!”) the video producer is more likely to notice you and respond back.  The video creator may also click on your username to check out your channel and of course watch a video or two, and possibly even subscribe if they like your content.
2. When a video creator responds to your comment it also brings other people’s attention to that comment because the creator of the video’s comments are highlighted and their reply is shown directly below and indented from your comment.  Again, some people may click on your username to learn more about you and possibly watch some of your videos and even subscribe.
3. Comments can be searched on YouTube.  People can go to www.youtube.com/comment_search and type in anything they want to search from YouTube comments in a similar way to how you can search for things being tweeted about on Twitter.  So if your comment includes something being searched it could lead that person to click on you username, watch, and subscribe.
4. Your comments could be quoted outside of YouTube.  Everything from blogs to magazines have quoted comments on YouTube videos.  It even happened to me in a newspaper in Victoria, BC.  I commented on how I couldn’t get enough of a video that I thought was really hilarious and because the newspaper was doing a story on how funny that video was, they quoted me and included my name (you can click on the photo above to enlarge it and see).

YouTube is a community in a sense and interacting within that community is a great way to stand out and get noticed.  I’ve had famous YouTubers subscribe to my videos simply because I commented on theirs and I’ve had other people find my YouTube videos through comments I’ve written on other videos so it’s worked for me, and it can work for you too!

Here is today’s vlog about this topic:

What do you think? Have any other reasons to share on why it’s benecitial to comment on YouTube videos?

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YouTube Comment of the Day:

dirtykateplus8 has made a comment on Father Lover (Mother Lover spoof):