Video SEO Checklist
A 23-item pre-publish checklist grouped into Title, Description, Tags & hashtags, Thumbnail, Chapters, and Engagement signals. A progress bar shows how close you are, each item explains why it matters, and your ticks save in your browser keyed by video title so you can track several videos.
Enter a video title above to start the checklist. Your ticks are remembered per title.
How to use this tool
- 01
Enter your video title
The checklist auto-saves progress under this title, so you can track multiple videos.
- 02
Work through each section
Check items as you complete them; the one-line tip explains why each matters.
- 03
Aim for 80%+ before publishing
Don't gate publishing on hitting 100% — momentum matters more than perfection.
Why this matters
Video SEO isn't one trick — it's a stack of small decisions about title, description, tags, thumbnail, chapters, and engagement, and missing any one quietly makes the rest do less work. Even experienced creators slip on the boring steps under deadline pressure, and you usually only find out weeks later when a video underperforms for no obvious reason.
This checklist turns that memory problem into a two-minute workflow: 23 grouped items, each with a one-line reason and a link to the exact tool that does it, plus a progress bar and per-video saved state so nothing slips. Use it alongside the YouTube Title Generator and the thumbnail tools it links to so you're not just checking boxes but actually fixing each item.
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