Leveraging the YouTube search bar for better results

In today’s busy era, YouTube is a free entertainment platform owned by Google that provides videos relevant to every topic. With so many videos on YouTube, it can be tough to find the perfect one on Youtube search bar. So, if you wanna learn how to search for the most hot topics and how YouTube ranks its videos, keep reading!

How does search work on YouTube? 

According to statistics from Wyzowl, around 2,500 new videos are uploaded to YouTube every minute, making about 3.6 million videos daily- that’s a lot of videos. So, YouTube’s basic problem is how to rank these videos. For that, YouTube has its search engine algorithm.

So, whenever a new user opens YouTube & enters something in the search bar, like “Best 10 places to visit in France”, the YouTube search engine algorithm detects the main category, which is Travel. And then opens all related videos that have France in their title. 

It is important to note that nobody knows exactly how YouTube sorts & ranks videos. But the closet idea is that it judges every video based on the following parameters:

• Sort by category: When you upload a video, YouTube reads its title, description, & keywords to put it into a specific category. For example, if you upload a video about “best places to visit in France,” YouTube will put it in the Travel category. Plus, it will also be arranged with another sub-category, such as France/Best Places.
• Rank by engagement: The more views & retention rate (time a user stays on video) a person gets, the more YouTube shows this video to new watchers and the higher its ranking gets in related searchers. Plus, the comments, shares, and likes also help YouTube categories in video ranking.  

How to turn off YouTube search bar suggestions?

When you search anything on YouTube, a list will open under the bar with a lot of suggestions, and these suggested titles are either the famous keywords ever searched by people or they include your history titles.

So, if you don’t want anyone to guess which previous videos you have watched, you can switch off YouTube search bar suggestions via the following method:

Step 1 Open YouTube, click on your profile icon (bottom right side). And then click on the setting icon (top right corner).

Step 2 In the settings menu, scroll down until you find the “Manage all history” option. Then click on it.

Step 3 Finally, in the next menu, click on “Saving your YouTube history,” and then a new page will open > simply click there “Turn off.

What are YouTube search trends on the search bar? 

YouTube search trends are the range of topics that viewers find exciting and are currently searching most on the search bar.

These search trends are the indication of the most the hot news presently revolving around the world. It is important to note that different regions have different trending searches. But some news is so important that they become no.1 for every user in every country. In 2021, a ship called “Ever Green” crashed into the Suez Canal and blocked the trade route for 6 six days. 

YouTube rendered the search trends on its search bar by considering the following factors:

• The age of the video.
• View count of that video.
• The speed of generating video views (i.e., temperature).
• From where the views of that video are coming (including the outside of YouTube).
• Video performance in comparison to other recent videos uploaded from that channel. 

YouTube combines these factors to create a list of videos showcasing what’s happening worldwide. It renders this list on the search bar so that most people stay in touch with current matters. 

Why are YouTube search trends significant?

YouTube search trends are significant for both YouTubers and YouTube viewers because:

• For YouTubers: YouTube search trends help YouTubers understand which topics viewers are currently interested in. Therefore, they can create videos on those topics to reach maximum views. In this way, YouTubers can attract new viewers by planning content on popular topics, leading to increased subscribers.
• For YouTube viewers: YouTube search trends help viewers stay connected with most hot topics.

Mastering YouTube search bar: search tricks

Everyone searches through the YouTube search bar. But some people get their desired results in less time, and they even find better videos. So YouTube searching is an art that everyone should learn. Here are some tricks that should be kept in mind to get more precise and accurate results of your search.

• Enclose the most important keyword in quotation marks (” “) to search precisely what you want. For example, “How do you create a YouTube channel”.
• Use a minus sign to exclude some keywords you don’t want to include in your search. For example, “brownies recipe – chocolate”.
• Search with keywords that are more relevant to your topic to get more accurate results. 
• Search the videos with its title and description. If you remember any words from the video’s description, type them in the search bar to get precisely what you are searching for. 
• If you forget any word while typing your topic in the search bar, use the wildcards (*) to auto-fit the words by YouTube in that place. For example, “How to * the cake” will return your search to “How to bake a cake” or “How to decorate a cake”.
• If you know any channel name that posts the same videos as your search, specify your search query with that channel’s name. For example, “Kids learning: Chuchu TV learning with surprise eggs.
• If you forget about a song’s name, you can search it with lyrics you remember from that song. 

Monitor your kid’s search for their safety

Nowadays, YouTube videos are the most common and fastest way students use for their educational purposes. However, these methods have many drawbacks, too, which need to be considered, such as:

• Distractions: While using YouTube for learning purposes, students could face some distractions due to the other content available there. Also, the ads running during the videos divert their attention from the studies. 
• Data accuracy: The content YouTubers present in their videos for educational purposes doesn’t define the validity of that data. Because they do not mention any of the references from where they have taken that data. 
• Lack of data alignments: Videos lacking aligned data require students to arrange it according to their curriculum. This makes learning from YouTube videos a time-consuming task. 
• Lack of student interaction: As this type of learning is a passive method, it decreases the student’s interaction with the tutors and other students, who may help them understand the problems they are searching for on YouTube. 

Is YouTube Kids 100% safe?

YouTube Kids is a learning and entertainment platform specially designed for kids, and it was launched on the Google Play store on February 23, 2015.

This app has many restrictions, but it is not 100% safe, as some inappropriate content slips onto the kid’s screen beyond those restrictions. 

However, this app has many features that parents can consider to keep their children safe. One of its features is “approved content only,” which parents can use to allow kids to view only the safest content. This app is much better than similar apps but needs some improvement to be 100% safe for kids. 

Parental solutions for kid safety using the YouTube search bar 

YouTube has billions of videos that are not appropriate for kids, like violence, adults, politics, etc. So keeping a strict watch on kids is very necessary. And you can do that by employing a powerful parental control app like FlashGet Kids. You can set it up in the following way.

Step 1 Download the app from the Google Play Store.

Step 2 Sign up/log in with the email address. 

Step 3 After logging in, you will be directed to the page with a link > copy the link and add the app on your kid’s mobile with that link. 

Step 4 Once both devices are connected, you can monitor your children’s activities on your mobile, including the YouTube search bar activity.

Step 5 Log in to your FlashGet Kids account, navigate the monitoring section, and view what your child has searched or done in their YouTube search bar. 

You can also detect other potential risks using FlashGet kids by using its other features like:

• Alert: In real-time, you can detect potential risks associated with your kid’s YouTube search. Receive an alert when a child accesses inappropriate content.
• Notification: With this feature, your mobile will get all the notifications that are on your kid’s phone, including the YouTube ones. So, whenever your kid likes a channel or some YouTube video alert, you will get notified instantly.
• Usage limits: With the help of FlashGet Kids, you can set limits for your child’s usage time of every app, including YouTube. 
• Notification history: You can check your child’s search history on YouTube and block inappropriate channels from your child’s device. 
• Keyword detection: You can set up alerts for specific keywords or websites. And you can restrict your child’s access to a specific type of content. 

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