Hi this video is about How To Associate An External Website To Your YouTube Channel
Associated Website Annotations or Cards is a great way to redirect visitors to an external
website that is associated with your YouTube channel.
This could be your blog, squeeze page, or any other website that you own.
Herman Drost DrostDesigns.com If you want to link youtube cards or annotations
to an external website you first have to associate one website to your youtube account
After associating one website you can add more websites via Webmaster tools.
Here are the steps to associate an external website to your youtube channel
Log in to your youtube channel Click the profile icon
Click creator studio Check your channel status by clicking "channel"
In order to link your youtube channel with an external website your channel first must
be verified It must be in good standing
It must have no community or copyright violations Here I've got verified
If your youtube channel is not verified watch the video at the end of this video
So this channel is already verified and it's in good standing
Next I'm going to click "advanced" scroll down where it says "associated website"
Here you want to add the website that you want to link to
Click add Now it says "pending"
It says "to associate with this site, you must verify that you own it"
So I am going to click "verify" Webmaster Central of your Gmail account
Recommended method it says HTML file to upload which I usually use
It says "download the verification file" Upload the file to your website then
Confirm by visiting...in your browser There is also Alternate methods
You can add a meta tag to your site's home page
You can do it through your domain name provider You can do it through Google analytics or
Google tag manager I'm going to use the Recommended method
Ok I've uploaded my HTML verification file to the server
Click here to confirm it's successful There it is
Click "verify" It says "great job reviewssbyherman.com has
now been verified.
You can now use Google services for your site such as webmaster tools
I can also verify another site or domain I can also view my list of verified sites
and domains Let's go back to my youtube channel
Here it says Associated website...pending I can refresh it I can remove it
You can request approval from the website owner or if you own the site , verify that
you own it So I click "verify"
It says "you are already a verified site owner" It might take a couple of hours to propagate
or sometimes longer but you can check back here to see if it's been approved
When you see the green success icon you know that your channel is associated with a website
or websites that you own Here's how to add an associated website annotation
Click on your video manager Select the video that you wish to annotate
Click edit Click annotations or you can click Cards
We'll click annotations If this is the first time you're using external
annotations at the top of the menu you'll see a banner that says "enable your account
for external annotation links" Click the enable button and accept the terms
and conditions.
This is the banner that you'll see Once you've accepted the terms and conditions
click the add annotation button Position the rectangle over the place where
you want the annnotation to go Click link then you'll see the drop down box
here with asssociated website Add your asssociated website URL in the box
You can also click the preview link to preview it
Once you've finished click "apply changes" or click publish
If you're adding an annotation to a video you've already uploaded click apply changes
If it's a new video click save or publish Here are 4 tips to keep in mind
1.
You can link to any page within your domain 2.
If you can''t link to an associated website that means you haven't verifed your account,
your account may not be in good standing or you may just have to wait a few days.
3.You must use the full URL of your site for it to be accepted
That's it!
Now you know how to associate an external website to your YouTube channel
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