Top 10 Tricks For Advanced Video Search on YouTube
YouTube has become the second most popular search engine on the Internet after Google.On YouTube more than 40 hours of video content is uploaded to YouTube every single minute and more than 900 billion videos were watched in previous year.Most people type a few keywords in the YouTube search box and start scrolling through the results and they don’t reach their exact searched video and waste their lots of time by watching irreverent videos.Although YouTube provides options just above the results and you can easily filter by count or date-added but there are more shortcuts to get closer to your search query and that can be done by just typing some keywords in the YouTube search box.You may Like:
The Issue
YouTube has similar sorting options like Google video search that allows you to find videos by
- Relevancy (based on your search query);
- Upload date (to find most recent videos);
- View count (to find the most viewed videos);
- Rating (to find the highest rated videos).
The only issue is that when you sort by anything other than relevancy, the results are likely to be highly irrelevant.
Advanced Video Search
To search effectively on YouTube you should know a few tricks which are simple to apply and searching videos will become a fun and accurate.YouTube has considerably simplified their video search options and functionality, making it very easy for people to perform advanced search on YouTube without facing any difficulty.Here I am going to explain these simple tips after applying which you will become the advanced YouTube searcher.
1. To Find a specific YouTube channel
movies, channel
YouTube will have numerous videos related to the movies but if you are only looking for their official YouTube channel, add the word channel to your query separated by a comma and YouTube will only show the official channels.
2. Limit your search to recently uploaded videos
Smartphone, this week
This will only show recent videos related to Smartphone that have been uploaded to YouTube in the past week only. You can also use “today” or “this month” to limit your search to videos that were uploaded in the past month.
3. Find only official videos.
avatar trailer, partner
Sometimes what happens that when you search for a trailer of a movie you find lots of search results to your movie and most of them are fan made material and is created with editing of the videos which you may not want to watch.
If you are looking for the ‘official’ Song or movie trailer and don’t want to see any parodies or fan material in the search results, add the word ‘partner’ to your search query.
4. Find movies on YouTube
Dark Knight Rises, movie
Now you can find full-length movies on YouTube and watch them online.Now you have no need download movies . The search operator for finding movies is, name, movie.
5. Find high-quality videos on YouTube
The hobbit, hd
Add the keyword hd to your search query and YouTube will only show High-definition video clips that will be in 720p (1280×720) or 1080p (1920×1080 pixels).
6. Find 3D video clips on YouTube
Transformers, 3d
If you have got 3D glasses than you should add keyword 3D to your search query and enjoy 3D videos.You may also enjoy some 3D content on YouTube without the glasses
7. To Find video playlists on YouTube
bryan adams, playlist
Playlists are a great option if you want to find and watch multiple related videos in one go – like all the Old Spice commercials or your favorite Savage Garden tracks. You may also copy YouTube playlists to your own account.
8. Find lengthy videos on YouTube
man vs wild, long
Add the keyword long to your search query and YouTube will only return videos that are at least 20 minutes in length.
9. Exact-match searches on YouTube
allintitle:"I phone 5 camera"
You can borrow the popular allintitle search operator from Google on YouTube to perform exact title matches. Might be useful when the original video is not available in your country due to geographic restrictions.
10. Mix and Match
challa, hd, this month, long
All the operators mentioned above can be mixed up and can be perform better search.
The best part about YouTube search is that you combine multiple search operators with commas and apply them all to your query . The above example will help use find all OMG that have recently been uploaded to YouTube with long in duration and in hd format.
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At last
There are more search modifiers than what I've included here, Using these advanced operators to modify and filter your queries will be helpful to save your time.If you know any modifiers or YouTube search tips, tricks, or shortcuts that we haven't mentioned here, please feel free to let us all know about them in the comments below.
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