How Do I Know My Videos Are Indexed?

[LukeyJamo]

Hey Mozzers,

Ive followed a few tutorials around the web and created a video sitemap and submitted it to GWT.

The results were that 7 videos submitted and only 1 indexed. I cant view this information any deeply.

However, if I go to videos.googlecom and conduct a site:domain.com, I can actually see that all 7 of my videos appear as results.

If I then go back to universal search and search for the exact match title of the video along with site:domain.com, the page appear perfectly but without the Video thumbnail.

1. Are my videos indexed?

2. If yes, why are my thumbnails not showing?

Thanks in advance.

[LukeyJamo]

Thanks Mike - Ill review everything again.

Close it up.

[mikecp]

Hmm. Well, it appears that they are indexed, but GWT is not reporting it properly. I'd probably check to make sure the Sitemap is set up properly, as it probably shouldn't have taken this long to reflect in GWT.

At least the videos ARE indexed? But perhaps not indexed fully enough to allow for thumbnails in the SERPs and any other markup.

[LukeyJamo]

Hey Mike,

Not the situation has not improved.

7 videos submitted in GWT only 1 indexed.

A site:domain search in videos.google reveals all 7 videos appear in the SERP - does this mean they are actually indexed?

No thumbnail snippets appear in universal search (even with +video modifier).

[mikecp]

Gonne be closing this question soon! Has the situation improved?

[bradkrussell]

Hi,

It's possible it will just take a while, how long ago did you submit them?

FYI - I came across a great tool that tracks your rankings for videos, can be found at: http://voot.net/. Might help in the future if you're submitting a large number of videos are trying to optimise for them.

Cheers