YouTube is a stunning platform for creative minds. It has more than two million videos uploaded daily. Regarding reputation, YouTube is the most effective platform where people can upload videos to educate, promote or entertain. YouTube is a great entertaining platform and a powerful medium to grow your business.
Creating excellent videos and commenting is one of the best ways to promote your YouTube channel. It is a beautiful way to connect with your audience and get in touch with other YouTubers. But what if your comment is highlighted on YouTube? In this blog post, we will try and answer all your questions.
What Is A Highlighted Comment?
Highlighted Comments may not mean what you think about them. If you see a comment on YouTube marked as a ‘highlighted comment,’ don’t get bogged down. The highlighted word will appear in light gray above the commenter’s name. In addition, there can be highlighted replies also marked by YouTube.
The most common misunderstanding about a highlighted comment on YouTube is that it is a dismissed comment. In addition, highlighted words are not voted for by other users and are not a show of approval either. Highlighted comments are just akin to bookmarking feature.
Highlighted comments are linked with an extra parameter lc meaning linked comment. It signifies a highlighted comment in the YouTube video. Any YouTube video with a highlighted comment will pull the comment on top with a highlighted comment label. If it is a reply, it will be seen as a Highlighted reply. All other comments will be shown below it.
On your YouTube videos, you will get a few comments from your viewers. You can opt to highlight the comment and appear on the comments list. Once you receive a comment, you will also receive a notification of the received comment. Along with the message is a link to highlight comments. You can click this link to view the comment in context.
How Can Comments Be Highlighted On YouTube?
Technically speaking, one cannot highlight a comment on YouTube. The best one can generate a URL that can be seen as a highlighted comment when someone visits your YouTube profile. These URLs can be sent to people across social media platforms to see them as highlighted comments.
Here are the steps to generate highlighted comment URL on YouTube: –
- Find any YouTube video which has comments given by your followers.
- Scroll and find the appropriate comment that you want to highlight.
- Choose the appropriate time, e.g., two days ago, adjoining the commenter’s name.
- The URL will change as the page refreshes itself. You will notice now it has an lc parameter embedded in it.
- Select the newly generated URL, copy it, and forward it to those with whom you want to share this highlighted comment.
How To Promote YouTube Videos To Generate More Comments
You have put in all the hard work to create and upload a video on your YouTube channel; that’s great! But how do you connect with your audiences to generate maximum comments? Here are three essential tips to get more comments and likes on YouTube videos.
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Optimize Your YouTube Video
Whenever you are uploading any YouTube video, it is essential to put in a description, title, and tag so your followers can easily find your YouTube video. The video should have a title; it can be the name of your story, song, or even the niche you are working on. It will help your audiences search your YouTube video quickly. In addition, if the video finds the top page of the SERP, people will indeed view your video and comment on it.
Always describe YouTube; introduce all the creators in the video along with the theme and purpose. Provide backlinks to your social media account or your website where you want to get people to connect with you with the help of this video. Tags are also helpful in connecting audiences with a relevant section; the ideal number of tags should be 8-10. In addition, include the genre of the video with detailed research on the keywords.
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Share Your YouTube Video On All Platforms
The primary way to start your YouTube promotion is to begin by yourself. Don’t think twice about sharing your videos with relatives, friends, communities, or wherever possible. Use all your social media accounts, direct emails, or even DMs. Research proves that personal messages work well. Invite your family and friends to share your YouTube video as well. When sharing on different social media platforms, use appropriate hashtags. Twitter is a great platform to create buzz, so get the best out of it.
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Make Use Of Ads To Reach The Audience
If you are a novice just beginning your YouTube journey, it may be an expensive proposition; but YouTube ads are incredible for generating views and comments on your YouTube video. YouTube ads are designed to target your appropriate viewers and ensure they discover your video.
YouTube ads also provide you with instantaneous feedback about how good your YouTube video is. If statistics show people are viewing your video, they will surely comment on it.
Conclusion
Highlighted comments on YouTube are like a bookmarking of comments. It is a simple way to generate a URL and show the comment to your followers. It may not be appropriate to say it is a featured comment. In addition, most people think it has been marked as spam by YouTube, which is also incorrect.
