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YouTube SEO services from Kihan Marketing. Titles, retention signals, and structure that turn videos into a search asset. SEO is scoped to your goals.
None of this is secret. Google's own SEO starter guide covers the same fundamentals, from the source.
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YouTube SEO services optimize titles, descriptions, thumbnails, chapters, and retention signals so your videos rank in YouTube and Google search and keep earning views for years. Kihan Marketing includes YouTube SEO inside its SEO plans scoped to your goals, month to month with no long term contract. Expect early movement in weeks and meaningful traction in 60 to 90 days.
The short version: a YouTube SEO service makes each video you publish findable, clickable, and watchable, then connects it to the rest of your search presence. That means research into what your buyers actually type into YouTube and Google, titles and descriptions written to match, thumbnails reviewed for click through rate, and chapters and captions that help both viewers and the algorithm understand what the video covers.
The part most providers skip is the connection to your website. A video that ranks is good. A video embedded on a service page with video schema, supporting a page that also ranks, is a search asset that works twice. Kihan Marketing treats YouTube as one channel inside a broader SEO engagement, so every video gets a job on your site as well as on the platform.
YouTube rewards two things above everything else: whether people click your video and whether they keep watching it. Titles and thumbnails drive the click. Hooks, pacing, and structure drive retention. Metadata alone has not been enough for years, so any service that only rewrites tags is optimizing for a version of YouTube that no longer exists.
The commercial case for doing this properly is that video search results age well. A blog post competes with everything published after it. A video that ranks for a buying question tends to hold its position and keep collecting views month after month, which is why we talk about turning your library into a search asset rather than chasing individual uploads.
Google also places video results directly in standard search, often for how to and comparison queries. One well optimized video can rank in two search engines at once, which is the quiet advantage of running YouTube SEO as part of a wider search strategy instead of as a side project.
Retention first
If a video loses most of its viewers in the first 30 seconds, no amount of metadata will rank it. A real YouTube SEO service includes honest feedback on the videos themselves, not just the text around them.
Most of the market prices YouTube SEO one of three ways: per video, as a standalone monthly retainer, or folded into a wider SEO engagement. Per video work is cheap to try, but nobody is watching the channel as a whole. Standalone retainers fix that but usually ignore your website. The third model costs more and is usually the one that pays for itself, because the videos and the site end up supporting each other.
Kihan Marketing publishes its starting prices. SEO is scoped to your goals and covers YouTube SEO where video makes sense for your business. Growth packages are scoped to your goals for companies that want content, video, and technical SEO moving together. Everything is month to month with no long term contract. As with all search work, expect early movement in weeks and meaningful traction in 60 to 90 days.
| Engagement model | Typical market range | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Per video optimization | Roughly $50 to $500 per video on freelance marketplaces | Testing the waters on a handful of videos |
| Standalone YouTube retainer | Commonly $500 to $3,000 per month across the market | Channels publishing on a steady schedule |
| SEO retainer that includes video | Agency SEO retainers commonly run $1,000 to $5,000 or more per month | Businesses that want site and video search working together |
| Kihan Marketing | SEO is scoped to your goals, growth packages are scoped to your goals | Businesses that want video treated as part of one search strategy |
The YouTube SEO market runs from serious operators to tag stuffing sold in bulk. Before you sign anything, ask to see a sample of actual work: a before and after title, a rewritten description, a retention read on a real video. A capable provider will show you exactly what they change and why, in plain language.
Use this checklist on every provider you evaluate, including us.
Pricing red flag
If a provider will not show you pricing before a sales call, expect the quote to be based on your budget rather than the work.
Kihan Marketing is a Seattle web development and SEO agency serving clients across the US. The honest case for hiring us for YouTube SEO is structural: we build websites and run SEO under one roof, so your videos do not live in a silo. The same team that optimizes a video embeds it on the right page, adds the schema, and tracks whether it moves rankings and leads, not just views.
The commercial terms are simple and published. Website design is scoped to your project. SEO is scoped to your goals. Growth packages are scoped to your goals. Everything is month to month with no long term contract, which keeps the pressure on us to make the work worth paying for every single month. If we are not the right fit, the numbers above still give you a fair benchmark for whoever is.
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Call (425) 954-3452 or request a proposal and we will map your existing videos against the searches your buyers actually run. Free proposal within one business day.
Across the market, per video optimization runs roughly $50 to $500, standalone YouTube retainers commonly run $500 to $3,000 per month, and full agency SEO retainers commonly run $1,000 to $5,000 or more per month. At Kihan Marketing, YouTube SEO is covered inside SEO plans scoped to your goals, with growth packages scoped to your goals, all month to month with no long term contract.
Expect early movement in weeks and meaningful traction in 60 to 90 days. Existing videos can sometimes move faster than new ones because YouTube already has watch data on them, so re-optimizing a back catalog is often the quickest first win.
We need manager or editor access, granted through your Google account permissions. You keep ownership of the channel at all times and can revoke access whenever you want. We never need your password.
It depends on whether your buyers search for topics you can answer on camera. A small library aimed squarely at buying questions beats a large library of random uploads. If video is not the right investment for your business yet, we will say so in the proposal rather than sell you a retainer.
No, and no honest provider can, because YouTube and Google control the results. What we commit to is the process, transparent monthly reporting on rankings and leads, and month to month terms, so if the work is not paying off you are free to leave.
Yes, in two ways. Videos embedded on your pages with video schema can appear in Google’s video results for how to and comparison searches, and a page that answers a question with both text and video tends to hold visitors longer. One asset ends up working in two search engines.
We handle the search side: research, titles, descriptions, thumbnails, retention feedback, channel structure, and the website integration. Filming and editing stay with you or your videographer, and we advise on topics, titles, and hooks before you record so each video is built to rank from the start.
Kihan Marketing gives you a written scope and price within one business day. No pressure, and nothing to sign to see it.
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