TL;DR: Happy Holidays…. and Merry Christmas, Happy (C)hannukah and Happy Kwanzaa!
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YouTube SEO For The Holidays
Rob Sandie · 1 min read · Published Dec 18, 2014
No matter what you festive content you create this season, we wanted to give you the best keywords possible.
If you are creating content this holiday consider adding these keywords (in titles, descriptions, tags) to lift your search ranking:
Merry Christmas – holiday, holidays, merry, carol, bells, jingle, lights, eve, santa, jingle bells
Christmas – holiday, xmas, merry, santa, holidays, presents, tree, gift, clause, december Hanukkah – holiday, chanukah, presents, holidays, kwanzaa, xmas, santa, gifts, jewish, merry
Happy Holidays – Merry Christmas, holidays, holiday, jingle, lights, bells, christmas eve, carol, jingle bells, merry
Chanukah – hanukkah, holiday, jewish, hanukah, holidays, menorah, latkes, kwanzaa, xmas, chanukkah
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