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Re: Google SERPs Video Thumbnails - Not Just Youtube

GlennIsaac — Thu, 07 May 2009 15:42:21 -0000

I've been experimenting with getting video/image thumbnails to display in Google SERPs, but haven't been able to concretely answer why images or video are displayed. Google was displaying thumbnails of images from a blog I manage for a while, but recently removed them from results. Really fascinating developments. Anyone have an idea why they were displayed? Removed?

Thumbnails Displayed:http://www.glennfriesen.com/how-to-get-videoimage...
Thumbnails Removed: http://www.glennfriesen.com/video-image-thumbnail...

Re: Google SERPs Video Thumbnails - Not Just Youtube

Jeff Martin — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:20:24 -0000

Hi Mark - is your more recent post at http://www.reelseo.com/succ... a follow-up to this post? Would like to knwo what you found out.

Thanks!

Re: Google SERPs Video Thumbnails - Not Just Youtube

Mike Belasco — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:26:09 -0000

Mark,
This was happening about 6 months ago and then disappeared for some time. I heard it was because the platforms Google was pulling video from were losing traffic and hence ad revenue, and therefore had asked Google to stop. Perhaps something new is in place as I have noticed even more sites than in your list showing up with a video plus box

Re: Google SERPs Video Thumbnails - Not Just Youtube

Mark Robertson — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:16:40 -0000

Szymon,
Not sure what you mean, could you elaborate a bit?

Re: Google SERPs Video Thumbnails - Not Just Youtube

Szymon Nitka — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:15:44 -0000

... what about link from 'Statistics' on a single video page at Youtube?