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Originally Posted by capt_noonie  Ahh, ok I think I understand a bit more. I thought if we tagged stuff, those words would be easier for Google to find. |
The YT tags are just words on the page to Google. Although they do hold a little more weight because they are anchor text links linking to the thread in YT search.
Google will analyze the tags with the rest of the page as a whole and determine their relevance. Then it is a matter of ranking in search results.
It's best if those words appear in the title of the thread (I know, usually not going to happen) and many times within the thread. For Google purposes, write the keywords in your post too. Of course, Google has to crawl the page first, so it won't show up immediately.