How youtube.com Looks on Google Search

70/100
Needs work
2 fixes recommended

This page shows how youtube.com appears when shared on Google Search. The current preview headline reads "YouTube". It pairs with the description "Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on..." and a social image. Overall, youtube.com's setup scores 70/100 against Google Search best practices.

Google Search preview

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Google Search

Search result

www.youtube.com

www.youtube.com

YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

Rich result (with thumbnail)

www.youtube.com

www.youtube.com

YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on Yo...

YouTube

Analysis

youtube.com's social setup currently has 2 warnings that affect how it renders on Google Search. The most impactful fixes are listed below - they range from missing required tags to image dimensions that will be cropped or rejected by specific platforms.

In particular: missing og:type tag; missing twitter:card tag. Each of these has a one-line fix in the recommendations panel above.

Frequently Asked Questions

youtube.com sets `og:image` but does not include `og:image:width` and `og:image:height`. Explicit dimensions let platforms render the preview faster without downloading the image first.

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