Neecee Lexy
Jan 10, 20212 min
ADD A YOUTUBE TIMESTAMP
In this short blog tutorial, I am going to teach you how to add the new YouTube TIMESTAMP within your video. In another word, how to add Chapters to Your Videos using Timestamps. It takes about 3 minutes to add this feature on your video. Plus, below is full YouTube tutorial showing step by step on how to add YouTube Timestamp. If you are more of visual learn I advice you to scroll all the way down to watch the video instead. It's a beginner-friendly tutorial with screen guidelines.
YouTube Chapters markers are generated on the timestamps that a video creator includes in his or her video's description starts with 00:xxx plus text.
It's the time code included on YouTube Video descriptions which allows you to create timestamps and links to help your viewers to watch any part of your video. The timestamp is also best known as key moments' feature used to improves viewers experience by allowing them to skip parts of the view so they can quickly, easily find the content they are interested in.
First of all, you want to make sure that you at the four zeros at the start of your timestamp on the video description titled intro for this to work. Here is the example of the chapters markets: Feel free to copy my video breakdown script and edit with a different timestamp on your video.
Video Breakdown:
00:00 Introduction ( Benefits)
01:00 Adding Youtube Timestamp
04:00 Youtube End card
Plus, the timestamp/chapter helps to highlight important sections of your YouTube video. It's useful to improve viewer retention because they are more likely to get the part of the video the enjoy best or answers their pinpoint.
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