Blogging Tips: Have You Tried YouTube's 'Create a Post' Feature?

Everyone knows YouTube is for VLOGGERS.  But can YouTube be used for BLOGGERS? That is to say, people do not create and upload videos, but they do write blog posts - can they publish a blog via the YouTube platform?

Several months ago I tested YouTube’s “Create a Post” feature and got so busy with my other online projects that I totally forgot it. But in October 2023, I revisited the feature. There are a lot of PROs.

PROS:

1. If you like a particular video ~ even though you did not create n upload it ~ rather than leave a comment that might get buried with all of the other commenters, when you click the Share button, simply select “Create a Post” and then write your comments or a detailed blog post.
2. You can add hashtags, to make it easier for people to find.
3. I am not a vlogger but you don’t need to be in order to use the “Create a Post” feature. It’s perfect for bloggers. You can add an image and then write content just like you do on a blog. Your blog posts are published via the YouTube platform.

View two examples of how content is displayed when you reshare a video about a topic you liked OR you added an image and wrote a blog post.

(1) Created a Poat and linked to a YT video to comment about a Kdrama teaser

(2) Created a Post by adding an image and writing a blog post about Kdramas based on webtoons

• NOTE: Of course, alternatively when you click the Share button you can share the YT video via Blogger (Blogspot) or Tumblr, and write a detailed blog post. But YouTube has a lot of traffic so why not publish blog posts on that platform as well?

What is your opinion? Do you think it's a good idea to use YouTube for blogging?

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