# How do you use Webmaster Tools? Share your stories and become a YouTube star!

Thursday, August 06, 2009


Our greatest resource is the webmaster community, and here at Webmaster Central we're constantly
impressed by the knowledge and expertise we see among webmasters: real-life SEOs, bloggers, online
retailers, and all those other people creating great online content.


How do real-life webmasters actually use Webmaster Tools? We'd love to know, and we'd like to
showcase some real-life examples for the rest of the community. Create a video telling your story,
and upload it via the gadget in our Help Center. We'll highlight the best on our
[Webmaster Central YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/@GoogleSearchCentral),
and even embed some in relevant
[Help Center](https://www.google.com/support/webmasters)
articles (with full credit to you, of course).
[Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om7968nRHTo)


To share your stories: Make a video, upload it to YouTube, then go to our
[Help Center](https://www.google.com/support/webmasters),
and submit your vid via our Help Center gadget. Our full
[guidelines](https://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=152116)
give more information, but here is a summary of the key points:

- Keep the video short; 3-5 minutes is ideal. Think small: a short video is a good way to showcase your use of---for example---Top Search Queries, but not long enough to highlight your whole SEO strategy.
- Focus on a real-life example of how you used a particular feature. For example, you could show how you used link data to research your brand, or crawl errors to diagnose problems with your site structure. Do you have a great tip or recommendation?
- Upload your video before September 30.
- [White hats](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_hat) are recommended. They show up better on screen.

Written by [Michael Wyszomierski](https://wysz.com/about/) and Rïona MacNamara