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I've noticed more than a few documentary style youtubers create a blog post with basically the script of the video. Is this for SEO purposes, or is it some sor

I've noticed more than a few documentary style youtubers create a blog post with basically the script of the video. Is this for SEO purposes, or is it some sort of plan B in case of Youtube takedowns or is it an attempt to build an on-platform following? I like watching practical engineering, but I don't like reading video scripts, so while I understand that not everyone have their own preferences, I'm not really sure who this is for.

japanuspus 4y ago
I think they are just being nice to people like myself who much prefer to skim a wall of text than sit through a video of someone talking.
dj_mc_merlin 4y ago
Different strokes for different folks. I like watching practical engineering, but I'd rather just read his script quickly than have him narrate it.
lamnk 4y ago
Yes, it is for SEO purposes and to build your own branding presence, and to be less dependant of other major platforms, in this case Youtube. 1. He probably already wrote a script for his video before production. 2. Speech-to-text is quite good and cheap nowadays. So, why not?
- ghaff 4y ago
  >Speech-to-text is quite good and cheap nowadays. So, why not? It's gotten comparatively good. But my experience with podcasts was that if I wanted a professional transcript I'd put online--as opposed to this is the general gist of the thing that's better than nothing, possibly just for my own reference--I'd get it done by a person. Wasn't worth my time to do the extensive editing that would be required to polish it.
h2odragon 4y ago
Satellite internet user: Video is effectively non-existent for me. Many hosts won't even attempt to serve connections at the "throttled" speeds we get.
phil21 4y ago
> I like watching practical engineering, but I don't like reading video scripts, so while I understand that not everyone have their own preferences, I'm not really sure who this is for. I mean, you answered your own question. I don't like watching videos that work just as well in text form, and I understand everyone has their own preferences. Very thankful for the extremely few popular channels that do this!

japanuspus 4y ago

I think they are just being nice to people like myself who much prefer to skim a wall of text than sit through a video of someone talking.

dj_mc_merlin 4y ago

Different strokes for different folks. I like watching practical engineering, but I'd rather just read his script quickly than have him narrate it.

lamnk 4y ago

Yes, it is for SEO purposes and to build your own branding presence, and to be less dependant of other major platforms, in this case Youtube. 1. He probably already wrote a script for his video before production. 2. Speech-to-text is quite good and cheap nowadays. So, why not?

ghaff 4y ago
>Speech-to-text is quite good and cheap nowadays. So, why not? It's gotten comparatively good. But my experience with podcasts was that if I wanted a professional transcript I'd put online--as opposed to this is the general gist of the thing that's better than nothing, possibly just for my own reference--I'd get it done by a person. Wasn't worth my time to do the extensive editing that would be required to polish it.

h2odragon 4y ago

Satellite internet user: Video is effectively non-existent for me. Many hosts won't even attempt to serve connections at the "throttled" speeds we get.

phil21 4y ago

> I like watching practical engineering, but I don't like reading video scripts, so while I understand that not everyone have their own preferences, I'm not really sure who this is for. I mean, you answered your own question. I don't like watching videos that work just as well in text form, and I understand everyone has their own preferences. Very thankful for the extremely few popular channels that do this!