Law360, Miami (July 20, 2017, 9:51 PM EDT) — A federal judge in Miami has sentenced the last of 10 South Florida assisted living facility owners charged last year for conspiring with a local pharmacy to defraud Medicare and Medicaid, according to the U.S. Department of Justice and court records.
U.S. District Judge Marcia G. Cooke sentenced Maribel Galvan, 43, of Miami Lakes, on July 12 to one year and one day of imprisonment to be followed by three years of supervised release. She also ordered her to pay $12,000 in restitution, the DOJ said Wednesday in an announcement of the case’s completion.
When you watch a long video, you may just want to skip over the part you don’t want to watch and directly go to your favorite section. Now, you can do this on YouTube and this feature is YouTube Video Chapters.
YouTube tested this feature in April this year and made it available at the end of May for all iOS devices, Android devices, and desktops. With this feature, you can use timestamps to your YouTube video. When other people watch your video, they can just click the YouTube video timestamps to access the specific section of the video they want to watch. Of course, this feature can also help them re-watch a portion of the video.
YouTube Video Chapters are not just some simple video timestamps. You can also add the information on the description of the video section since this can help views find the section they want to watch.
This post will show you how to add YouTube timestamps chapters.
How to increase YouTube watch time?
1. Create Videos with Quality Content
YouTube, launched on February 14th, 2005, is the 2nd most visited website in the world. Today, over 500 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute. See! How fierce the competition is for watch time! Therefore, to increase YouTube watch time, you have to focus on quality.
Content is king, as we so often hear. When making YouTube videos, you should put yourself in the shoes of viewers and think "what would make me want to stick around and watch this entire video?" Follow this advice, and I bet you can create a video which will attract and retain viewers.
2. Nail the First 15 Seconds
When starting watching a video, viewers always will ask themselves two questions:
Is this video worth my time?
Should I keep watching this or not?
Almost all YouTube viewers will find the answer in the viewing of the first 15 seconds.
If the 15 seconds of your video can’t capture your viewer's attention, they will lose interest in what you have to say pretty quickly. As a result, they will leave your video. High bounce rates will drive your watch time down big time.
Make sure the first 15 seconds of your video is engaging and interesting. If you can hook your audience within the first 15 seconds, you will have a good watch time.
3. Choose Titles & Thumbnails That Accurately Reflect Your Content
Both YouTube video title and thumbnail can send a signal to the viewer about the video's content. When people are searching for any videos on YouTube, they will see the title as well as thumbnail to decide whether they need to watch this video.
4. Keep a Close Eye on Your Audience Retention
Audience Retention is the average percentage of a YouTube video that viewers watched.
Here, to increase watch hours on YouTube video, you need to keep a close on the Audience Retention report for every video you upload to your YouTube channel.
