seo-videolisted

# Video SEO Audit whether a video and its watch page are understandable, accessible, discoverable, indexable where eligible, and supported by truthful metadata. Read [video-evidence-protocol.md](references/video-evidence-protocol.md) before a formal audit. ## Procedure 1. Define the video catalog, hosting/player system, watch-page model, locales, live/VOD status, owners, and target surfaces. 2. Capture representative watch pages in raw and rendered form, player availability, stable video/thumbnail URLs, HTTP behavior, canonical/index directives, visible title/description, transcript/captions, and structured data. 3. Reconcile visible facts with VideoObject/BroadcastEvent/Clip/SeekToAction fields, upload/publication dates, duration, embed policy, regions, livestream state, and thumbnails. 4. Inspect video sitemap entries, lastmod and live-state updates, internal discovery, responsive playback, lazy loading, thumbnail eligibility, and content that is hidden behind interaction or authentication. 5. Use authorized Search Console/Bing/video-platform reports when supplied. Distinguish page indexing, video indexing, rich-result eligibility, impressions, plays, and engagement. 6. Validate transcripts/captions as accessibility and content evidence; do not keyword-stuff them. Route page copy to `seo-content`, schema to `seo-schema`, media performance to `seo-images`/`seo-technical`, and regional mappings to `seo-hreflang`. 7. Package findings as SEO Findings `1.1.0` with `video`, `