08/19/2026
How to optimize social media search on TikTok and Instagram: place SEO-rich keywords in three specific places within your content:
1. Speak them within the first 3-seconds of a Reel, TikTok video or YouRube short.
2. Put them in your on-screen text.
3. Include them at the beginning of your post captions.
Google and AI tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini are now indexing Reels and TikToks the same way they index web pages.
Most brands are still optimizing for likes. The ones that are winning right now are optimizing for search.
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