TikTok just upped its video descriptions to 2,200 characters. Here’s why. - Tubefilter

By Google‘s own admission, TikTok (and other platforms like Instagram and Snapchat) are sapping traffic from major parts of its business like Search and Google Maps.

And TikTok seems keen on continuing to do that.

Less than a month ago, it started testing a new “Nearby” feed that displays content generated in users’ local areas.

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Now, it’s upping the video description character limit from just 300 to a whopping 2,200.

If you’re wondering how the “Nearby” feed and this new limit–which may seem like pretty disparate parts of TikTok’s platform–link up, both updates are aimed at making content across TikTok more easily searchable for users.

The character limit will allow videomakers to include much, much longer descriptions—and therefore potentially many, many more SEO terms. Adding more characters means creators can go from saying they went to a cool bakery in San Francisco to specifically naming the bakery, dishes they had, and maybe even telling a little story about their experiences.

All that same information might be included verbally or via captions in their video, but audio/video contents aren’t visible to search engines. If users duplicate or add info in their video description, though…Suddenly “search engine TikTok” might become a real thing.

And it’s worth noting that TikTok’s telling users if they add longer and “more searchable” descriptions to their videos, their content is more likely to show up on people’s For...

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