Official Google answer: What factors influence a video universal result in Google?

Question:

What factors influence a video universal result in Google? I have the same video, on YouTube with high views, comments and ratings yet the other one with low views and no comments is the one that ranks - why is this?

Google's Matt Cutts answers:

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Question

Views

Will Google consider Yahoo! Directory and BOTW as sources of paid links?

703

Regarding "nofollow" on internal links: Does it hurt?

598

Are there negative SEO implications to having a blog with do-follow comments?

592

If you have inbound links from reputable sites but those sites do not show up in a link:webname.com search, does this mean you are not getting any 'credit' in Google's eyes for having inbound links?

180

Links from relevant and important sites have always been a great way to get traffic and acceptance for a website. How do you rate links from new platforms like Twitter, Facebook to a website?

688