chandrilQ: CONTENT PUBLISHING
Like Psychologytoday.com, does BD allow members/doctors to write blogs and post them to attract more patients?
If yes, then is it restricted to blogs only, or can they post videos like YouTube or audios like Spotify? The idea is to make paid members generate content, which will improve the site's SEO and attract more patients for our members.
Also, can you please explain what you meant by (on ur website under content publishing: YouTube Video Library and SoundCloud Audio Library)? Does it mean that the videos hosted on YouTube can be embedded on BD and make it a video platform (like psychologytoday does with blogs to enable members get more exposure)?
Jason_BrilliantDirectories
Jan 9, 2026A: Great question — this is actually one of the strongest and most proven use cases for Brilliant Directories.
Yes ✅ BD allows members (including doctors/therapists) to publish content to attract patients, very similar to how PsychologyToday works.
Here’s how content publishing works in BD:
📝 Blogs / Articles
• Members can write and publish blog-style articles from their own dashboard
• You can control this by membership level (e.g. only paid members can publish)
• Articles are indexed by Google and help with SEO for both the site and the member
🎥 Video Content (YouTube, Vimeo, etc.)
• Members can publish video posts by pasting a YouTube, Vimeo, or similar video URL
• The video is embedded on your site and displayed as native content
• This is what we mean by a YouTube Video Library — BD organizes and displays embedded videos in a clean, searchable format
🎧 Audio Content (SoundCloud, etc.)
• Members can embed audio content (e.g. SoundCloud links)
• These appear as audio posts on your site
• This is what we mean by a SoundCloud Audio Library
🔐 Control & Moderation
• You decide:
• Which membership plans can publish content
• How many posts they can publish
• Whether posts require admin approval before going live
📈 SEO & Exposure
• This setup is designed specifically to:
• Encourage members to create content
• Grow your site’s SEO footprint
• Give members ongoing exposure beyond just a profile page
So while BD doesn’t host videos or audio files itself, it absolutely functions as a content publishing platform that aggregates, organizes, and promotes member-generated blogs, videos, and audio — very similar in spirit to PsychologyToday’s model.
This is a hands-off, scalable way to let paid members market themselves while strengthening the entire directory.