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Google reportedly deliberately shoves YouTube results ahead of competitor video sources, like Facebook and Amazon’s Twitch, in search – Business Insider Australia
With a quick search on Google for any given video, a YouTube result is more likely to pop up, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal published Wednesday. And per the outlet, that’s by design.
- Google prioritises YouTube video results over that of competitors like Facebook Watch and Twitch, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
- The Journal conducted tests to see which video platforms are featured most prominently in Google’s homepage carousel.
- Sources told the outlet that Google engineers and execs have played a part in how YouTube results appear at the top of the search engine’s home page, which means more traffic for the video platform.
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