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Google Search Allegedly Boosts YouTube Results Ahead of Competitors – Search Engine Journal
A report from the Wall Street Journal alleges Google is deliberately pushing YouTube videos ahead of rivals in search results.
Google prefers ranking content from YouTube over other video sources, according to a new report in the Wall Street Journal.
When Facebook and other competitors host a video that also appears on YouTube, Google will allegedly push the YouTube result ahead of others in search results.
The Wall Street Journal claims tests show YouTube ends up first in the Google Search video carousel more often than not.
Further, YouTube results frequently take up most of the slots in Google’s video carousels.
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