YouTube remains dominant source of video in top Google ranking positions
There’s a perception that Google favors YouTube content above other video sites in search results. A July, 2020 Wall Street Journal analysis[1] found “Google searches placed YouTube videos first in video carousel results by an overwhelming margin . . . [compared with] other video platforms.” An earlier search ranking study[2] from 2017 by Perficient Digital concluded, “YouTube videos rank far more frequently in the top 10 than videos that are either self-hosted, or hosted on other video...