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Experiment: Do Other Social Networks Hate YouTube Links?

Hootsuite

Or there’s the option that many of us do: upload your video to Youtube and simply share the link across all of your social platforms. The Youtube link method seems logical, doesn’t it? Rumor has it that links to YouTube videos might actually even be punished by other social media platforms’ algorithms. Let’s do this.

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A digital media framework for smart marketing communications

Sherrilynne Starkie

YouTube is used by 64 per cent of Canadians and two-thirds of those use it daily. You may have heard rumours that Twitter is dead and nobody uses it anymore. But, Twitter is alive and well in Canada. Forty-two per cent of us are on Twitter and half of those users are on it daily. How Canadians use Social Media.

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How to Make YouTube Shorts: Everything You Need to Know

Hootsuite

Since launching in 2005, YouTube has been home to countless video trends and many forms of entertainment. Now, the team behind one of the most visited websites in the world has hopped on the short-form video bandwagon by creating YouTube Shorts. What are YouTube Shorts? Why try YouTube Shorts? EMBED] [link].

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How Does the YouTube Algorithm Work? A Guide to Getting More Views

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The YouTube algorithm decides what people watch on YouTube 70% of the time. And according to Pew Research Center, 81% of American YouTube users say they regularly watch videos recommended by the algorithm. We’re going to lay out how the algorithm works, as well as all the latest YouTube algorithm changes for 2020.

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9 YouTube stats to inform your marketing strategy in 2019

Sprout Social

When YouTube first arrived in 2005, few likely had any idea how valuable it would become. The first video, “ Me at the Zoo ,” launched on April 23, 2005, and the first ads followed two years later. By 2010, YouTube was generating more than two billion views each day. billion active users on YouTube.

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A digital media framework for smart marketing communications

Sherrilynne Starkie

YouTube is used by 64 per cent of Canadians and two-thirds of those use it daily. Twitter is alive and well in Canada. Forty-two per cent of us are on Twitter and half of those users are on it daily. Before 2005 our goal was to get our clients in the news. How Canadians use Social Media. Of those, two-thirds use it daily.

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A digital media framework for smart marketing communications

Sherrilynne Starkie

YouTube is used by 59 per cent of Canadians and almost half of those use it daily. You may have heard rumours that Twitter is dead and nobody uses it anymore. But, Twitter is alive and well in Canada. Forty-two per cent of us are on Twitter and 45 per cent of users are on it daily. How Canadians use Social Media.

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