The Rundown: Why YouTube has become key for brand GEO strategies

Marketers worried about improving their brand’s profile in LLM chatbot results or within the concise summaries of Google’s Overviews have mostly focused on the world of text: earned media coverage, website copy or user-generated reviews.

Lately, they’ve been pivoting to video. More accurately, to transcripts of videos. According to SEO company BrightEdge, YouTube is now a top source for LLMs and is leant on by the likes of Gemini and ChatGPT more frequently than Reddit, showing up in 29.5% of Google AI Overviews.

“In the past month, it’s become clear that YouTube is now outpacing Reddit in terms of citations,” said Christine Schrader, vp of strategic innovation at Wpromote.

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Future of TV Briefing: Netflix’s in-house ad platform launch has led some advertisers to double spend

This week’s Future of TV Briefing looks at how the streamer’s expanded ad targeting and measurement options have resulted in increased advertiser spending.

  • From tudum to ta-da
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From tudum to ta-da

Netflix’s move to take its ad platform in-house last year is paying off.

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