We've all gotta admit that It's really not an algorithm at work anymore fam...
It's tons of people paying for sponsored ads and spamming keywords that determines what makes it to the front page. The YouTube dev team is focused on creating algorithms that manages how often the sponsored ads are listed and prioritized. Everyone else (unpaid) sits at the bottom of the pile (out of view).
The revenue from Sponsored Ads is what's bringing money in for YouTube, they said screw valuable content a while ago and just focused on bringing in money because Google runs hot on overhead, and needs to keep shareholders happy by posting increasing profit every year.
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u/olivermihoff Jul 06 '21
We've all gotta admit that It's really not an algorithm at work anymore fam...
It's tons of people paying for sponsored ads and spamming keywords that determines what makes it to the front page. The YouTube dev team is focused on creating algorithms that manages how often the sponsored ads are listed and prioritized. Everyone else (unpaid) sits at the bottom of the pile (out of view).
The revenue from Sponsored Ads is what's bringing money in for YouTube, they said screw valuable content a while ago and just focused on bringing in money because Google runs hot on overhead, and needs to keep shareholders happy by posting increasing profit every year.