YouTube Promoted Videos Hit 500 Million View Mark

YouTube has been hitting all sorts of milestone marks over the past few months, with 1 billion subscriptions, over 2 billion daily views, and over 24 hours of video uploaded each minute. Yesterday, the video giant reached another milestone when promoted videos hit half a billion views.

YouTube has been hitting all sorts of milestone marks over the past few months, with 1 billion subscriptions, over 2 billion daily views, and over 24 hours of video uploaded each minute. Yesterday, the video giant reached another milestone when promoted videos hit half a billion views.

Promoted videos are featured on the site, for a price, next to relevant search results. You’ve probably noticed them on the right side of the screen when you’ve searched for videos on YouTube, as well as highlighted throughout your search results, but you may not know how these promotional video campaigns work.

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