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Native video hosting will make search engines prioritize websites over YouTube

Donna Valario · MediaMash Raising $1.5m So You Can Own Your Audience · Feb 3, 2021 · at 8:34

Donna Valario, CEO of video platform MediaMash, debates Nathan Latka on the search and distribution advantages of owned web domains versus YouTube hosting.

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“By starting to put it on your website, then you'll get that search engine benefit. And then the search engines will start sending people to your website instead of YouTube.”

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