Question about the Playback Locations report in YouTube Analytics
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We have several hundred YouTube videos. In the Playback Report section in YouTube analytics, I can see a list of sites where people have viewed our videos. Some of the sites listed are competitors. The report does not show the URL of the page where the video is embedded.
Is there a way to find this information?
I have already tried using Google to search for the URL, but I'm thinking this isn't going to search the source code and the video URL isn't going to appear on the page anywhere.
Any ideas? Thanks!
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Thanks Phil. Excellent suggestion. I hadn't thought of using the reference URL in OSE. That should work great.
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Hi Dana,
to be honest, I've just always found it quickest and simplest to use advanced search operators to find out which page it's on, by referencing words I expect to be cited around the videos.
E.g. site:moz.com Distilled video
If you're trying to do it more at scale, you could use OSE/Majestic with the URL referenced in the YouTube iframe code and then match these up using a vlookup in excel Googledocs.
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Hi Angelos,
Yes, if I select individual videos I can see the site it is embedded on, but not the specific URL. I am attaching a screenshot as an example for this particular video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adxvLifTuuQ I have circled two instances that show the playback location is on a competitor's Website. However, the only location given is the competitor's domain, not the actual URL where the video may be embedded.
I thought maybe if I exported the report that the URLs might show up there, but no luck.
Anyone else have any ideas about how to get this information? Thanks Angelos!
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Hey there Dana,
To make it clear, you cannot find the url within the Youtubes Analytics panel? I guess you already know that if you chose single videos you can see where it had been embedded. Sorry if my answer is totally wrong
not that good with videos
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