The Charles Ramsey interview detailing his rescue of three abducted Cleveland women, along with a trailer for HBO's --True Blood series, ranked high on the debut of YouTube's new Trends Map, a visualization of its most--- popular videos by U.S. region. The map also has data breakdowns by gender and age group, so marketers are
also wondering if there is any actionable information to help with brand video messaging.
That type of data has been available from YouTube before, but the new feature is a visualization of the kind of analytic information that YouTube and parent company Google are very good at collecting.
The map adds a ---greater sense of discovery for users, said Greg Sterling, founder of Sterling Market Intelligence.