Promotion Basics
Paid reach is advertising: a creator chooses an audience and budget, the platform serves the video as an ad, and the report labels what happened. These guides separate that process from artificial engagement and explain what promotion can establish, what it cannot prove, and which current rules need checking before launch.

Promotion Basics
Legitimate YouTube Promotion vs Fake Views
Legitimate YouTube promotion uses YouTube Promote or Google Ads to distribute a video as paid advertising to real viewers under selected campaign settings.