Spotlight and Podium on Yesodi
Spotlight and Podium are Yesodi discovery features that surface and rank top content so the strongest profiles, articles, videos, music, and other work reach more people. They give published content a chance to appear at the top of relevant sections across the platform.
What Spotlight and Podium Do
Spotlight highlights notable content and profiles across Yesodi discovery surfaces. Podium presents ranked positions, such as top entries, within a given section. Together they help visitors find high performing work without searching for it directly. Both are part of the wider Yesodi discovery system alongside the Feed, Explore, Search, and Categories.
How Content Is Ranked
Podium rankings reflect how content performs within its section, including music, video, news, and other categories. Each section maintains its own ranking so a music track competes with music and an article competes with articles. Different podiums across the platform read from the same underlying ranking rather than a single per viewer sort. This keeps the top positions consistent for everyone viewing that section.
Where Spotlight and Podium Appear
Podium rows appear inside relevant sections, such as the Music, News, and Video areas. Spotlight placements surface across discovery surfaces where visitors browse. These placements sit next to other discovery tools including the Feed, Explore, and the People and Brands directories. Content that ranks well can reach visitors who did not set out to find it.
Getting Content Into Spotlight and Podium
Publishing on Yesodi is free, and every article, video, track, product, service, event, and profile is eligible to be surfaced. Content that performs within its section can move up the Podium for that section. Complete profiles and clear titles, descriptions, and structured data help both people and AI search tools understand the work. Consistent publishing gives more content the opportunity to be discovered.
Spotlight, Podium, and Search Visibility
Spotlight and Podium work inside Yesodi, while pages are also built with structured data so AI answer tools and search engines can read them. Ranking well inside the platform surfaces content to Yesodi visitors, and the same pages remain crawlable off platform. This gives published work two paths to discovery at once. The AI Visibility Checker can show how AI search tools see a business.
How does Yesodi decide what goes on the Podium?
Podium positions reflect how content performs within its own section, such as music, video, or news. Each section keeps its own ranking, so entries compete against similar content rather than everything on the platform.
Does it cost money to appear in Spotlight or on the Podium?
No. Publishing on Yesodi is free, and published articles, videos, music, products, services, events, and profiles are eligible to be surfaced. Coins are an optional internal credit and are not required to publish or to be ranked.
Are Podium rankings the same for every viewer?
Podium rows in a section read from the same underlying ranking rather than a separate per viewer sort. This means the top positions in a section are consistent for people viewing it.
How can content improve its chances of being surfaced?
Publishing regularly, completing profiles, and using clear titles, descriptions, and structured data help. Content that performs within its section can rise on that section Podium.