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Google to Distribute Online Video Ads

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the missing-the-point dept.

sufijazz writes to mention an AP story about Google's plan to start distributing online video ads. From the article: "The video expansion, announced late Monday, will affect thousands of Web sites that rely on Google to post ads related to the surrounding material on a page. For instance, a news story about housing might prompt Google to display an ad for real estate agents. Google isn't allowing the video ads to appear on its own Web site -- a heavily trafficked destination that produced 58 percent of its $2.25 billion in revenue during the first three months of this year."

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  1. On every site that uses AdSense? by Centurix · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nearly every site will blast annoying sounds out the instant I visit the page? We'll have to surf porn with the sound turned down?

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  2. Eolas patent by scsa · · Score: 3, Funny

    If the Eolas patent "Click To Activate" crap ever makes it to Firefox, I'll have to click on the ad to have it rammed down my throat? Sure, of course I will. If I didn't, it'd be like stealing the Internet.

  3. They should change their logo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    from Do no Evil to We are the Source of all Evil.

    Video ads will just use up a lot of bandwidth, make pages relying on google ads load slow, and be a real annoyance worse than banner ads and popups. Why aren't they doing it on their own page? Simple - they know that it makes whatever page that it shows up on look like crap and load slow.

  4. Re:Again?? by Whiney+Mac+Fanboy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Slashdot has ads?

    *fires up IE*

    Damnit you're right! ;-)

    and yes, your point was completely valid, if the /. crowd can accept video ads (from MS no less), then the rest of the internet will lap up video ads that aren't forced on you.

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  5. Re:Whew, good thing I RTFA by myspys · · Score: 2, Funny

    but I'm sure major brands understand that potential customers do get pissed off by intrusive advertising.

    what dream-world do you live in? got room for one more?

  6. Re:Whew, good thing I RTFA by Andrewkov · · Score: 3, Funny
    I recall a couple years ago when it was impossible to visit a commercial website without having a video ad superimposed over the web page (closeable or not). I don't notice it as much anymore

    You didn't happen to switch to Firefox with adblock around that time, did you? ;)