Google to Distribute Online Video Ads

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday May 23, 2006 @01:19AM 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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Re:Again?? by OctoberSky · 2006-05-23 01:29 · Score: 4, Insightful

There is really not much to bitch about here. It is a still ad with the ability to become a video ad.

Slashdot already has those fancy Microsoft video ads, and thiers are set to autoplay! Although, thank FSM, they are muted from the start and the user gets to activate the sound.