Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Google Launches First YouTube Ads

Posted by samzenpus on from the this-bread-brought-to-you-by dept.

_14k4 writes "Video website YouTube is to feature advertising for the first time, after Google revealed it is offering companies the chance to run ads on some of the site's most popular content." I can't wait to sit through a dozen commercials while I try to waste some free time.

5 of 217 comments (clear)

  1. Angry face! by porkThreeWays · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Hey samzenpus, only Taco is allowed to make smarmy comments about the content of the story!!

    --
    If an officer ever threatens to taze you, say you have a pacemaker.
  2. Adwords Example by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Madonna is the only artist with any talent! Other than that, youtube sucks.

  3. God Dammit by cromar · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    WTF Google. Those are the most annoying type of internet ads. Even more annoying than "interactive" Flash shit. There really has to be a better solution.

    Of course, most of the best on there isn't the most popular, so that's some comfort at least.

  4. Re:Evil yet? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    The move toward evil happened all at once, on 19 August 2004. Since its IPO, almost everything Google has done has been deeply and profoundly evil, and of much lower quality to boot.

  5. Re:Commercials really bug me... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    > In fact, the overlayed 1/5th of the lower portion, commercial can be dismissed with one click.

    Good way to do video: Download a fucking .MPG or .AVI full of DiVX.
    Bad way to do video: Upload the original video, transcode it to some shitty Flash codec, and then force users to stream it in a shitty Flash player.

    Once again, fuck Flash and anyone who has anything to do with it.