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.
Re:cue the whiners...
by
Mr.+Capris
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· Score: 4, Funny
Great, now when I get rickrolled, I'll have to sit through a related commercial.
Uh...what exactly is related to Rick Astley? Anyone?
-- Have you seen the arrow?
Re:cue the whiners...
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Lumpy
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· Score: 4, Funny
What about all the paid shills?
"not watching youtube ad's is stealing internet" "Thousands of google employees will starve if you dont watch the ad's" "You help the terrorists win if you dont view the ad's" and my favorite.... "you are breaking your contract if you dont watch the ad's"
-- Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
Re:cue the whiners...
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utopianfiat
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· Score: 4, Funny
We're no strangers to ads you use youtube and so do I large-scale advertising's what I'm thinking of you wouldn't get this service from any other guy I just want to tell you about expedia gotta make you understand
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Re:cue the whiners...
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SirTicksAlot
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· Score: 5, Funny
You forgot:
"You are violating the DMCA by not watching the ads."
By closing my eyes I am circumventing the ad delivery mechanism.
Re:cue the whiners...
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Reverend528
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· Score: 5, Funny
They're already started redirecting my browser to whylynxisblocked.com.
Thank goodness! I was starting to miss commercials when I watched shows on YouTube. Maybe Google can talk to all those BitTorrent guys about getting ads in those shows too. Hopefully it'll be very well targetted too, like luxury cars and tampons!
-Chris
Re:Wait for it....
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veganboyjosh
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· Score: 5, Funny
Maybe I should just spend this time inciting violence form the grammar nazis?
You're on the right track...
How Long Till The Spoofs?
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Silent+Node
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· Score: 2, Funny
Isn't the most obvious offshoot of this that people will parody the new ads. Then those parodies will become popular. The result will be companies paying for an ad that will be immediately followed by a lampoon of that same ad. Will Google be sink into true evil and allow companies to decide that their commercial won't be run next to a spoof of their commercial.
From a spoof-production point of view this actually presents some interesting possibilities.
-- "You can't win. You can't break even. You can't quit."
-A. Ginsberg
Re:Wait for it....
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crabpeople
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· Score: 2, Funny
Mexican shark with oversized sombrero moves into google?
Hmm not sure what the meaning behind that symbolism is, but at least its creative./pats parents head
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I'll just use my special getting high powers one more time...
If I don't see advertisments...
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shoolz
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· Score: 4, Funny
If I don't see advertisements, how will I know what I'm supposed to buy?
But why do you have your hand off the mouse at all when you're browsing around video -...
Oh.
Gross dude.
Targetted advertisement???
by
CRX588
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· Score: 2, Funny
Then WTF is up with the google ad I just found at the top of the/. homepage!?
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Re:Excellent opportunity to test multiple choices
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CODiNE
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· Score: 4, Funny
Similar to Slashdot: the subscriber option exists but it seems to be a minority who use it.
Yeah, one day Taco said to Hemos "Man if I had a nickel every time someone said 'FIRST POST' I'd... . I'd.. heeeeeey..."
It's the greatest troll of all time, running for years on end and the secret didn't get out til NOW. The trolls are PAYING for their first posts!! HAAAAH!!
I suggest Google run a similar scam and charge $0.50 per first post. It's like a handicapped parking spot for trolls.
I suppose that would also explain the burning sensation in his arm:/
Viddy well, my brothers
by
Dogtanian
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· Score: 2, Funny
By closing my eyes I am circumventing the ad delivery mechanism. Umm... am I the only one thinking of *that* scene in "A Clockwork Orange"?
I sure as hell hope Google aren't, otherwise we'll be seeing a method of forced advertising that makes Tivo's "no skipping ads" look like a six-year-old's tea party.:-/
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"I'll never view YouTube again"
"Google isn't supposed to be evil!"
"Way to ruin YouTube!"
ad nauseum
"Not like YouTube ever owed you anything"
"Google's business is advertising"
"Sure, numa-like videos made YouTube sooooo... myspace?"
Thank goodness! I was starting to miss commercials when I watched shows on YouTube. Maybe Google can talk to all those BitTorrent guys about getting ads in those shows too. Hopefully it'll be very well targetted too, like luxury cars and tampons!
-Chris
Maybe I should just spend this time inciting violence form the grammar nazis?
You're on the right track...
Isn't the most obvious offshoot of this that people will parody the new ads. Then those parodies will become popular. The result will be companies paying for an ad that will be immediately followed by a lampoon of that same ad. Will Google be sink into true evil and allow companies to decide that their commercial won't be run next to a spoof of their commercial.
From a spoof-production point of view this actually presents some interesting possibilities.
"You can't win. You can't break even. You can't quit." -A. Ginsberg
Mexican shark with oversized sombrero moves into google?
/pats parents head
Hmm not sure what the meaning behind that symbolism is, but at least its creative.
I'll just use my special getting high powers one more time...
If I don't see advertisements, how will I know what I'm supposed to buy?
And there I thought Google made all its money from advertising all along... silly me.
After 3 days without programming, life becomes meaningless
- The Tao of Programming
But why do you have your hand off the mouse at all when you're browsing around video - ...
Oh.
Gross dude.
Then WTF is up with the google ad I just found at the top of the /. homepage!?
Bacterial Vaginosis
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Similar to Slashdot: the subscriber option exists but it seems to be a minority who use it.
... . I'd .. heeeeeey..."
Yeah, one day Taco said to Hemos "Man if I had a nickel every time someone said 'FIRST POST' I'd
It's the greatest troll of all time, running for years on end and the secret didn't get out til NOW. The trolls are PAYING for their first posts!! HAAAAH!!
I suggest Google run a similar scam and charge $0.50 per first post. It's like a handicapped parking spot for trolls.
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I suppose that would also explain the burning sensation in his arm :/
I sure as hell hope Google aren't, otherwise we'll be seeing a method of forced advertising that makes Tivo's "no skipping ads" look like a six-year-old's tea party.
"Slashdot - News and Chat Sites Deviant". (Click "homepage" link above for details).