UNMATCHABLE MARKETING!

It didnt have to take a long time until this happened. If you remember google paid not so long time ago $1.6 Billions for youtube.com now they have to get some cash out of that. And what better way than to put up ads during the video that you are watching, in a corner. I have attached a printscreen of the youtube ads. It’s the ad for THE SIMPSONS Movie, at the end of this post.

Google says that they will be charging $20 for 1000 views. Which is a small price for a CPM ad. Only big companies will afford to do this kind of advertising, it’s kind of expensive and it’s only good for branding.

Some users are annoyed with the new ad system. Ads are never welcome anywhere.:) But they must make a buck or two in order to keep this service free. I guess the adsense money wasnt enough for them.

In the future the users will get used to the ads and they wont be that bothered to see them, I think they will be happy to see when they change, because probabily at the beginning they will only see a couple of ads over and over again. And also in the future we might see some targeting, so if you watch a movie about ice cream you will get an ice cream ad. Hehe not quite a good example but hey ;P

So Google will be earning a lot more from youtube.com and also another important thing is that they are planning to share a part of their income with the users, so if you are good at making cool videos for youtube you will be getting a share. Since they are planning to make a partnership program.

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