The next big thing for Google ... and for marketers too?

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13 commentsSaturday, October 18, 2008

YouTube's Search Ads - Will You Buy Them?

The next big thing for Google ... and for marketers too?

12 Comments

By used bmw 325i (WPN reader) - Tue, 03/31/2009 - 15:18

The main problem I can for

The main problem I can for -see is that at he moment there is already a lot of small time advertising taking place on you tube. Lets face it, it is a great way to attract traffic to you website, and even a cheaply produced video made with free versions of camtasia, and a bit of humour, can attract large numbers.

If google monetises this website successfully, I can forsee them clamping down and even charging these small timers for space. (They will probably use the excuse of "paying advertisers" complaining).That would be a shame, at the moment it is still a level playing field for bloggers and the big boys. Apart from that I think it will stifle a lot of creativity.

By Edward Han (WPN reader) - Sun, 10/19/2008 - 06:15

If it can improve my sales

Well, I won't mind if it can helps to improve my online sales. If the ads offer is good, I will also buy the products or services.

Basically it will be like going to a shopping center and looking at the products. If it suits me and that is what I want, I will make purchase. So if the ads is showing what I am looking for, why not?

By Internet marketer Leeds (WPN reader) - Wed, 10/15/2008 - 05:45

Leave some for the small guy

Have to agree with Gareth here - would be nice to keep YouTube as a level playing field, where small advertisers can get in with novel ideas and whacky marketing strategies - some great success can be borne from that which might get squashed by such a change.

By Warthog (WPN reader) - Tue, 10/14/2008 - 19:54

I say leave it alone. Leave

I say leave it alone. Leave some places on the net as just a fun place. It is a great social networking site. Using it as a professional advertising site will just destroy it. Let it be.

By Diamonds (WPN reader) - Tue, 10/14/2008 - 18:11

Yet again, google continues to dominate

Another adwords in the making...

Hopefully in the process they should improve the sound and picture quality of the videos.

By Terry Clark (WPN reader) - Tue, 10/14/2008 - 17:24

Youtube ads

Anywhere people are, ads are soon to follow. Some things never change, just the medium.

By Jonathan (WPN reader) - Tue, 10/14/2008 - 17:00

sure

I'd probably give it a shot... though I've already had some success with placing videos on youtube to drive traffic to my site... the cool thing is that the videos actually show up quite well in the normal search results, so it isn't all about what's on the youtube homepage.

By emanuel (WPN reader) - Tue, 10/14/2008 - 16:49

better sound quality first!

The problem I see is that most of the local (in my case: Dutch ) advertisements on the internet are way to American for my taste or just poorly 'localized' (in case of German and French companies).

I can't remember ever been drawn to a product because of these ads..

People do like humour and honesty though (and not the next obvious lie)..

But first things first: YouTube has to increase the audio quality. E.g. I like to watch DJ's perform (in my confortable chair I mean, on the floor I like to dance!), but often the poor sound quality due to the restrictions YouTube enforces puts me off.. And no, most of the time you can not get these gigs on DVD or CD or whatever, so there's no commercial loss in this.

Just more fame for the DJ etc..

By Marketing (WPN reader) - Tue, 10/14/2008 - 15:32