YouTube Blog: You Drive the YouTube Experience

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

You Drive the YouTube Experience

Over the past few weeks, you may have noticed that we've been working with select partners to improve YouTube's presentation of advertising on their videos in a manner that brings you creative, compelling content and should also increase revenue flow to artists and content owners.

So what's new? Today we're offering select partners the ability to incorporate YouTube InVideo ads into their content. These are animated overlays that appear on the bottom 20 percent of a video. If you're interested by what you see there, clicking on the overlay launches a deeper interactive video ad that we think is relevant and entertaining. (The video you were watching is temporarily paused.) If you choose not to click on the overlay, it will simply disappear, so that you're in full control of your YouTube experience.

So keep an eye out for this new feature, and please do send us your suggestions and feedback. As always, we're looking to improve the experience with you in mind.

Yours,

The YouTube Team

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srjproduction said...: i am not good enough to be a partner on youtube but can you get people to so i can become a partner?; November 20, 2007 4:03 PM
nightbird2008 said...: well,you mentioned
(broadcast yourself.) how ? i have a cam,and i would like to play some egyptian music melodies..so that i can see the copy on my page later ?..thank you; December 12, 2007 3:55 PM
waltherchemnitz said...: Seeing an ad over top of a video just make me think to myself, "if there's not a way to block this thing, I'm just going to unsubscribe to this clown". Many of the comments so far here have been unhelpful, and mine really isn't either, except that if what I'm thinking about catches on, there wont be as many people watching in the first place.

I see the ads just fine without them being IN the video.; November 29, 2007 8:58 PM
diddyman4real said...: i want my video to start playing as soon as my youtube loads up, but i can't seem to do it. any solutions.

and no please dont tell me to add autoplay to the embedded cause it wont work on youtube.; December 19, 2007 11:33 PM
bvankuyk said...: Agreed,

we would love to have advertising banners on our videos and get paid a pay perview,

Bou van Kuyk; December 15, 2007 4:16 PM
HumanFamily said...: I have director account on HumanFamily but it rejects any video over 10 minutes. Can you explain why?

Thanks; November 11, 2007 10:30 PM
graveowe said...: Can You help me plsss...

i Want To CreatE A video To PosT on Your Site..??\

how Can Do ThaT..??

Help plSSSS...!!!!; September 17, 2007 5:33 PM
MaxBobcat said...: mmhm; October 26, 2007 7:02 PM
dasoccerplayaf0s said...: BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO; October 13, 2007 10:24 PM
TriRocks said...: Where do you post to get your video viewed. I would like to see more clean but good (i.e. meaningful, funny, whatever) but without garabage.

Where can I post mine and get the word out on other good vids?; September 23, 2007 9:49 AM
geoffreyyoungblood said...: none of your vides load all the way. you suck; October 8, 2007 6:37 PM
realisophie said...: Today is the day I reveal my video diaries of my journey after the Race..... watch it at

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLHMaRlyzXA; September 24, 2007 7:06 PM
kingmajeed said...: hi youtube; September 22, 2007 10:41 AM
Moadood said...: hello sir
I really want to earn onine via google adsense but i have my blog but don,t know how to add ads on it plz help me i m also waste lots of money on net my id is MA_Ahmad11@yahoo.com; October 7, 2007 2:15 PM
MrMeaty1992 said...: Check out my Mr Meaty Video!!!!

Subscribe please!

Leave a comment if you wish!; September 24, 2007 12:03 PM
masterchief2828 said...: does a youtube membership cost $ cuz i just made an account, and kids at school tell me that it costs $; October 17, 2007 3:19 PM
Travianmonster said...: gay; October 4, 2007 8:53 AM
Kindy007 said...: Oh, so nice topic, and so reasonable comments. But i wanna say in the past 2 weeks I have been to several forum sites about video, and to my surprise, i find that many people don't know to make a useful of these nice videos, as the people discussing on interracialsingleonline.com
they don't know how to create new video, don't know how to attract more viewers... may be you can give some valuabel suggestions...; November 7, 2007 3:41 PM
Rubberchix said...: I think the whole partner idea sucks. Maybe i'm just jealous.; September 27, 2007 2:04 AM
sproutdike said...: It wont load my comments on the comment board it just changes colour from black to grey whe ni press " post comment"; October 25, 2007 2:45 PM
jeffgarcia9 said...: how do u comment on videos...it says i need to confirm my email..i dont get it; October 23, 2007 8:14 PM
Skynetdefensesystems said...: How do I post comments on videos. It says a confirmation letter has been sent to my e-mail address, but I don't know what to do from there.; October 26, 2007 5:10 PM
SturmvogelPrime said...: InVideo ads?, BULLSHIT! if they want to announce there's the fucking TV and the god-damn Radio.; October 28, 2007 12:40 AM
realisophie said...: Tomorrow is the day I reveal my first video diary ...

;-)); September 24, 2007 7:05 PM
westbydo said...: Well,ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS,[SLAP][SLAP]ACROSS ALL YOUR HEADS, WAKE-UP PEOPLE AND GET OVER the whole Britney thing already,GET ON WITH YOUR LIFE,AND LET HER HAVE SOME PEACE,and privacy,and about this video on youtube,about some guy feeling sorry for britney,your going to to give this jerk,a tv, deal,omg that is just crazy....wake-up people,; September 19, 2007 10:14 AM
idiotwheels said...: Hello, Youtube

It is Fred Sanderson from the Idiots on Wheels if you do not know who we are go to our channel at http://www.youtube.com/idiotwheels, we also have our own website here is the link: http://www.watskiees.com .

We want to be a youtube partner so we can have the ability to put a banner on our page and make our video auto play we have 19 already and are in the process of making more.

Please check out our video and send us an invitation to this email.

Thankyou for reading this.

Fred Sanderson; September 29, 2007 10:59 PM
Maffewung said...: lol; October 10, 2007 6:39 PM
KariteGurl06 said...: YOU NEED TO FIX YOUR STUPID JAVASCRIPT ERROR. IT'S NOT FAIR! I CAN VIEW SOME VIDEOS BUT NOT ALL. YOUTUBE IS BECOMING ANNOYING AND IS STARTING TO SUCK. I KNOW I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE HAVING THIS ISSUE! YOUTUBE FIX YOUR ERRORS!; November 5, 2007 8:49 PM
cressrocks said...: Can I become partnered with YouTube?; September 17, 2007 8:16 AM
homwreker13 said...: how can you get a video featured??; September 5, 2007 4:58 PM
PZK12 said...: Yes, I agree with comments regarding the people who made this site. It was not NBC, Warners, Fox or any other of the big players. It was film makers creating films in their kitchens, gardens, schools, pubs and clubs. Either share the revenue with every one or scrap it. If all the video makers who were not a limited company left the site you would left with about 12 commercial channels and the BBC. Think about it You Tube. Don't screw the people who made you.; September 9, 2007 3:05 PM
PharoahAtemsGurl said...: This has nothing to do with all the new updates, but i was just wondering if you could LittleKuriboh back on, cuz what he was doing is no different from what lots of people are doing, and if you suspended everyone that does parodies, then there would people alot of lawsuits. Maybe. Possibly. Probably not. But you know what I mean, alot of people are very not happy with what happened to LittleKuriboh, so if you can, put him back on.; September 5, 2007 11:00 AM
frankix8x said...: youtube is the bst
thy tackle all the the rst
cme ner us nd ull get in a mss; September 14, 2007 3:20 AM
pauljenkins123 said...: How Do You Get Those Things On Your Profile And Stuff You Know Thoose Pictures At The Top Of The Screen (Not Profile Pic)Like Smosh thewinekone and lisa nova?; September 8, 2007 10:31 AM
korbin12345 said...: Bring littlekuriboh back; September 9, 2007 2:23 PM
Yugi1121 said...: My videos won't upload.; September 7, 2007 6:23 PM
goodoleboy25 said...: why cant i log into utube that is entirely in ENGLISH! too many video comments are almost exclusivly in spanish even when the video is not. when did this become utube/univision?; September 15, 2007 9:11 PM
c4mc4st said...: great when can I star earning money with my videos :)

or will it allways be just for selected partners?; September 15, 2007 6:12 PM
krakaos said...: All other videobroadcaster like yahoo myspace and others are just waiting for that.
the video qualities are already much better in most of other sites than on youtube ! (screen is bigger and compression is lower and the sound is better and stereo)

Do you think people will keep post on youtube for a poor image and sound quality and now with some ads on it ?? haha no way. WAKE UP!; September 6, 2007 1:24 AM
lyn29481 said...: your site sucks not one of the videos will load all the way!!! lamo; September 12, 2007 8:37 PM
DrSturley said...: It is a bad move to claim this will make things better.
And it is no compensation to the hard work put in.
Not a good idea at all.; September 5, 2007 10:26 AM
graveowe said...: Help plss i want ot create a video to post on your website...

how can i create a video..??

help me plss sir..??

TnX..!! ALot...!!!!; September 17, 2007 5:11 PM
max2right said...: nightthinker is right The EditorTube team is more interested in increasing revenue than anything else; September 7, 2007 3:54 PM
ChristopherMast said...: Fix the comment system.; September 4, 2007 6:14 AM
max2right said...: It's just another lie. If I were driving this would be a much better place.; September 4, 2007 8:40 PM
sukatra said...: Yeah, right. We drive the youtube experience. That's why people have been screaming bloody murder about the fucked up comment system for two weeks now and you haven't even acknowledged the complaints, let alone that you screwed up.; September 3, 2007 5:40 PM
mornlondon said...: It's amazing how eloquent some of your
correspondents are. I wonder if they
are using their real names.

anon.; September 4, 2007 5:32 AM
max2right said...: Knock Knock Hello? Anybody here? HELLO? Youtube? Helllooo the lights are on but the doors are locked. YT is dead EditorTube remains and they couldn't care less about what the community thinks. WE need a newtube like the original YT Remember how good it was?; September 4, 2007 4:28 PM
gingernga said...: sidk, no wonder they don't want to read comments. You've flooded them. With such foul language too. Grow up!!!!; August 31, 2007 4:48 AM
gingernga said...: No way! A good way to ruin You Tube.; August 31, 2007 4:45 AM
max2right said...: The EditorTube team isn't at all interested in what the community wants. They are rushing to increace revenue in such a hurry that no testing is done and as a result things are not working well. Remember the orininal YT? How good it worked.; August 30, 2007 7:59 PM
winterdude said...: This is a horrible idea, the bottom 20%?!?! My goodness considering how small the youtube videos are, it would ruin my experience at YouTube...; September 2, 2007 2:57 PM
badbobbyhughes said...: &#9854; August 31, 2007 3:49 PM
ebryan4 said...: I wish everyone would stop whining like selfish spoiled babies. Can you not understand why Google is choosing to run adds on their website. I understand the complaints and everyone is entitled to their opinion, but.......come on, get real. How do you expect the bills to get payed! I don't think Google bought the company to lose money. Google makes their money from ads. What if you had a website that cost a lot of money to maintain, develop, and do whatever else a business like this needs to do. I'm pretty sure you wouldn't do it for free or do it at your expense. I hope everyone understands that at this point YouTube owes you nothing! They have never asked you for a dime and have continued to make our experience better and better. I know that without its customer, you the up loader, Youtube would have never taken off. Google knows that Youtube in the industry standard for free video uploading. In my opinion they are making the right move at the right time. They know people will be upset, but they also know a majority of people will not leave because they have worked to hard on their channels and obtaining an audience. They know some people will leave and be upset but they have such a strong product in such high demand that they probably don't even care about losing you. If you are upset about the adds then you should leave YouTube and I challenge you start your own "free" video loading site. :); August 29, 2007 7:11 PM
max2right said...: Bullshit the experience is not better it's worse read the various blogs. Because EditorTube set about the ill conceived dismanteling of the original YouTube it has generated more cost. YT was profitable when they bought it. it is more profit they want.; August 30, 2007 12:02 AM
rupertstow said...: This is really bad!!!! How can you ruin it like this, just for the bigger bucks?? "Profits before art", right and "profits before people" - yoruur new mottos??? Weh I saw my first horrible example of this new advertising, I did not even realize. at first. that the crap at the bottom of the screen was NOT even part of this music video!! It is confusing at best, and super annoying, at the least. We all now hate "YOUR TUBE" - change the name to reflect the truth: your new gross, user-unfriendly priorities!!; August 29, 2007 12:38 PM
eire138 said...: I'm just going to add my voice to the allready overwhelming chorus of voices saying the new comment system IS NOT MAKING US HAPPY! It is a big part of the experience to interact through comments, you've made that difficult at best and impossible the rest of the time. I'm not sure what the intended result was but unless it was to piss off the people that give this site a reason for existing, I would have to say you've failed...miserably. One thing that would be greatly appreciated right now would be SOME form of communication from you addressing this issue. Let us know you are aware of the issue, people are getting restless and want some kind of assurance that you are actually listening. Take this advice to heart...I smell an exodus in the air if this continues much longer...; August 30, 2007 1:35 PM
SteAndKel said...: i dont like this at all, it will ruin the video.; August 30, 2007 7:15 PM
trentn3 said...: go on with the hard work
nice job 8); August 29, 2007 6:14 AM
viddareff said...: please fix the comments; August 29, 2007 5:43 AM
polemeros said...: ENOUGH with the instructional tag about how to exit full screen by pressing ESC!!!!!! It obscures parts of the videos...We know. We know!!!!! STOP IT!; August 28, 2007 8:23 AM
joshnick23 said...: Well,...i was just wonderin how to post comments on youtube...when i go to post a comment it tells me to enter my password. After, it says to clik the link when it gets to my email...well...it never comes...what do i do?; August 28, 2007 12:23 PM
max2right said...: It's "make" i don't know what the hell happened; August 27, 2007 3:09 PM
max2right said...: The old YT worked! It did not need new features As for the need to mank money what we have here is the greed to make even more. The stronger the YT community stands together the more likely some of this crap can be changed.; August 27, 2007 3:07 PM
CrazyTubeFreak1 said...: How do U access this feature?; August 27, 2007 7:22 PM
sandthewaterman said...: This pisses me off as much as those DVD vendors who still make me watch all the commercials for the movies I have already seen, each time I insert their disc that I BOUGHT!; August 27, 2007 3:56 AM
babu357 said...: It's the beginning of the end for Youtube. No Ads!; August 27, 2007 8:06 AM
77Lab said...: We could not have expected YouTube not to introduce ads, and at 77 we believe that most YouTube users will stick around as long as it will provide the free content it has become famous for. I wrote a short article about this at http://www.77lab.com/youtube_ad_082707.html feel free to check it out.; August 27, 2007 8:34 AM
cosproductions said...: Our company has answered this problem by switching to widescreen format on most of our videos.
I totally understand both sides of this issue.
We were all pulled in by the COMMUNITY feel of YouTube.
But, like any business, it needs money to survive.
Just because Google took it over doesn't mean Google wants to throw buckets of money away on it.
Computer techs and programmers, marketing people, maintanence and new features all cost money. I can respect that.
People can go elsewhere. Some will. But, eventually, sites like this will need to make money somehow. How do YOU think they'll make their money?
It could be worse. They could start charging us to upload our videos to this hugely popular site.
I will miss the old days though.; August 27, 2007 10:33 AM
adrianaJacobs said...: Hi there,

My name is Axel Jacobs, and my children are trying to win a TV commercial spot for Heinz catsup. I would be very thankful if you could vote for my children’s commercial. Please take a look at Eddie and Andrew in their Heinz Web Competition.

Go to this web link

http://www.topthistv.com

Go to entry: 3625
And click on the GO button

The video is called “ever lasting”

And though our thanks is genuine, it’s never quite enough, compared to all the happiness your kindness bring to us.

Starting August 27. And vote often—up to once a day through September 10.

Thank you,

Axel Jacobs; August 26, 2007 8:18 PM
drZorg4ever said...: хз, чот не видел пока .. но реклама полюбому не есть гут !!! ))); August 27, 2007 1:25 AM
vmedia69 said...: This could very will be the beginning of the end for Youtube.

Network television has become intolerable to watch with the relentless ads (Thank God for DVR's). Please Don't do this to Youtube. If you try to monetize the work of others with a barrage of hideous video ad overlays the community will go elsewhere.

If you are truly looking to improve the experience with us in mind, place ad's sparingly on the the top, bottom or side of the videos. However please don't get ridiculous about it like weather.com or porn sites do.

A concerned YT fan; August 27, 2007 12:20 AM
adrianaJacobs said...: Hi there,

My name is Axel Jacobs, and my children are trying to win a TV commercial spot for Heinz catsup. I would be very thankful if you could vote for my children’s commercial. Please take a look at Eddie and Andrew in their Heinz Web Competition.

Go to this web link

http://www.topthistv.com

Go to entry: 3625
And click on the GO button

The video is called “ever lasting”

And though our thanks is genuine, it’s never quite enough, compared to all the happiness your kindness bring to us.

Starting August 27. And vote often—up to once a day through September 10.

Thank you,

Axel Jacobs; August 26, 2007 8:21 PM
ultrasissi said...: Please do something about the CAMAZON DATING spammers here on YouTube: would be super if comments containing "links" to these sort of websites could be filtered automatically. I get about 8-10 of these spam-comments a day and for some video's i was forced to disable commenting, just because I was deleting spam all day. And that is a shame, because the comments keep YouTube "alive".; August 27, 2007 12:34 AM
CrazyTubeFreak1 said...: Uhhhh...dsfkljf get a damn LIFE YES that's right L-I-F-E and stop harrasing Youtube DAMMIT!; August 26, 2007 8:19 PM
drZorg4ever said...: ой, случайна 2 раза ); August 27, 2007 1:26 AM
max2right said...: KNOCK KNOCK Hello? YouTube? Anyone here? HELLO? Wonder when they open the office?; August 26, 2007 3:34 PM
flocoder said...: I have to agree: really shitty idea, YouTube!; August 26, 2007 4:54 PM
YUPchannel said...: You guy's need a video tutorial on this feature & simply as it can be put,.. "it's already here",.. so why not explain how to properly use it.

Please put a banner tutor on the front page matter of fact it should be on a alert notice meaning it should be a banner on the Youtube front page.

The more you make of us aware of what going on Youtube the more we believe
were part of the process decisions on Youtube.

Fairness alway over win (even in good or the bad decision's),... & remember options is the best choice of features on Youtube allow the users to make this choice for each video they upload this is the best approach,.. it the most powerful way of make everybody happy on YOutube & including you guy's it a win - win on both side!,..

& you don't need a useless Youtube user polls to figure out that one,..

YUP-Team & Livewire- :P; August 26, 2007 3:00 PM
YUPchannel said...: You guy's need a video tutorial on this feature & simply as it can be put,.. "it's already here",.. so why not explain how to properly use it.

Please put a banner tutor on the front page matter of fact it should be on a alert notice meaning it should be a banner on the Youtube front page.

The more you make of us aware of what going on Youtube the more we believe
were part of the process decisions on Youtube.

Fairness alway over win (even in good or the bad decision's),... & remember options is the best choice of features on Youtube allow the users to make this choice for each video they upload this is the best approach,.. it the most powerful way of make everybody happy on YOutube & including you guy's it a win - win on both side!,..

& you don't need a useless Youtube user polls to figure out that one,..

YUP-Team & Livewire- :P; August 26, 2007 3:00 PM
Callahan420 said...: Advertising in vids is a bad choice.
The YT users should be able to choose whether or not they see the ads.; August 26, 2007 5:43 PM
matxupi said...: This commment is great: "Maybe an extra area can be added to the player to display the ad instead of it overlaying on the video itself, like adding 20% to the video player size to allow for the ad to play." Why not use an surrounding area to show the adds? I found this discussion because this overlaying add was condemned at an article from GdH the biggest brazilian IT forum. I hope you change this add style.; August 26, 2007 9:29 AM
880Metzeler said...: Recently my link to a US Government clip was routed to your notice that I was in violation of terms of use. Since this is a NASA clip in the public domain, I can't understand your management refusal of my use in other media. I believe your action to be in error.

Please respond.; August 26, 2007 11:08 AM
max2right said...: The stronger the community stands the better the chances that things might change. Maybe it this string of comments were mass emalied to the mainstream media??; August 26, 2007 8:28 AM
andidenbrutale said...: faq jo youtube; August 26, 2007 5:36 AM
ryvrdrgn15 said...: Maybe an extra area can be added to the player to display the ad instead of it overlaying on the video itself, like adding 20% to the video player size to allow for the ad to play.

If not then play it before the video if it's only 5 seconds or less, to give the viewer a chance to click on it before watching without ruining the video itself.

I understand that the ad should also show when the video is embedded on another site so just making a different place to put it on the video or channel page won't cut it.

Another alternative would be to have part of the related videos shown after the clip be ads that they can click on.

Also, you can allow the users to place selected ads on their channels and video pages and let them to arrange it if that's possible.; August 26, 2007 5:03 AM
mikma said...: You Tube You Tube just what how old was that grape juice you were drinking when you came up with this one. Please go back to the way it was. Surely you can tell that most of the community is against this one. The few and that is the very few who like this says it is away to filter out bad comments. But they are MY comments and NOT ANYONE ELSE . I do not need are want a third party to help me rate MY comments. Are what is and is not spam. I beg you to return the comment system back to like it was. This was just sooooo not needed. All you have done here is gave the haters another way to abuse the content creators videos. As I sit here and read down the list of comments that is on the Blog I see that most are written by some of the most active users here on You Tube. This alone should tell you that we don’t like it. I do hope you will take putting things back like they were. Thank You ...MIKMA WAS HERE; August 25, 2007 10:28 PM
reignoftheapes said...: no thanks

you might aswell call yourselves

AdTube.com

..

"we're looking to improve the experience with you in mind"

more like with "them" in mind; August 25, 2007 8:22 PM
redmaniatic said...: me cagan; August 25, 2007 7:31 PM
fallofautumndistro said...: My video about InVideo Ads: watch?v=JLZulFHiWWI =); August 25, 2007 9:00 PM
siiiv said...: Do it and I'll leave YouTube! :) "You" can have the "Tube" in that case.

If I wanted a "Tube" ( TV ) I would not have come to this site in the first place.

Trying to make this site into another TV will just make you lose visitors.; August 25, 2007 9:55 PM
menkaur said...: if this shit continues I'll change service. this is not tolerable, specially for a company which is a pert of Google; August 25, 2007 8:19 PM
usernamenodisponible said...: Están cavando su propia tumba...; August 25, 2007 5:58 PM
jjcorreia said...: Terrible idea. Keep the ads away from the video while it plays. Find a better place to put it.; August 25, 2007 1:48 PM
max2right said...: the more we stick together the bigger the impact.; August 25, 2007 12:46 PM
necktergalen said...: you already have the money so Why destroy OUR movies, OUR work so you can make money of Our hard working asses; August 25, 2007 3:00 PM
HLEP123 said...: Take away 20% of an already minimal video frame? lol youtube sucks; August 25, 2007 3:35 PM
SuziP said...: You have GOT to be joking. I'll leave YouTube and go elsewhere. There are plenty of websites for viewing videos. In fact, I'll wager the launching of an ad-free YouTube-like site within days of YouTube starting the ads.; August 25, 2007 2:25 PM
ChristopherMast said...: Dumb idea, taking up the bottom 20 percent of a video. That's going to discourage people from even WATCHING, much less are they going to want to spend time and effort creating videos!; August 25, 2007 5:12 PM
max2right said...: markhhsp, some facts to consider. The comments section is a mess. the view counts are not accurate and many have lost their favorites. performance reliability and functionality were sacrificed long ago.; August 25, 2007 8:31 AM
foggli said...: Show some short (5-10 sec) commercial BEFORE the video load, I could live with that......if necessary.; August 25, 2007 12:23 PM
barmer479 said...: I think if you tube wants to run freaking ads on our videos, they need to pay ascap fee's to the video owner 19 cents per view, they can send you a check each month
KNAP RADIO; August 25, 2007 8:30 AM
hnkelau said...: OMFG
CAREBEARS!!!!

Why cant you put youself in our position before yoe do something!
If this is the best thing you guys can come up with, you suck, and so do youtube.; August 25, 2007 8:19 AM
slimkimslim said...: YouTube lives on the free videos provided by users. If you are going to put up Advertising content that destrys the experience of these videos you need to start paying the uploaders, advertisment can easily be placed before and after the clio. Of course the advertisment can be skipped, if you press another video after the advertisment has started the user should be redirected to the video. But even this is crap if you ask me.

If you have to use Advertising in the videos you should also give the users something in return, for example higher resolution on the videos.

Advertisment is nessecary, but use it carefully, listen to the users. I wouldnt upload a video if i knew you made money on it from advertisment that also ruins my video.

Thanks for listening!; August 25, 2007 8:27 AM
markhhsp said...: The ads are a good start both in look/feel, as well as, delivering the advertisers' message. If the community wishes to find/create a site that can provide half the functionality and services that YT does I will support it too. But a little advertising isn't going to hurt one as much as a world where performance, reliability and functionality are sacrificed. Keep up the good work YT Team!; August 25, 2007 8:05 AM
itaninteasy said...: Just like reality TV, everyone has got to copy everyone else's idea, and claim it as there own vehicle, and drive it home, all the while ignoring all the good ideas that still lie in wait and unclaimed. As Forrest would say, "Stupid Is, As Stupid Does".

Adds, should be kept away from content, and therefore out and off of videos. If you need to build revenue for this site, then do it in a clean uncluttered approach. I wonder if you have the insight to come up with a "new" idea that would take hold. Let's hope so.; August 25, 2007 8:26 AM
neobazz2000 said...: Fuck it!
I think I have to look around for another video website......; August 25, 2007 10:02 AM
nalts said...: When asked, few will say they like advertising. But the reality is that a company has to make money. Given the choice of missing content, tolerating ads, or paying a subscription... something tells me people will get used to the ads. Especially because they're unobtrusive.; August 25, 2007 7:40 AM
Mooq1897 said...: Idiots.; August 25, 2007 8:10 AM
bocamoz said...: don't destroy the videos,if you want to do that,pay the uploaders too.you're just fucking destroying the youtube experience. assholes.; August 25, 2007 12:16 PM
marquinhosxp said...: This is not Google's life. No ads in-video!!; August 25, 2007 2:19 AM
CrazyJulio said...: Make an option to pay a small fee (with emphasis on small) to get rid of those ads.; August 25, 2007 6:01 AM
borsna said...: well, this is not good. would i watch a tv-network whith this type of ads? NO! so why would i do it on the internet?
Keep the ads in plain text around the video, not in it.; August 25, 2007 3:08 AM
solljus said...: I am so disapointed I am going to stop use youtube. It's insane that youtube should make money by using and destroying the users videos!
Youtube is nothing without it's users! So take good care of them!; August 25, 2007 7:10 AM
marquinhosxp said...: pqp tiraram meus comentários também!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SEM ANÚNCIOS NOS VÍDEOS, NÃO DÁ!!!!!!!!!!!; August 25, 2007 2:19 AM
tryckluft said...: no ads in videos!; August 25, 2007 4:17 AM
clairstyler said...: Dont place any ads in the videos, you can have ads on the site but NOT in the video!!!

This is a real SELLOUT from youtube or googles part, dont do it! You will destroy the youtube experience!! No one whants ads in the videos exept for you and the company behind the ad. Or in swedish:

Ett jävla skitförslag. Vad fan håller ni på med? Skärp er, ingen vill ju ha reklam rakt i sin video, om dom startar igång den här grejen så kommer hela Youtube raseras!; August 25, 2007 3:39 AM
MagiCode said...: alert('Hello'); August 25, 2007 5:49 AM
strages01 said...: What Youtube are now experimenting with was inevitible. At what expense could it have kept running without any monetization model anyway? The users of Youtube will eventually realize this and have to accept the fact that the ads are there in their best interests which that is to keep receiving video content for free. It takes an immense amount of money to keep an engine such as Youtube running. Google itself was a classic exampe of this when it first came to market. The greatest product ever to land on the Internet which eventually needed some sort of advertising model to stay alive: Google Adwords and Adsense.

It is also interesting to note that there is another Internet company offering a similar solution, but more. Hyper MP Group have been working on a complete video presentation and advertising system that uses overlay ads from all exisiting advertising servers on the Internet. I think this is a better solution since it treats all videos and all advertising as the same. More impressive than other solutions out there. See for yourself. http://www.hypermpgroup.com/index-3.html.; August 24, 2007 7:08 PM
hellyersonline said...: post ads i understand and support. PLEASE no pre ads and i would prefer not to have overlays; August 24, 2007 6:59 PM
3DLegion said...: Это полная хуйня!!!; August 24, 2007 11:49 PM
sigfriddo said...: Come up with with a new way for advertising that is NOT invasive because, cmon, this is a shitty way of doing things.; August 24, 2007 10:49 PM
blackphoenix2640 said...: *sigh*, there's that moron spamming again. Can I point out to you, sir/madam, that "freedom of speech" as you Americans call it (which is a fine thing in itself) does not cover calling people A-holes or telling them to... let's just say fudge off. I'm all for the American concept of free speech, as long as you have something intelligent, or at least useful to say.; August 25, 2007 12:42 AM
barmer479 said...: Look i have copyrighted work that i myself place on youtube, i made the video and you add a ads on my copyrighted video, no you dont i"ll sue first; August 24, 2007 7:55 PM
kiddsock said...: Hmm interesting.. I think that those who WANT to do it should do it. As long as they are paid for. How do I get in on that? Ads for foot spray?; August 24, 2007 8:16 PM
ps2os2 said...: I will take my viewing elsewhere. The "commercial" has been used at YAHOO and I avoid those vids that have it. Youtube used to be a prime place for pleasure, no more.

Ed; August 24, 2007 5:44 PM
pabloww said...: if they put ads be prepared to start searching another site to upload de videos.
ads = youtube DEATH; August 24, 2007 4:07 PM
mlk4343 said...: I totally oppose the overlaid ads. It's simply outrageous. I'll unsubscribe myself from you tube if those ads ever come to exist. I'll look for other alternatives. Who came up with such a disgraceful idea?; August 24, 2007 5:51 PM
RevistaForja said...: I'll just take my stuff elsewhere...unless you give me money for that.

No quiero publicidad en mis videos...a no ser que me den dinero por eso.; August 24, 2007 4:38 PM
lalarvaproducciones said...: Todos los que utilizamos el servicio de YouTube es por no ser comercial. Entonces? Cualqiera youtube se está vendiendo, y es de google...; August 24, 2007 4:48 PM
guyspanish92 said...: Yo creo que si se pusiesen publicidad en los vídeos, se debería dar parte del dinero al usuario del vídeo creo yo...; August 24, 2007 2:40 PM
ricomisario said...: ads = youtube DEATH; August 24, 2007 2:14 PM
guyspanish92 said...: poner publicidad dentro de nuestros vídeos? nooooo; August 24, 2007 2:39 PM
fedeep said...: I don't waste my time NEVER. it's simple, we can upload and watch videos at another page. when I click on a link it's the same for me if it belong to youtube or whatever; August 24, 2007 1:53 PM
3v110 said...: I think it's not so bad...; August 24, 2007 1:10 PM
shanelucpicard said...: Uhhh fix your site I just refreshed the page and It posted another comment. You used Javascript validation but some people turn javascript off so you need to do some server side validation......thanks dummies; August 24, 2007 10:48 AM
chelseafan528 said...: What? ADS!? If you continue to put ads on videos until every single video has them, I am NOT going to use YouTube ever again. I will simply switch to another service. (clue: I already use it.); August 24, 2007 10:45 AM
shanelucpicard said...: I mean youtube is great!; August 24, 2007 10:47 AM
Charbax said...: Google isn't going to put ads on all videos. Only on the videos where the content provider wants to earn money. It's just like Google AdSense. You don't have Google ads on every single website in the world, but you have it on the websites of webmasters who want to earn money.; August 24, 2007 1:08 PM
tulumbano said...: ads = youtube DEATH; August 24, 2007 11:43 AM
Auringal said...: http://www.dailymotion.com/
http://www.livevideo.com/default.aspx; August 24, 2007 11:59 AM
Foxhack said...: What the hell? No thank you. I'll just take my stuff elsewhere.

I don't mind ads BEFORE the video, or in sidebars. I do mind ads DURING and ON TOP of the video.; August 24, 2007 10:50 AM
max2right said...: Below Debonair says the YT has the most viewers so other sites are not a good option. I disagree. If enough content goes to another site viewers will follow. some may still stay With YT, but after a while the absence of editorial corporate control will produce a more interesting and attractive place to be.; August 24, 2007 11:30 AM
gusansaldi said...: Shure: ads = youtube DEATH; August 24, 2007 12:55 PM
Charbax said...: Yes please, but give me a share. I get over half a million views on my youtube videos which I own the right, and people I interview know they are being interviewed. I want ads displayed and I want a large share of the income generated.

Also, you should use speech recognition technology to not only generate multi-language subtitles, but also to better target the video ads.; August 24, 2007 11:55 AM
BD113113 said...: i know a lot of people hate the idea of ads, but come on. Youtube has to make money somewhere. Otherwise we would have to pay to use it. But they should make it where you can pay for an upgrade to get the ads to go away.; August 24, 2007 10:52 AM
ecolombres said...: no video ads!; August 24, 2007 10:05 AM
buitreador said...: no tienen suficiente con lo que ganan de los usuarios que pagan? indediatamente voy a retirar mis videos de Youtube, es una total falta de respeto.; August 24, 2007 8:59 AM
Djy1991 said...: I think this a great idea but it would be quite annoying to see them over and over.. How about an option to turn them off? And the only way you can turn them off is if you have a YouTube account? Just throwing my 2 cents in.. :D; August 24, 2007 8:49 AM
moscatrasca said...: Its simple, interntet is democracy, if you put ads we go to other site and put our videos there!! Take off the ads!!; August 24, 2007 9:18 AM
bdkennedy1 said...: Can't YouTube put write some code to keep people from double-posting? It's a little embarrassing to have to scroll through a bunch of cuss words.; August 24, 2007 8:51 AM
ravashaak said...: I strongly dislike overlay ads and avoid sites which employ them. If YouTube implements overlay ads in videos, I guess I will need to find my video content elsewhere. I understand you guys have to make money, but surely there are alternates to intrusive (rude) overlay ads.; August 24, 2007 8:51 AM
ozzieforbes said...: this is a grate oportunity to other platforms and other you tube kinfd of co. to come out. You tube is making money already guys. this is a plus so welcome to other competitors where we can put our content free of ad. Thanks youtube but is to greedy !!!!; August 24, 2007 8:59 AM
glr0661 said...: I hate the 'Doubleclick.net' that is hidden in the page load...

opt out at 'doubleclick.net'; August 24, 2007 9:03 AM
Eduarodi said...: I do not like ads in the videos. It's either them or me. Sorry.; August 24, 2007 9:42 AM
secretdaxffan said...: Let me get this straight; now if somebody hates a video and/or its author they can not only post a nasty comment, they can rate nice comments negatively too? Who's the genius who came up with this brainstorm? What are you trying to do?; August 24, 2007 9:31 AM
neltymind said...: Seems the youtube-hype is ending now. I dont wanna see these stupid adds. Ill use alternatives to youtube from now on.; August 24, 2007 10:02 AM
fenipa said...: Me parece bien que youtube gane plata pero esto es demasiado. No es una epmresa que hace beneficiencia asi que con lo que ganan no hace falta que sean tan invasivos. No aceptare que incluyan publicidad en mis videos, si esto sucede mudare todos mis videos a otra pagina.; August 24, 2007 9:17 AM
oleksiypilyugin said...: do not like this idea!; August 24, 2007 10:10 AM
emtudo said...: que merda é esta? ja nao basta as propagandas no site? tem que fazer propagandas no video tb?; August 24, 2007 8:47 AM
ezequieldambrosio said...: No pongan anuncios en los videos POR FAVOR!!!!!!!; August 24, 2007 9:38 AM
RovionInc said...: Hi YouTube,
We noticed that you recently launched the InVideo ad unit offering. Very nice feature! However, we feel it can be a bit too intrusive for most viewers. Rovion provides human media, flash video, overlay ad units that act much like TV overlay units and are widely accepted by TV and online video viewers alike. Check out our example below and let us know if you have an interest in adding this unit to your list of offerings.

Rovion

http://portal.rovion.com/Rovion.Suite/Catalog/InPersonator.aspx?ID=6064&ENTITY=Rovion&URL=http%3A//youtube.com/watch?v=dMH0bHeiRNg; August 24, 2007 10:31 AM
turcoloco77 said...: Esto es sencillo: Si YouTube incluye anuncios en los videos de los usuarios para ganar dinero, los usuarios comenzaremos a quitar los videos, por lo que YouTube no tendrá el auge que tiene ahora, por lo que no ganará dinero; es mas, irá en caida hasta no poder sostenerse y quebrará. NO ESTAMOS DISPUESTOS A SOPORTAR ESTO.; August 24, 2007 10:07 AM
captainvideoblogger said...: Wow. Now you can tracelessly vote comments into oblivion! Thanks tube, you sure know your stuff!; August 24, 2007 10:02 AM
SSanf said...: Your new upgrade totally distroyed the comments!!!!

I can't even read the comments. There is just this tupic circle thing that goes round and round and never loads the comments!!!

Horrid!; August 24, 2007 8:45 AM
chipvideo said...: www.youtube.com; August 24, 2007 10:20 AM
diego43210 said...: If you want no ads in all the web pages, use Mozilla Firefox and the AdBlock PLus and the NOSCRIPT addons or extensions. With this you dont see any publicity...; August 24, 2007 10:02 AM
shanelucpicard said...: Just don't buy anything from the Ads, or Let them brain wash you into liking anything they sell, and they will not make money. Then google/youtube and partners will have wasted money on advertizing. It's funny and they will stop.; August 24, 2007 10:45 AM
Debonair73 said...: After the upgrade, view all comments doesn't work properly. It like it doesn't display the most current comments and it's all out of order. I don't really see the point of rating comments on Youtube when you are lucky if they rate the video. The only videos where this make sense is How To/DIY videos when some other experts might come on to explain in more detail. It seem like a waste of development time. How about you let us search our favorites like you let us search our videos now with the upgrade. If you really want to improve comments you should have added a character counter like on LiveVideo or integrated video responses in comments like on LiveVideo. They got a lot of shit right over there to bad their community sucks. As far as ads goes I think in the beginning of video is horrible but I don't really see a problem at the end. I watch a numbers of YT parnters videos on Revver and the ads at the end don't bother me at all. All these people talking about leaving is bullshit. YT is like AOL was before broadband destroyed it. It has the biggest audience on the net period. If you want the reach the broadest audience you will stay here. Even though I can name 3 sites who's platform is better than YTs. As soon as they go somewhere and their view count for the day is 2,000 when it use to be 20,000. They will come flying back.; August 24, 2007 10:13 AM
danielsurdaniel said...: you Tube sucks!; August 24, 2007 9:59 AM
monamoramilove said...: had youtube d yyalna ana w zeko; August 24, 2007 8:10 AM
goeb1 said...: Please stop these ads !
They're REALLY anyoning, boring, sucking ...

I'll soon switch to dailymotion if this continue.; August 24, 2007 7:50 AM
Arbrackin said...: cmon youtube!; August 24, 2007 6:22 AM
smallstudio said...: I'll just remove all my videos if it gets rolled out across the site.; August 24, 2007 6:05 AM
brainforset said...: i thing it is stupid you should fire the ass wipe how thought of it.; August 24, 2007 7:01 AM
hairyyy said...: please no ads in my videos!; August 24, 2007 6:02 AM
Shmangled said...: Must be a pimple faced nerd with nothing better to do with his time. *sigh* Why do there have to be losers in this world? LOL!

Anyway, I really like the idea for the ads. Is there a way for us the users to benefit from this?; August 24, 2007 6:59 AM
paulandchris said...: it doesnt sound so bad with the ads. i was just wondering, how does someone become a youtube partner?; August 24, 2007 6:38 AM
SimbiAni said...: GAH.. what is UP with the spamming-haters ruining this feedback section? Don't they realize their immature reaction is *not* helpful? It's going to make it more difficult for YT to read the intelligent replies..; August 24, 2007 6:22 AM
anakin1814 said...: I have lost many of the comments to my videos!! THIS was an intergral part of my video making and community experience. YouTube, you really screwed things up this time. PLEASE put things back to how they were or AT LEAST let us be able to view ALL comments again! Most of mine are missing and i'm currently just disgusted by this? Do you guys do any testing on this stuff before you launch it?; August 24, 2007 6:09 AM
Yayamaya13 said...: >.< I've only seen one and it anoying me.; August 24, 2007 6:42 AM
MattHawes said...: Do you really think anybody but your advertisers are going to like this feature? Honestly? You get ad revenue from banners and even videos which you feature on the home page. PLEASE, do not incorporate them into our videos.

-- Matt; August 24, 2007 8:31 AM
paulocefet said...: se é para ter propagandas, por que não colocá-las da mesma forma que no gmail, sem atrapalhar o conteúdo?; August 24, 2007 6:29 AM
zzz33333 said...: tv is bad, youtube was good, now its getting worse just like everything else; August 24, 2007 8:15 AM
blackphoenix2640 said...: You know, I quite enjoy reading other people's opinions, so I wish that moron would stop spamming so I wouldn't have to skip over all his crap. It's more annoying than twenty ads in a row <_<; August 24, 2007 6:50 AM
albmar40 said...: hey how do i get my video as a fetured video?..why dont you guys check it out> and you might find you like it and will feature it pleaseee!! its the hospital video in the best buy contest by director alkrak currently at #7 check it out; August 24, 2007 8:18 AM
ncuello said...: No pongan anuncios en los videos POR FAVOR!!!!!!!; August 24, 2007 8:43 AM
majestia19 said...: I like the comment system now, thanks.; August 24, 2007 8:31 AM
MattHawes said...: While I am at it, I must say that In and many other people do not like the changes YouTube has made to our comments, with the ratings and such. Oddly enough, I notice those new features are absent here, on the blog. Hmmm.

-- Matt; August 24, 2007 8:33 AM
BD113113 said...: i like the ads inside the video actually. since when there are ads on the page, the video never loads for me. Most of the time, i can never get to a video unless it is adless. but with them the video loads great; August 24, 2007 7:07 AM
peanutbrittle12 said...: Nooooo! Please no ad's! Thats why I left tv!And change the comments back! they were better before =[,Youtube STOP CHANGING! lol; August 24, 2007 7:52 AM
guidorabit said...: y cuanto nos toca de la torta a los usuarios??? porque el ad va en nuestros videos...; August 24, 2007 8:35 AM
goeb1 said...: Please stop these ads !
They're REALLY anyoning, boring, sucking ...

I'll soon switch to dailymotion if this continue.; August 24, 2007 7:52 AM
majestia19 said...: It'll be interesting to see how the add thing works. I understand that you need to make money and that we want YouTube to be free, so ads seem to be the way to go. Only time will tell what works and what doesn't; August 24, 2007 8:33 AM
BD113113 said...: oh and btw can someone from youtube please remove all the spam. 99% of comments here are stupid spam. or better yet, buy a spam filter for comments; August 24, 2007 7:10 AM
Diarmuidp07 said...: dont spam :( makes baby jesus cry; August 24, 2007 5:25 AM
MrMoOx said...: You think that Youtube sucks??

Heyhey I've the solution : go on the famous frenchy Dailymotion.com, the real creator of this online video concept !!

Dailymotion is the solution ;); August 24, 2007 5:51 AM
elika39 said...: rubish; August 24, 2007 12:52 AM
musicgu7 said...: Was nice while it lasted, but ads in the middle of my content... no thank you.

You just lost another user.; August 24, 2007 4:57 AM
hairyyy said...: please no ads in my videos!; August 24, 2007 6:02 AM

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