YouTube Offers AdSense Monetized Video Players

Monday, October 1st, 2007 by Andy Beal

YouTube Offers AdSense Monetized Video Players

2007 was supposed to be the year of mobile content, but it’s shaping-up to be the year of the online video.

YouTube is rolling out a new AdSense enabled video player that can be embedded into any web site. After a slow start, Google’s making up for lost time with this second YouTube announcement in six weeks.

Just like the existing customized YouTube players, you can select which channels to show or let Google target the videos based on your site’s content. The ads appear to run at the top of the YouTube player, keeping them in view but not annoyingly so.

Not everyone will see the new AdSense options. Here’s the YouTube page for the custom player–if you’re one of the lucky ones, you’ll see the screen below:

Hat-tip and image credit to Darren Rowse.

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12 comments on “YouTube Offers AdSense Monetized Video Players”

Jeremy Luebke Says:

October 1st, 2007 at 11:55 am

Some people are going to make a lot of money off this. I wonder what the original authors and copyright holders think of that.
Steven Bradley Says:

October 1st, 2007 at 1:24 pm

Jeremy, I’m sure they’ll be very happy to know someone else is profiting off their work.

This does seem like the next logical step for both YouTube and AdSense and I imagine some will do well with it and most won’t.
Andy Beal Says:

October 1st, 2007 at 2:00 pm

They could just stop uploading their videos to YouTube. Or start embedding their own ad overlays.
Steven Wilson Says:

October 1st, 2007 at 8:47 pm

Hi Andy
This is great to here this will be a great chance for some to really make some bucks from it.

Take care
Steven
Water Portal Says:

October 2nd, 2007 at 6:12 am

a big part of youtube content is copyrighted materials, and if all that material will be romoved from youtube, youtube wont be a yotube anymoere:)
Internetmarketing = Meer bezoekers voor uw website! » Blog Archive » Youtube en Adsense Says:

October 2nd, 2007 at 1:22 pm

[...] Adsense op de filmpjes Sinds enkele dagen zijn er nu ook experimenten met Google Adsense op de filmpjes zelf. Ook bij de embedded filmpjes dus. Dat wil dus zeggen dat je kan verdienen met de filmpjes van Youtube die je op jouw blog plaatst. Deze nieuwe feature is nog maar beperkt verspreid en is te vinden op pagina voor de Youtube custom player. Meer info over deze nieuwe feature vind je bij Marketing Pilgrim. [...]
ScottUA Says:

October 2nd, 2007 at 1:55 pm

WOW! That’ll definitely push individual site owners to re-broadcast videos that other people have made. Does this mean that you split the profits with YOuTube?
Andy Beal Says:

October 2nd, 2007 at 2:44 pm

@ScottUA – It will work much the same way as AdSense – so yes a profit split if you will.
Michelle Amos Says:

October 3rd, 2007 at 1:52 pm

I’ve got the same advertisement on my blog. Offering “free quality content” almost sounds like a bribe if you ask me. I’ve heard the same thing time time again and my adsense ads STILL are not relevant to my site! LMAO….what will they come up with next….free candy for a year to all little children who will post adsense on their myspace page?
ScottUA Says:

October 9th, 2007 at 9:17 am

Cool…that’ll be great!
Mr Internet Marketing Says:

March 28th, 2008 at 6:45 am

Can someone really tell me, do you think that the opportunity to make money from this form of adsence is going to generate some really money/cash for the average Joe?
Bali Blog Says:

January 28th, 2009 at 4:13 am

I’ve been banned from adsense with more than 1k earnings accused click fraud. And I swear to God or anything I never clicking my own ads. Now I can’t be with adsense anymore…

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