Adsense Now

When I saw the news about Adsense Video units, my heart soared. Finally. This is the answer to all of vloggers’ prayers — the Adsense video unit! I thought the possibilities were endless. Bloggers everywhere are putting YouTube videos in their blogs one time or another anyhow — adding Adsense in YouTube only means an increase in revenue. YouTube gets a cut, Google gets a cut and you get a cut. It’s a win-win-win situation for everyone, right? Well no, not EVERYONE exactly. You see, the YouTube Adsense units are only for publishers located in the USA. What a bummer.

Yep, no matter how great it sounds, if you’re not a US publisher, you can’t get YouTube Adsense units. I know, I know, it’s unfair, but that’s usually how it is. I believe this is a boon for American publishers though, seeing as they now could add not only Adsense text and banner ads but also video ads! I can imagine people who were formerly too shy to display their own videos jumping on the bandwagon. Hey, if it means decent revenue, why not? But do the Adsense video units really mean decent returns? Let’s examine the model, shall we?

In your YouTube account, you will find the Adsense Video option in your control panel. The link will bring you to your Adsense page where you can then choose video ads in Adsense for Content.. In your YouTube control panel, you can choose between two layouts and then afterwards, tweak the colors of the video unit to a hue of your choice. When you’re done with all that, you can start serving Adsense video units in your domain! The great thing is, whenever someone watches your video, a screen will pop-up, compelling the watcher to click it so it would disappear and they could watch the video in peace. Great for the publisher, a tad annoying for the visitor — but in the end, I believe adsense video units would do great in the long run.

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