YouTube makes money! Who knew?

Forbes and Silicon Alley Insider have insight into YouTube’s revenue.
A quick overview:

Google may be making $200 million from YouTube this year and $350 million next year.
A front page ad on YouTube goes for about $175,000 per day plus a commitment to spend at least $50,000 more on YouTube or Google.
A branded YouTube channel goes for […]

Google content network opens to thrid-party display ad tags

Early this week Google announced third-party display ad tags will now be possible for image ads running through AdSense/AdWords.  This should boost CPM rates for publishers as the “qualified” third-parties are likely to be more sophisticated advertisers with larger budgets; the extra volume will help put pressure on ad rates too.
Here’s the email they sent […]

VisualRank — Google’s image search to get better

While image search is better than it was 10 years ago (okay, that’s not saying much), it could certainly be better and applied in more ways.  Google has released new information on its image search advances… with a new VisualRank algorithm that parallels PageRank.  Read more here.

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Google TV Ads

I was invited to try out Google’s beta for TV advertising yesterday. The term AdWords does not really fit here/anymore, but we’ll look past that for the moment. It looks like you cannot target to local TV at this point. It does seems like this would work okay for cable TV advertising. […]

I want my GPhone

…more information is out here (Feb?), here and here (prototype?).   Looks interesting.  I’m ready.  Bring on the tease campaign.

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Google sets the mobile phone stage — big time

This is big. Google made a key announcement today it what will become a widely used standard across the mobile space (it also previews/parallels what could happen in the more competitive/solidified desktop space). Google is laying the ground work to become a key player in the mobile space. This is much more […]

AdSense integrates FeedBurner

We’re seeing some much anticipated movement by Google on the AdSense/FeedBurner front, per FeedBurner’s Burning Questions blog. You can run FeedBurner ads (FAN) first, and fill with AdSense ads. This only applies to blogs/websites, not feeds. More to come, I am sure…

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New: YouTube videos in Google Earth

Well this is cool… I mean, now Google Earth is EVEN cooler…
per Google:
Now you can find YouTube videos connected to specific locations right in Google Earth.
…Let’s say you’re jetting off to Paris. Before you go, you can watch the sunset filmed from the top floor of the Eiffel Tower, among other clips of popular […]

More on YouTube-AdSense “video units”

A little follow up…
I haven’t tried the video units yet, but will let you know what i think when I do.
Google sent me an email today re: their video units, as they are calling them. I clicked on the link and came to the following overview/opt-in info:
Video units
Enhance your site with high quality, […]

New AdSense-YouTube synergy seems promising

AdSense publishers can now opt to place YouTube video on their site and have targeted videos appear, with ads overlaying or next to the video.

For online publishers looking for more video content on their site, this would help fill that void while bringing in extra $$.
Video content producers gain audience and a revenue stream.
AdWords (I […]