This is from Rojo.com. It is about the launch of video adds from Google. Google's advertising thus far has perhaps been succesful because it is subtle. What do other think of a louder Google?
Get ready for a noisier Web. Google’s adding video ads, and they’ll work like text ads: Advertisers get charged when someone watches the ad and clicks through to their site (via Google Blogoscoped). TV advertisers may test different cuts of a commercial to decide which to air, says Lost Remote, but Publishing 2.0 thinks all Google video ads do is spotlight the fact that most ads have no value—in fact, they suck. Maybe a Google music service will perk things up; rumor has it Google is set to battle iTunes, writes CNET. Meanwhile, Yahoo and eBay are teaming up on ecommerce to fight back.
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