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YouTube mulls over what to do..

To ad or not to ad? That is the question for YouTube



By Ivan Adnan
17 June 2009 @ 07:19 am AEST

SAN BRUNO - On Monday, YouTube began testing the possibility of an option allowing users to choose between watching lengthy ads prior to uninterrupted videos or having brief ads mixed with their viewing.


On Monday, YouTube began testing the possibility of an option allowing users to choose between watching lengthy ads prior to uninterrupted videos or having brief ads mixed with their viewing.
On Monday, YouTube began testing the possibility of an option allowing users to choose between watching lengthy ads prior to uninterrupted videos or having brief ads mixed with their viewing.
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The experiment is a result of Google continuing to work on ways to generate income from globally popular video-sharing website YouTube, which it bought just three years ago.

"Today, we started running a small test that will give users more control over how they watch advertising on YouTube," product manager Phil Farhi said in a message posted on the California firm's official business blog noticeboard.

"We are constantly testing a wide range of options to find the right advertising format for the right content on YouTube, and we think giving users a say in the process helps our efforts."

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