Anthology of Ideas » Youtube

Oh I am a gummy bear; yes, I am a gummy bear…

aaron — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:35:25 +0000

The best thing to come out of YouTube since the Kiwi: the Gummy bear song.

Oder, ich bin ein gummi BÃ¤r; ich bin ein gummi BÃ¤r.

All right, all right. Back to your regularly scheduled broadcasting.

Web designers vs Web developers

aaron — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:05:44 +0000

But, what happens when both are you?

Zeitgeist — The Full Movie

aaron — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:00:44 +0000

Ever wondered about the great conspiracies of the world? Ever considered that maybe, just maybe, they are all connected? Ever wanted answers?

Is Religion a Hoax?

Was Bush Responsible?

Is the United States a Terrorist Nation?

Is the Federal Reserve the New World Order?

Zeitgeist — The Movie

Find out more about this move at www.zeitgeistmovie.com

Original Photo Credits: Federal Reserve, The World Trade Center

Best Beer Commercial Ever.

aaron — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 18:10:43 +0000

YouTube videos with embedded Adsense?

aaron — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:29:10 +0000

This is old news, but for the first time in 6 or so months I signed into my adsense account. (I wanted to make sure that money that I’ve been owed for a year hasn’t magically reached the payout mark.) I looked around a little bit, and I considered updating the Google Adsense Widget with any changes, and I stumbled upon these new YouTube ad-enabled players.

These ~~may have been around for a year for all I know~~ have been around since October, but I’ve never seen them and they are rather cool looking. For one, they are far more attractive than the default YouTube video box, and they have the ads embedded right into them.

EDIT: One issue with them is that Adblock bocks them, so maybe it wouldn’t be so good for “normal” videos unless they released a version with and without ads.

Right now you can only add pick general keywords and categories, but I would love for these to be usable with specific videos just for the pretty-factor.

How do I earn with video units?

When you place a video unit on your website, you’ll earn revenue from two types of ad formats: companion ads, which sit above your video content within the player and can be either text or image-based, and text overlay ads, which appear in the bottom 20% of the video content area. Ads on video units can be paid on either a cost-per-click or cost-per-thousand impression basis.