Adsense Video Ads

Google announced it's releasing on video ads with adsense, and they also indicated that something big could be about to happen. Video ads that look like television commercials could well change many of the strategies that we currently use to maximize our revenues.

In case you haven't seen them, the video ads are available in three formats: medium rectangle (300 x 250), large rectangle (336 x 280) and square (250 x 250). They begin with a static image and require the user to press the Play button to run the video.

You can either get paid by impression or per click -- but that's per click on the link or on the screen when the ad is running, not on the Play button.

At the moment, Google's video ad inventory is pretty small, but it's only going to get bigger. It's just so easy these days to create and edit a short ad, that there's no reason why even a small company can't create its own television-style commercial and send it out across the Web.

What are these ads going to do for your AdSense revenues?

It's too early to tell exactly. I think it's pretty likely though that they're going to prove to be popular and grow in popularity as advertisers figure out what works best.

Best of Luck!