heidi | Interests

Courtesy of

kennahijja, many of the interests (boys, girls, fanfiction, sex) are back on the list of popular interests.

Anyone know if the griping made a difference?

ETA at 430: Semi-related, at least in terms of potentially similar issues is this article in Wired.

Many advertisers, for now, are staying away for fear their ads could inadvertently appear with clips that have nudity, foul language or perhaps criticism of their brand.

"That's a holdover from the TV days," said Jayant Kadambi, chief executive for YuMe Inc., a video startup that has an ad-distribution deal with YouTube owner Google Inc. "If someone runs a TV show that the general audience doesn't like, the advertiser gets yelled at."

The resistance means missed revenue opportunities for millions of hours of online video views, even as sites scramble to meet demand from the growing number of advertisers dabbling with video ads on the Internet to complement their television campaigns.

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Google has been promoting new video formats and nontraditional campaigns to make money off its $1.76 billion purchase of YouTube in 2006. But it has been treading carefully for fear of alienating users and advertisers at the Internet's most popular video-sharing site.

Marketers who wish to advertise on YouTube, for instance, can choose to have ads appear only with video from Warner Music Group Corp. and other major content providers that have deals with Google.

In other words, Google is thinking through the implications of ads on YouTube - not just with a goal of GETTING$REALLYQUICKLY, but also in not alienating their users - ie both those that generate content, and those who watch/review content.

Huh, interesting perspective there, Team Google!