I too was bothered by the ads - not the advertising per se, but rather the length. That and the fact that it felt they were created for television and not the web. There's a different style that works on the web and advertisers have yet to figure it out.
In the long run, product placement will work better. Jan On 12/13/06, Adam Warner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The ads bothered me so much, I probably won't watch again. I love > Amanda's posts, but I just can't stand to sit through commercials, > especially on a video blog, at least not when they're shown first thing. > Commercials are exactly the thing that deters me from watching much > television anymore. > > How about a mid-roll ad? How about at least limiting video blog ads to 5 > seconds. Yeah, if advertising is going to happen at all on video blogs, can > we make a "5-second rule"? > > I'm truly sorry Amanda. > > > > Adam > http://oneeyedview.com > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > -- The Faux Press - better than real http://fauxpress.blogspot.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]