No no no no no. No. Nobody makes money on this shit except google. Vloggers will make peanuts, and traditional clients aren't up to spending money on such a risky spend.
This is the devaluation of content that I fear may be the ass end of the democratization of media. I guess freedom ain't free. Serial and artistic content does NOT belong on YouTube. They have put the creator last from the beginning. 2008/11/13 liza jean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > we figured this was coming. first two times youtube deleted us it > was after we got a million channel views. seemed we were required to > upgrade somehow to continue being seen. > > so, i wonder if my money is good with them. wonder if i am protected > from being deleted. > > --- In [email protected] <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>, > "Jake Ludington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > I know many of you would be opposed to buying ads to get your > content > > noticed, but what makes this auction process different? You are > effectively > > buying an ad. I know Gary V has purchased google adwords to promote > some of > > his content, depending on his motive buying placement on YouTube > might also > > make sense. If you have a crappy video, no amount of money will get > people > > to watch it. Buying an ad can be the only option for a great video > to escape > > obscurity. > > > > As for Brooks' comment re: ignoring ads, someone must click on them > because > > they pay me quite nicely. This will be no different. Some people > will ignore > > promoted videos, some people won't. > > > > Jake Ludington > > http://www.jakeludington.com > > > > On Nov 12, 2008 4:44 PM, "@sull" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > good point. > > but there must be some value in featured spots. > > maybe they have some metrics to share. > > > > On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 7:39 PM, Brook Hinton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > My eyes automatically... > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > -- Jeffrey Taylor Mobile: +33625497654 Fax: +33177722734 Skype: thejeffreytaylor Googlechat/Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://twitter.com/jeffreytaylor [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
