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Something disturbing about YouTube video ads...

by Chris Chicas
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So I found this wonderful playlist of acoustic guitar, some young dude playing some really nice tunes. I thought I would share this with family and friends, but to my disbelief - one thing that I discovered right in the middle of the play list... a YouTube Ad comes on for a music video titled "Nuts hang-(Halo) " And the whole video is of a girl's rear in a dark strip club while a guy raps over her. This is a YouTube ad that must be watched before I can get to my video (we all seen plenty of those).

I'm just glad I didn't forward the playlist to grandma. :p

My question is this... what are YouTube's criteria for video ads? I take it that they are not as strict as Google's PPC
#ads #disturbing #video #youtube
  • Profile picture of the author Daniel Evans
    Sadly the YouTube experience in general is getting worse in my opinion.

    I used to be dedicated to the platform, but I tend not to bother as much these days.

    Daniel
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    • Profile picture of the author sparrow
      very interesting and disturbing

      I how long this is going to go on before some control happens

      my kids watch lots of youtube supervised
      I certainly would not like these ads to be appearing

      I hope there is some feedback mechanism for this foolishness

      Ed
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    • Profile picture of the author Chris Chicas
      Can you share more on your experience with YouTube?

      Now that SEO is more unpredictable, a lot of people are advising on YouTube marketing.

      Originally Posted by Daniel Evans View Post

      Sadly the YouTube experience in general is getting worse in my opinion.

      I used to be dedicated to the platform, but I tend not to bother as much these days.

      Daniel
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  • Profile picture of the author Giani
    Fortunately I have not seen such video ads till now. May be it is dependent on country.
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  • Profile picture of the author tagalog
    I agree that YouTube is making the watching experience less enjoyable through advertising.

    I am not a fan of Robbie Williams but it seems that almost every YouTube video I want to watch has his latest album advert on it - Yak!

    On the other hand, YouTube give a fantastic service in many other ways, so turning down the sound isn't a very high price to pay for the incredible amount of knowledge and entertainement available.
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  • Profile picture of the author napoleonfirst
    If you want to be safe in the Youtube ads game, you should buy a channel in your niche. I mean contacting the owner of the channel if hou see that its videos get thousands of views per month and make him/her an offer.
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