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Monday, May 12, 2014

Youtube Upgrades Trueview Video Ads

By Hajj Isa


YouTube video advertising system has been available since 2010, and while it has always been an efficient and effective way of generating targeted, opt-in views for video advertisements, the user interface and targeting options have, until recently, been a little confusing for many advertisers. That's why, on April 15th, Google updated the system to offer better and more flexible targeting options.



Details of Update: So, what will the new update be encompassing that the current version does not offer advertisers? The major focus for YouTube and its team has been to maximize the potential of these ads in accordance with the videos being searched. They want to optimize the video in a manner that leads to quality results financially.

In-search and In-display thumbnail differences: With In-display - You have thumbnail ads that will now be targeted to show on either the recommended video list in the the right side panel or the In-search results. The advertisers are charged on a per-view basis. In-stream - Are those ads that run as a pre-roll just before another video runs on YouTube. In most cases, YouTube online viewers are given the option to skip or view these ads which only run for a few seconds anyway.

In-display ads are charged based on cost-per-view, while in-stream ads are run as a pre-roll before normal videos. Advertisers will not be charged for their ad being shown if the user skips the ads within the first few seconds. Views are counted only if the user watches the ad in its entirety (for short ads) or for more than 30 seconds for longer ads.

The new and improved TrueView video system is now live and is available to all advertisers when they create video ad campaigns. Existing ad campaigns will be moved over to the new system starting from May 15th, and advertisers do not need to do anything for this to happen.




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