Video Ads in Google Video

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I’ve been thinking a lot about how affiliates might leverage video in the near future, and it looks like Google (GOOG) has already started rolling out video ads within videos on Google Video.

I came across an ad on a video called How to Make a Video by Tim Carter of AskTheBuilder.com.

It’s a 15-second spot at the one minute mark of the video.

I checked my Google AdWords account, and I only see options to create video ads in the typical sizes run by AdSense affiliates:

Inline rectangle ad: 300×225 or 300×250
Square ad: 250×225 or 250×250
Large rectangle ad: 336×252 or 336×280
Small square ad: 200×175 or 200×200

I’ll be peeking around on this to figure out the way video publishers will be compensated. I presume it will be CPM. Anyhow, it could be a boon for affiliate auteurs.