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Answers to your video units questions
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
UPDATE: The video units feature
has been retired
-- however, you may wish to review the other
revenue opportunities
available for video content owners.
Since launching video units to U.S. publishers with English-language websites, we've received quite a few emails about this new product. Here are the top 4 questions we'd like to address:
1.
I selected "Automated Content" but the videos aren't relevant to my site. What can I do?
Thanks to your feedback, we've implemented a feature to improve content relevance. Before, if you typed in [cars planes taxis], for example, only videos which matched all of these keywords would be returned. If there were no videos which matched all of these keywords, we delivered a default set of videos from the most popular YouTube partner content. We've modified this so that now [cars planes taxis] will deliver videos which have to do with cars or planes or taxis. This will greatly reduce the likelihood of default popular content being delivered to your units. In general, to refine video targeting with the "Automated Content" setting, you should try different keyword combinations to see what works best.
2.
Can I select the individual videos that appear in my video unit?
It isn't currently possible to select individual videos for your video units. If you're choosing "Automated Content" for your video unit, you can further refine video targeting by testing different combinations of keywords.
3.
I followed your instructions to link my AdSense and YouTube accounts, but my account still shows as "pending". I haven't gotten a confirmation email yet.
You might have to manually link your AdSense Account to your YouTube account. To do so please follow the steps below.
Log in to your AdSense account.
Click the "Account Access" link located under the "My Account" tab.
Under "sites", find "www.youtube.com" and click the "grant access" link.
Your AdSense account should now successfully be linked to your YouTube account.
4.
Do you offer any other sizes for the video units?
Right now, we only offer the three sizes listed in your account when you generate the ad code -- note that the 'mini' size is larger than what appears on your code generation page. We'll be sure to announce any new sizes and styles as they become available.
Please keep in mind that video units are different from
click-to-play video ads
; while video units contain YouTube partner videos complemented by standard AdSense ads, click-to-play video ads are ads created by AdWords advertisers in video format. At this time, no in-stream video ads will show in your video units.
To make changes to your video units or try them out for the first time, visit your
AdSense Setup page
. Thanks again for your feedback, and stay tuned for more updates on video units.
Posted by Ryan Hayward - AdSense Product Marketing
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