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Ad that looks like a video clip

What are these?

         

spaceylacie

2:17 am on Dec 15, 2006 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



When I use the Google preview tool to see what's available, this ad is not showing up. It's been showing on one of my sites regularly for at least a week or 2. It looks like a video frame with a play button. The Ads by Google part is below the ad and next to the link to play the video and the streamer showing how far into the clip your are, at least that is what it looks like. I don't think the "play" button is part of the actual ad because it's down below the ad, next to "Ads by Google". Has anyone seen these or know what happens if you click the play button? Does it play on my site or link over(click) and play? I got the impression that by clicking I would get a video clip showing me a brief demo of the product being advertised(a new product by a company most here have heard of, I'm sure). Any ideas what this could be? Did I miss something or is it nothing? I don't know if clicking the play button below the ad actually clicks the ad or not. Oh, and the ad takes a little while to load on the page.

[edited by: spaceylacie at 2:29 am (utc) on Dec. 15, 2006]

hunderdown

2:27 am on Dec 15, 2006 (gmt 0)



Here is some information on video ads:

[google.com...]

spaceylacie

2:34 am on Dec 15, 2006 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



Thanks for the quick reply, hunderdown, I guess I did miss something. Will look into now.

spaceylacie

3:24 am on Dec 15, 2006 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



After some reading it looks like clicking the play button does count as a click and Google's statement "The streaming technology of the ad should not slow the loading of your page" means just that, "should not", it could but it should not. My page loads fine but I see at the bottom of the page that the ad is still loading after the rest of the page has already completely loaded. Maybe a second and a half delay. What if my visitor only has one second to wait!