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Automatically starting a video on a landing page

OK with the TOS?

         

bcc1234

7:10 pm on Feb 22, 2008 (gmt 0)

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I couldn't find this anywhere, but is it OK with the Adwords TOS to automatically start playing a video on the landing page?

AdWordsAdvisor

3:02 am on Feb 29, 2008 (gmt 0)

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Hello bcc1234 - I'll have to get confirmation from the policy folks to be entirely certain, but I am about 98% sure that the visitor to the site must make the choice to start the video.

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<opinion> Just speaking for myself, if I go to a site and something starts up without my having asked for it, I'm gone in a heartbeat.

Given that there are probably others who feel the same way, it might not be a good idea to start a video automatically, even if it were OK per AdWords policy.

Just my $0.02. </opinion>

AWA

phranque

8:12 am on Feb 29, 2008 (gmt 0)

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when you first posted i looked through the adwords learning center lessons in the relevant sections and didn't see this specifically mentioned as a problem.

personal opinion:i agree with AWA, especially if sound is involved...