YouTube ads hit new low

[AleisterCrowley]

Just had a camping video interrupted by an ad telling us "How to Express Your Dog's Anal Glands at Home"
Luckily I wasn't eating at the time

[UncleEbenezer]

Was your dog camping it up a bit?

Sorry, you lost me. I've never had a youtube video interrupted (unless by something external, like the phone).

[bungeejumper]

An ad? Where's the commercial gain from information like that?

Oh hang on, I get it. It's one of those caring sharing feelgood bank adverts, specially designed to make us feel "safe" and "included" during these dark days of existential uncertainty.

"No matter what you're going throoooooough
We understand the smell's a pheeeeeeeeew
So viewers, this is what you [i]dooooooooooooooo......
You liberate the stewy gluuuuuuuuue.......[/i]

Oh well, I suppose it beats the repeats of Britain's Got Talent?

BJ

[AleisterCrowley]

Was your dog camping it up a bit?

Sorry, you lost me. I've never had a youtube video interrupted (unless by something external, like the phone).

Some 'monetised' YouTube channels have 'ad breaks' in addition to static ads

[Mike4]

Even so, what exactly was the advert trying to sell you? Having seen the vet do it once as a child, I'm pretty sure no equipment was involved other than (probably) gloves.

Actually no don't tell me, I don't really want to think about it that much...

[ReformedCharacter]

Just had a camping video interrupted by an ad telling us "How to Express Your Dog's Anal Glands at Home"
Luckily I wasn't eating at the time

Presumably there's a YouTube advertising algorithm that associates camping types with those who like to DIY their Dog's Anal Glands, I wouldn't take it personally.

RC

[Lanark]

Advertising rates have taken a real dive due to corona virus. So much so that Google have removed the control which allows webmasters to set a minimum price and filter out the worst/cheapest dregs of the advertising market.

Cheap ads, which are able to inject javascript are also the #1 vector for infecting machines with computer viruses. For just a few dollars miscreants can infect hundreds of PCs.

Which is to say that 2020 is a very good year to be running an ad blocker, and probably also to dump GOOG I think they will have a horrible year unless the economy does a swift recovery.