Comments on: AdSense: “BTW – That Video Product We Launched – It’s only for US Publishers”

By: Zeila Rich

Zeila Rich — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:33:22 +0000

Ok. Thanks for the clarification Darren.
Which are the blogs you are using AdSense?
And by the way, the video units are rolled out for the US publishers for now… So why do you care so much for this?

By: Darnell Clayton

Darnell Clayton — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:46:34 +0000

It’s good to see some people have started to stop whining about this deal and realize that the US has very different laws in the financial world than most countries, mainly thanks to 9/11.

Moving on, I’ve uploaded this on one of my other blogs, and since I already had a YouTube account the feature went live within minuets.

I put it over on my blog IsraGood (http://www.isragood.com) as I was already using video ads (via an affiliate) on the site already.

For those of you who feel left out, I would recommend using Blinkx which only requires a PayPal account (and seems to have better targeting, Ad wise).

TechCrunch has a review of it over here:

http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/09/blinkx-adhoc-lets-publishers-monetize-your-embedded-videos-too/

Note: My only complaint about the Google/YouTube deal is that you only have three default sizes, and all of them are huge! I’m running the smallest version on my site right now, but I would like a little more flexibility with the layout.

~Darnell

By: Mike Hartford

Mike Hartford — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 05:11:39 +0000

Darren,

I normally love everthing you say, but on this post I take issue. Do you not realize where Google is based (and where most of their advertisers want their ads shown)? Yes, it’s in the USA. Don’t you think it would be smart of them to test it out in the USA first, until they build up an international base?

I really do hate to critisize you, but when a company pays you $10,000+ per month (I assume you get close to that anyway), how can you find fault with a most likely short term issue? How narcissistic of you.

By: Costa

Costa — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 02:38:54 +0000

Talking about double standards, folks in Malaysia referring someone to signup for their referral programs like Firefox or picassa, gets a paltry 10 cents as compared to a dollar (or is it more?) for peeps in the US.

Dunno if this practise has changed though. I abandoned Adsense long ago.

By: Mike Panic

Mike Panic — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 02:32:19 +0000

I imagine that does blow a bit, but I’ve added the video adsense ads to my blog just now, I’ll give them a full month to see how they perform, unless the readers bitch and complain about them.

By: Brad V.

Brad V. — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 02:21:54 +0000

Luckily I’m in the USA, but I still feel for you Darren, as I’m sure you’re itching to try out these new video ads.

I’m actually looking forward to trying them myself. I’ve been really down on Google Adsense in general lately, so hopefully this will “spice” things up with their ads.

I will add, however, that even if you’re in the US and have an Adsense account, you might not be able to use the video ads right away, as you have to give YouTube permission to access your Adsense account first, and then it has to be confirmed/verified (which can take up to 12 hours).

So I’m waiting for that email saying I’m good to go. Once I am confirmed/verified, I will be posting the video ads on my other blog at: http://laymantechie.blogspot.com
(sorry for the shameless self promotion)

By: motorsportBABESau

motorsportBABESau — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:04:27 +0000

Good post Darren. These much hyped youtube adverts are still far from what I require.

By: Luke

Luke — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 23:21:51 +0000

As a fellow Australian I have to say this seems a little strange. That said, the US tax laws are fairly restrictive and this may be something that google could not avoid. There are also a string of other things I find annoying about US only (buying electronics and even the most basic things from Amazon) but usually it’s for a reason that the company itself would change if they could. I am not sure in this case but it’s still very annoying.

By: Darren Rowse

Darren Rowse — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 23:07:17 +0000

Zeila Rich – you might want to watch the video again – it says I don’t use AdSense on Problogger – but that I use it on my other blogs.

By: doug m

doug m — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 21:44:06 +0000

i honestly can’t seem to understand what the big deal is with these big releases. with the power and speed of the internet companies should be able to create a worldwide release without any hassle. i work in the video game industry and there are companies that release worldwide to multiple languages without any problems.

By: Santosh P

Santosh P — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 20:34:44 +0000

HI! Darren..
Its not only adsense which is not allowing Non-US people to make money..
Few days back I was mis-read Google Apps pays $5 per referral..
I referred 25+ sites, Shoot!!! I got nothing.. when I read it again.. all I told myself JackAss its for US Guys!!

$125+ was something good for a starter kid like me.. but its like you earn more if u reside in US!!?

By: raj

raj — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 19:38:06 +0000

We Canadians always get screwed too. We still can’t run YPN. (Although some are, violating TOS i guess). And our dollar is even worth more right now :)

By: Zeila Rich

Zeila Rich — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 19:14:53 +0000

Why do you care?
I thought you said you didn’t want to use Adsense anymore?

By: Naomi Dunford

Naomi Dunford — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 18:11:43 +0000

@ Darnell,

I think a lot of the problem could be solved by corporations being upfront about things. Ten years ago, it was assumed that any service launched by an American company would be exclusively for Americans. The world has changed, though, and it’s not unreasonable to assume the possibility for international participation.

The issue I take is with the lack of transparency. I wouldn’t mind if a company were to say, “Hey, because launching worldwide would be an administrative nightmare, we’re just going to start in the US. If you want, we can e-mail you when the service comes to your area. Thanks so much for your patience.” It’s the fact that even Darren Rowse wasn’t informed that this was exclusively for the US that bugs me. If they couldn’t even let him know, how are the rest of us supposed to find out?

By: Mr. Triple D

Mr. Triple D — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:33:06 +0000

Oh no, I even log in, log out, log in and log out again just to check whether the adsense video ad is in my account already..darn that is a waste of time..hopefully they will get it worldwide soon!

By: Kensaku

Kensaku — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:16:30 +0000

Hi, Darren, I know how you feel, since I am outside US (Japan).

However, probably we should wait for Google to explain this issue. I think Google has already noticed these anger from outside their soil by now and probably lots of guys already sent messages to Google or wrote a blog post about it just like you did.

I hate being treated like this as well, but hoping and whining will not get you anything. So I think we’d better send messages to them to ask why, of course, in a proper way, not in a spamming way. We have a right to do that, at least..

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:47:06 +0000

Hi Darren and the other commenters, I think that it’s terrible that so many limits are being placed on this service. In addition to it being limited to the US, there are limits on the size of the unit, color schemes, and even content. It’s really obstructive looking, and while I’m experimenting with it, they need to make a lot of changes before it becomes really worthwhile.

By: Dan Schawbel

Dan Schawbel — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:54:50 +0000

I feel your pain

By: Michal Levy

Michal Levy — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:39:42 +0000

When you wrote that post about that new adsense thing, I went to look for it, and I couldn’t see it (like you said you couldn’t either). I tried it again a few times, but then I figured that it must be something that we poor people from the 3rd world (anyone outside the US) can’t use.
Poo!

By: Keith

Keith — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:32:17 +0000

Mildly irritated British guy right here.