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Google did not buy YouTube for USD1.65million for nothing. Google first step in monetizing YouTube by combining it with Google Adsense and allowing web publisher to deliver ad-supported video clips from YouTube.

Web publishers that participate in Google’s AdSense ad distribution network will now be able to make money by offering ad-supported video clips from Google’s YouTube video sharing site.

For advertisers, the program opens their video-based ads for distribution across the AdSense network, instead of being limited to the YouTube site. Meanwhile, video producers get a chance to generate revenue from their clips.

The video clips will be delivered within “a customized, embedded player that’s ad supported,” Google announced on Tuesday.

Not all YouTube videos are fodder for the program. Google is working with specific video producers that have agreed to participate, including TV Guide Broadband, Expert Village, and Ford Models, the company said.

Google will deliver ads that are related to both the content of the clip and of the Web site. Ads will appear as banners on top of the video window, as well as in text format on the bottom of the clip.

Google will share revenue from the ads with the video owners and with the site publishers. The ads are available now in the U.S. for English-language Web sites.

[vis InfoWorld]

It is only available for U.S.A English Language Website only, this was the down turn. But nevertheless, it is good news for some people and we expect Google to have them available for all users once it pull off in the United States.

UPDATE: Confirms this via Google Adsense Blog

The Adsense + Youtube advertisements will look like this

There is quite a few Malaysian Bloggers who had their PageRank demoted. Most of them is having PageRank 5 previously. Blogoscoped have a confirmated from Google that

PageRank scores are being lowered for some sites that sell links

In addition, Google said that some sites that are selling links may indeed end up being dropped from its search engine or have penalties attached, to prevent them from ranking well.

[via Blogoscoped]

I have other site which have text link sold and it is quite a good source of income because it is stable payment monthly.

Take a look at those who are penalize.

1. Sabahan
2. 5xmom
3. Ahpek
4. Hong Kiat

I think that this site have actually blog for sometime to earn the PR5 and deserves the money earned from Text Link sold, unfortunately, Google does not recognize it.

It shows that Google is only picking on Text Link Ads advertiser as there is other blog like AdesBlog and News Straits Times (Malaysia Newspaper) both having PageRank 7, but sells the advertisements personally does not get penalized (or have not been penalized).

A quick look at NST Text Links

Selling Work at Home plan also does not get penalized? It is kind of a scam thing as it is like a ponzi scheme. You can do more searching online about this typist, data entry or work at home with potential USD500/week stuff.

Actually, I am self debating about this question when I started this blog. I tend to prefer putting advertisements in the later stage, maybe after getting a pagerank or acheiving a certain amount of alexa ranking before having advertisements. There may be a lot of blogs out there which is doing quite well even though they are practically a newly formed blog.

I think that reasonable amount of advertisements on a new blog is acceptable, but not too much until the reader is scare away. Personally, I have quit following some blogs because they are filled with advertisements, and sometimes concluding that the blog post could be a post for advertisements too. Credibility of the author will reduce when things like this happen.

You definitely know Google, Yahoo!, MSN and Ask for search engine. But have you heard of Sproose? Sproose is basically a search engine which compile result from other search engine (Yahoo!, MSN and Ask) and also have its own spider to crawl on websites.

Sproose have a unique feature which differentiate itself from other search engine. The search engine ranking is a result of users voting. It works basically like Digg but Sproose uses websites rather than blog post.

This idea could be manipulated but it is quite a good idea to have user voting system. Google also has them if you have installed the Google toolbar on your browser. There will be a smiley face and a frown face, but I doubt that it officially changes anything of the search engine result.

This time of the month, you will see a some bloggers exposing their income. There will be a feeling of envy and motivated the same time. This makes me wonder if there is still space for another blog like this to earn some money. For a person from Malaysia, earning USD800-900 is consider pretty good for a startup salary or a recent graduate salary. There will be lots of space to grow from there.  

From this  list below, at least you know that USD800-900 is very acheivable, but will not come easy. I have owned websites with domain for years already, but have not concentrate on blogging, although I am able to earn some money out of them. Blogging is different as you will have to put effort writing throughout time to gather loyal reader.

JohnChow – USD20,512.17

Connected Internet – USD13,253

5xMom – USD5010.49

Samm – USD3969 (although there is no break down)

Rajawang – USD678.38

If you manage to find any, let me know.