“Our business model is one of very high risk: We dig a very big hole in the ground, spend three billion dollars to build a factory in it, which takes three years, to produce technology we haven’t invented yet, to run products we haven’t designed yet, for markets which don’t exist.
“We do that two or three times a year.” – Intel CEO Paul Otellini
At first blush, the thought of “ad overlays” on YouTube seemed frightening.
“Starting Wednesday, the popular video-sharing site plans to feature semitransparent “overlay” ads at the bottom of selected video clips.” Fox News
But read the article in full and you will see that 1) they ain’t makin’ no money the way things are (15 million last year) and 2) advertisers will be “larger” (cost will be per view, not per click) and 3) video producers like me can “opt-out” and finally 4) if I “opt-in I can make some money and still decline selected ads (like competitor ads)
Google… you guys have done it again – you rock.
