
Facebook is planning pre-roll video ads in 2014, which could undercut YouTube's ad rates and start a price war. Creators who depend on YouTube revenue could get hurt if advertisers shift their spending to Facebook's cheaper inventory.
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What is going on, guys? I have something pretty interesting to talk about, or at least to me it's interesting. I'm really into the whole advertising deal and, you know, internet marketing and things like that. But Facebook has talked about how they're going to start implementing ads before videos, and that right there is just something I've never really thought about because there are a lot of pages with millions of likes that share tons of videos, and Facebook has a ton of active users. And so, you know, Facebook can make a lot of money if they started implementing ads before videos. And I was reading an article about it, and it said within some time within 2014, Facebook is gonna start implementing ads before videos. And that's just something I've never really thought about. It's pretty crazy. And I mean, they can make a lot of money by doing that. And I'm sure people with the bunches of likes on their pages will get a part of the income Facebook makes. So I'm sure people with millions of likes on their pages will also appreciate it. But it's just, I never really thought about that. And one thing to consider is that will definitely bring competition to YouTube, because YouTube and Facebook are two of the most highly trafficked websites. And then advertisers, you know, are going to have to decide, do I advertise on Facebook or do I advertise on YouTube? And you know, they're going to be in a constant war, both lowering, lowering their advertising prices to meet the other one. YouTube will lower their advertising price, then Facebook will lower theirs, and then YouTube will lower theirs, and so on and so forth. And I hope it never gets that far because that would really suck if YouTube lowered their advertising prices because then partners would definitely pay— not pay, definitely lose money. And there are a lot of people who make a living off of YouTube and things like that, and I'd hate to see them, you know, have a reduced amount of money in their paycheck and things like that. But Anyways, that's just something I never really thought about personally, but Facebook said they're going to start implementing some form of video ads in 2014 and see how it works and then go from there. So definitely something to keep an eye out for and just see how it plays out. Like I said, it'll be really interesting. I'm sure people with millions of likes on their pages, as I said, will appreciate it because obviously they're going to get a part of the income, you know, a fraction of it or whatever. And yeah, something I thought was pretty cool, I just want to share with you guys. You may not have known about it. I had no idea about this, so I just, you know, felt like sharing it with you guys. I'm not going to link any articles in the description or anything. If you want to read about it, just, you know, type Facebook video ads in Google and I'm sure something will pop up. And yeah, just a short commentary, just want to let you guys know about it. And that's pretty much that. Hope you enjoyed and I'll see you in my next video.










