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Originally Posted by fly135
...heck it's really a lot faster just to read a news article than it is to watch a video anyway.
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If I am on CNN.com and see a compelling headline or something, if it has the little video icon I almost never click on it. And for what it costs to produce video vs just written content - that's INSANE. I do some video production and management of video production in my career and video is astoundingly expensive. So, while it is CNN, and they have a leg up in terms of video, it's still a bad thing if people aren't clicking on it.
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Originally Posted by poser007
I have been in advertising for a long time and I would advise my clients to stay away from this type of advertising. They are being sold a bill of goods, I don't care the video is being clicked on 10000 times per day, the response from the average viewer is that of rage so their advertising is associated with negative feelings.
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Interesting perspective. I'm hoping that what you say is true. I am also hoping that this situation resolves itself based on what you've said. People will start to rumble about the time wasting of ads, the captive audience aspect, and the annoyance, then formal complaints will come - and my bet is that they go away soon, with advertisers going back to the drawing board; trying to aggravate us in completely different ways.