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Report: Massive Ads Coming To YouTube

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Anyone not already using Adblock Plus may want to make the switch soon.  Rumor has it that YouTube, Google's hard-to-monetize video site, is going to go after unprotected users by introducing some really big ads on its homepage.

On the one hand, this move is rather natural; think of it in comparison to speaking up when someone can't hear you.  Users who don't click on ads have probably stuffed cotton into their figurative ears, though, so shouting at them doesn't demonstrate a lot of subtlety.

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Anyway,

And however these ads resonate with users, advertisers are sure to embrace the idea of getting such prominent placement on a popular site.  Compete claims that over 60 million people visited YouTube in July, so if even half of them passed through the homepage, huge numbers are at stake.

We still like Valleywag's headline from when AOL pulled a

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