http://www.influxinsights.com/blog/ 2009-01-07T21:00:28Z http://www.influxinsights.com/blog/article/1612/google-reverse-engineers-youtube.html For months, analysts have been speculating about how the mighty <b>Google</b> is going to make money from <b>YouTube</b> and all kinds of suggestions and schemes about new ad units and formats have been raised. In the fashion of a true innovator, Google has made a lateral move by offering video content as part of its Adsense network. <br><br>Now publishers can create video ad units using YouTube content. <br><br>It's a fascinating strategic move and it will be interesting to see how it takes off.<br><br>Here's a video explanation from the Google team.<br><br><object width="425" height="353"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/N5rVKl0ODEQ&amp;rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/N5rVKl0ODEQ&amp;rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="353"></embed></object><br><br><br>Posted by Ed Cotton Influx Insights 2007-10-09T11:03:03Z