Tag: videos
Video Ads are now linked to Categories
by Broadcaster on Apr.02, 2009, under features
In broadcaster it used to be that a video ad could only be linked to ’stories’. Once linked, broadcaster would randomly select on of those videos before every article was viewed. This was simple and worked reliable, but lacked fine grain control. Starting in version 1.7.2 of broadcaster, you have more control over that. Instead of seeing a single check box for stories, you see this.
Show Categories to Select
After Clicking on Show Categories to Select
You can select your broadcaster categories that you would like to have this ad run before.
Questions
What if a category does not have any ads?
This does two things. It will turn off autoplay for those articles. Secondly, no ad will be show, it will go straight to the video.
How are these videos selected?
They are all weighted evenly and selected randomly, at least as randomly as computers can generate.
What if I have a video per category for an advertiser?
It’s best to create several ads for them and link to the right category. In doing this, you should come up with and stick to a convention.
