Google Now an Amazon & iTunes Affliate Via YouTube

Oct 8, 2008 - 7:35 am 0 by
Filed Under Misc Google

If you are browsing videos on YouTube and spot affiliate links to Amazon or iTunes under the movie frame, don't be surprised - it is part of Google's new monetization efforts for YouTube.

I wrote about this at Search Engine Land last night. In short, it starts with select publishers - specifically music video labels and can move on to other videos. You can read more about the specifics at The Google Blog. Here is a picture of the current affiliate links:

YouTube Adds Music Links

So far, the forum discussion around this topic is pretty low.

Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld.

 

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