YouTube Monies

[Zachary Lassiter]

I'm curious if any of you chasers have tried the YouTube partners program.... and how much are they paying?

 

[B Ozanne]

I have a YouTube video of a skier going off a big cliff and taking a huge wipeout that seems to be getting a lot of hits. I joined the ad sharing program after google sent me an email. Last month I made $0.15 on 221 page impressions.

 

[Warren Faidley]

It's basically a waste of time, much like Google advertising revenue. The revenue percentages are so low, the income is silly. In fact, some vendors are ignoring and dropping the advertising because it only adds bandwidth issues (i.e., more time loading) and clutter to web pages.

I think my company has something like 1.8 million views of assorted videos and the monthly income is not enough to buy lunch.

W.

 

[cedwards]

I tried the google ads on my website and after about two weeks I made over $100, but then google banned my account and took back the entire balance. When they ban you, it is for life and they don't have to explain why.
Because youtube is owned by google, I can't get any revenue from the ads, but they still run the ads on the video and keep all the revenue.

I have seen on several forums that if you make too much they will ban you, because they think you are clicking or telling people to click on your ads.

 

[B Ozanne]

This doesn't relate to YouTube, but I've read stories about a free dating site that has made millions in ad revenue from Google, and it was originally setup by just one guy. So, it does work for some people.

 

[Andy Jackson]

I tried the google ads on my website and after about two weeks I made over $100, but then google banned my account and took back the entire balance. When they ban you, it is for life and they don't have to explain why.
Because youtube is owned by google, I can't get any revenue from the ads, but they still run the ads on the video and keep all the revenue.

I have seen on several forums that if you make too much they will ban you, because they think you are clicking or telling people to click on your ads.

Sounds kind of shady on their part.

 

[Jayson Prentice]

I tried the google ads on my website and after about two weeks I made over $100, but then google banned my account and took back the entire balance. When they ban you, it is for life and they don't have to explain why.
Because youtube is owned by google, I can't get any revenue from the ads, but they still run the ads on the video and keep all the revenue.

I have seen on several forums that if you make too much they will ban you, because they think you are clicking or telling people to click on your ads.

I ran into the same problem earlier this year with google adsense. I had them running on my websites for nearly a year and had made a fairly good sum, ~$100, but noticed a dramatic increase over a month or twos time (~$50) and then received an email from google. Essentially they stated that they had reason to believe that I or someone I was associated with was clicking on the ads repeatedly to draw increased revenue. So I was banned and all of the money still in my account was taken away...

 

[Jason Foster]

Worry more about getting high traffic, something on the 10,000+ uniques per month and go for other advertising outside google/youtube. You'll make more and it'll be more legitimate.

Learning how is a bit extensive if you want to make any real money. I've been slowly learning, and it isn't super easy, depending on your goals/focus.