Google Video Ads

Google has begun offering video ads on public sites. In the coming days Google will be adding click-to-play video ads to the link of text. At launch, videos will be available to AdWords advertisers in the US, Canada, and Japan. According to the New York Times, advertisers can buy the video ads either on a cost per click or a cost per thousand basis. The video ads will appear as static images until users click on them. Then the video will be activated. The videos can last up to two minutes.