About non-skippable ads. Required video specifications: Videos for non-skippable ads must be between 6 and 15 seconds and hosted on YouTube. Viewers can’t skip your ad. A view of your non-skippable ad won’t increment the video’s YouTube view count. Bids for non-skippable ads are set based on target CPM (cost per thousand impressions).

Hi all, in light of recent changes to unskippable 30 sec ads I have decided to simply boycott everything I see as an unskippable ad and thought I might share this approach with everyone trying to keep youtube watchable. Just to clarify, I am not against ads, the platform needs to pay for itself somehow with its infrastructure and workforce behind.

If you get bombarded with ads. It's because you tend to not click away. Close the video and then close the site. If you can do it, take a break and come back later. Over time they will hound you with less ads because they know you will leave the site otherwise. It is and will forever be a game of cat and mouse. Once enough people know this.

May 10, 2021 · So I’ve been experiencing this only on the website since last week, around April 5th. All of the ads are unskippable. And I mean ALL. From 5-second ads to 5-minute ads. Back to back ads as well. I just refresh the page a few times to …

Skippable video ads Skippable video ads allow viewers to skip ads after 5 seconds. Computer, mobile devices, TV, and game consoles: Plays in video player (option to skip after 5 seconds). Non-skippable video ads. Non-skippable video ads must be watched before a video can be viewed. Computer, mobile devices, TV, and game consoles

Jun 19, 2020 · Non-skippable ads actually benefit those of your viewers who watch ads. I repeat, non-skippable ads are GREAT for your ad-watching viewers. Here's the run-down. Standard skippable ad: Can be any length Viewer can skip after a few seconds BUT, for the view to count, the viewer has to watch AT LEAST 30 seconds of the ad.

Starts a video. Immediately met with an unskippable 15 seconds Google Certificate ad. Ad finishes, taps on timestamp to get to the area of the video I’m interested in. IMMEDIATELY confronted with double unskippable 15 second ads: Google Certificate and Ed Sheeran. Ads finish, finally I get to enjoy the video.

May 27, 2024 · Just figured it out, well now i can skip ads and even ghe slind works, turn off add block for youtube and it will work Reply reply More replies Top 1% Rank by size

There are some ads that are, what I assume it, you tube approved. I can't skip big car ads, and a select few other types. I assume it's for people who don't have a local ad running and needs ad time to run, so make Ford or Toyota pay for it. Mostly I get google ads for some watch or something that's unskipable. Sucks.

Feb 6, 2022 · 30 minute video... 7 sets of 2 ads... 14 ads in total... the first ad of each set was 20 seconds, unskippable. The second ads were all 5 seconds. 25 seconds worth of ads, 7 ad break breaks, nearly 3 minutes total just in adverts. Couldn't skip ANY of them. This is an average of 4 minutes between adverts. THIS is why people use AdBlockers.