New YouTube Mobile Ads

On Monday Google announced on their mobile blog, they will be testing Ads for mobile version of YouTube.

According to the Product Marketing Manager for YouTube, Christine Tsai - “You may have noticed that we started running a test of display ads on select pages of the YouTube mobile site in the U.S. and Japan.”

Adding “This is our first step in testing mobile advertising for YouTube — it will give you a new way to interact with content on the go.”

For Google, this allow them to learn how video viewers engage with mobile advertising. Their test advertisers will also have an additional branding tool at their disposal and the opportunity to reach the millions of people who visit YouTube every day on their phones.

You can access the mobile version of YouTube at m.youtube.com for users in the U.S. and Japan.

I’ve been browsing for some time yesterday and today and yet to see any ads on any video on the mobile version. If you had a chance to see any, we are glad to hear from you like always. Leave comments and let us know what you found.