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Google pushes into online video ads

By Kevin Allison in San Francisco

Published: February 21 2008 07:10 | Last updated: February 21 2008 07:10

Google on Thursday will launch a new advertising technology that will allow publishers to incorporate text ads into online videos in a move long awaited by the industry.

The launch marks the search group’s most ambitious attempt yet to make money by selling ads that appear inside of online video clips. It comes nearly 18 months after Google acquired YouTube, the world’s biggest online video site, for $1.65bn.

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