In a major tip of the hat to the growing adoption of broadband around the world, Google has finally released “click to pay video ads” for its AdWords product. I previously saw this via Chris Pirrillo who was an early beta tester. I have been waiting for this for many years now, having first seen short video ads at Michael Tchong’s infamous Web Attack back in 1999 (unfortunately the Internet Archive’s WayBack Machine did not have the original site). I imagine Amanda and the good folks over at RocketBoom are going to be swamped with even more inquiries than they can handle once again.

The original post on the announcement is over at the official Inside AdWords Blog, with links to the loudly buzzing Blogosphere that are worth checking out, though I first caught wind of the announcement from my favorite Blog Filter, Tech Memeorandum which has recently been renamed TechMeme. If you are wondering what tech Bloggers are paying attention to each day, TechMeme is one of the better places where you can easily grab a quick insiders look at the current topics of conversation.

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