Why Are YouTube Ads Full Of Scams? - How Money Works

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AdSense through Google, (which also services YouTube) is the biggest advertising service on the planet a title it has held for over a decade. According to the companies 2020 filings they generated 147 billion dollars in revenue from online advertising.

This included everything from banners on websites to the ad that you watched before this video started. It’s a great business model and it finances the free google powered services that we all take for granted, I mean who here pays for their personal email?

But there is a problem with these ads that is very different from what you might see on traditional television, or on the radio, or in a newspaper (if you are still old school enough to read those).

Ads on YouTube just seem to be full of scams.

I wasn’t sure if this was just me, but a recent community poll revealed I am not alone, and I wanted to figure out why.

Whether its some hustle bro telling you how you can make a million dollars a month by day trading, or a mobile game ad that is showing gameplay that looks literally nothing like the game itself, its all very questionable.

So it’s time to learn How Money Works

#business #finance #howmoneyworks

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Edited By: Andrew Gonzales

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[klobiforpresident]

What you did not mention, and I wish that you had, is that there seems to be absolutely no way to report scammy adverts on YouTube.

[darkobakula]

Problem with ads on youtube is that Google doesnt care whether they are scams or not as long as they re getting paid. I feel they should be held legally responsible for content of their ads that are running because they are content much like any other content on youtube. They are very strict with content creators but very lenient with ad content because to them, ads are their main cash cow not the content creator.

[appleando]

Youtube: We would rather crack down on adbock than block our scam ads.

[drooten]

I've also noticed this. Around 3 out of 5 ads are actually links to scams. Surely YouTube can do a better job at preventing these ads?

[stephans]

For some reason the algorithm thinks I'm loaded and I get advertisements for Bentley, yachts and private jets. I still wonder why it think I can afford any of that, but it's at least more pleasant to look at than scammer commercials.

[absolutechaos]

I was listening to a video on headphones while mowing the lawn. The audio abruptly cut to a vifferent video. I thought it was an ad so I just let it play. 5 minutes later it was still going. I pulled the phone out of my pocket thinking i had accidentally skipped to an ad video or something and it proudly proclaimed that I was 5 minutes into a 3 HOUR AD that was in a 26 minute video. I can say that no one saw the end of that ad.

[Schizniit]

We need to start really talking with Google about these fake ads. Especially the ones that lie about a 4th stimulus check. There isn't one and all the ads link you to a website that isn't associated with the IRS which is the ONLY place you should be able to get one if they passed one, which they won't.

[yuvalne]

Not being able to discern which ad is a scam right away is one thing. Keeping the same ad on the platform for months despite being reported to is another thing. YouTube does the latter, A LOT.

[theewildrose]

I feel like this should be grounds for a lawsuit. There's no way yt doesn't know these are scams

[vincentlee]

In France, it's illegal to show drugs & gambling ads on TV. However now I see them everywhere when I opened YouTube with heavy French Canadian accents. I think the way they do it is saying they are technically showing us Canadian ads and not French ads which is why they are allowed but either way even legal, I find YouTube ads less and less ethical by the day.

[ProWhitaker]

4:56 You made me watch 2 of those 6 second unskippable ads, you monster, thanks for the video

[nickmanning]

Love how you can “block” a scam add and it literally just keeps coming back over and over again. The “block” option on YouTube has never worked and I question why that is.

[archangelo_]

I especially hate those "The dental profession doesn't want you to know" gum disease ads. They can go on FOREVER!!

[davidbowman]

Love it when I am watching a video that exposes scammers only to have ads from the same scammers that are being exposed.

[nonhic]

I literally just got an ad for a dating site, it says and I quote, "In this app, girls do not hesitate and put your sausage in their mouth."
I'm horrified youtube has come to a point where it allows blatant sexual advertisement on their site.

[Helfirehydratrans]

As somebody who grew up with truth in advertising ads all the time and the house, hippo

I’m absolutely appalled. That fake ads are so prevalent on YouTube.

What truth in advertising live only apply to television and radio broadcast. It has nothing to do with Internet.

[miguelzoleta]

Honestly I report the most annoying ads as child pornography as it forces the YouTube algorithm and moderators to put a stall on the ad until it can be reviewed. If anytime you feel like an ad is annoying just label it as child pornography, it forces YouTube to waste time to review it, the algorithm automatically recognizes ‘child pornography’ as a critical violation and will take at least temporary actions against the ad. I tried it on those annoying V shred scam advertisements and it finally got the ad off when I watch YouTube videos.

[FinancingFelines-ysmj]

The scam ads I've been seeing are advertising free money from the government that doesn't exist. What's the deal with those?

[TheSimba]

I just use an AdBlocker, most websites are so full of ads anymore that they're unusable without an AdBlocker. I use an AdBlocker on YouTube also because it's gotten so full of ads is ridiculous

[JC_Musician]

There is a never ending war with our subconsciousness that is inevitably pushing our minds to become faster at predicting advertising transitions.

So far, the only impressions I am willing to allow are product placements weaved into the storyline of the show I may be watching.

I use a dns filter, an ad blocker, and pay for YT Premium Family. If I am watching something with unskippable ads I will mute the device I am watching on while simultaneously look away.

A lifetime of advertising harassment has forced me to evolve and adapt. I am thankful that my biggest threat in my life is advertising, unlike my ancestors who may have had more life threatening problems.