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15: Tempest in a Teapot

Cortex

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I Don't Like the YouTube Five Second Skippable Ad

Mike Downey: The YouTube five second skippable ad is the best ad unit in many ways that exists on the internet. He says he would feel like a monster if he uploaded his 75,000 email list into Google's new advertising program. "I would feel like I was reaching into individual computers to show these people and add that I want to show them"

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