The YouTube mobile site traffic grew by over 160% in 2009, so they figure, they can now add advertising along with new features. YouTube is howing ads on the home, search, and
browse pages of the American and Japanese YouTube mobile websites
(m.youtube.com from your mobile browser).
The increased usage of high-end devices like the iPhone
and Android is also making mobile advertising easier and more effective
for advertisers notes YouTube.
YouTube claims at launch YouTube will immediately provide one of
the largest audiences
for a mobile ad campaign anywhere on the mobile web. And because
YouTube mobile attracts early adopters, the site can deliver to
advertisers a coveted demographic of tech savvy trendsetters.
As the web moves more to mobile, don't forget you can get a
simplified version for mobile phones of Wireless and Mobile News at wmns.mobi.