AdSense Retires Video Ad Units; Adwords Expands Beta Interface

Google AdSense has decided to retire their "video units" option at the end of next month so they can focus their energies on other opportunities.

If you'd still like to use video YouTube content, you can still do this via YouTube.com directly.

Just go to any YouTube page and use the embed code in the 'Embed' box, or sign in to your YouTube account to create a playlist.

In other news,Google has expanded the availability of the new AdWords interface to additional U.S. advertisers plus more countries and languages (Spanish, Japanese, French, and Brazilian Portuguese). The beta originally opened to more limited availability last November.

Here's what to expect:

Performance graphs: Spot trends over time with custom graphs on every campaign management page.
Insight across ad groups: Focus on the high-impact areas of your account with new roll-up tabs on every page. You can see and edit keywords, placements or ads from all ad groups on a single tab.
In-line editing: Want to change a keyword or bid? Click on it and make changes in-line instead of loading a separate page.
Easier content network management: Improve content network performance through a new Networks tab. Look at statistics for the placements where your ads have appeared, and then take action by setting unique bids or excluding placements directly from the report.

If you'd like to sign up for the beta, click here.