I have a video site, with yoputube videos, but since Google announced that one maynot place adsense on sites with videos (even though youtube has to survive on adsense), i have removed all the videos and replaced them with Links to the Videos. The site nevertheless has contents in terms of reviews of the videos or a write up on the video. Now suddenly, many of the clicks are starting to give ZERO cents? What could be the problem? Is google seeing the site as possible spam? The site is not at all content less and rank well for many many keywords and phrases... Advise please...
Since Google have now acquired YouTube I don't think they mind YouTube displaying AdSense. From what I understand YouTube embeds aren't really an issue - the big problem is when you blatantly steal someone else's copyrighted videos and embed them.
I think PSA's generate a 0 cent click. Do you have a lot of PSA's? I too have a site with a ton of embedded videos from YouTube and others and have had no problem with Google. They allow embedded video from sites like YouTube.
The logic here could be the following. If Google acquired YouTube for 1.6 Billion, they hope to make some money out of it to recoup their investment. Thus, if they create a monopoly in online video business, they might become a huge media company within a short period of time. It's in their interest to cut other competing websites by discouraging them to make any money from AdSense. I think in this case, AdSense is just a tool that is used to keep out competition away from video business, because it is a very lucrative market. Look at what happened to Hollywood in 1920th? It slowly but surely grew into a huge business. The same might happen with online video business in 21st century. Guys from Google have a vision.