Video blogging and Adsense

With the ridiculous popularity of YouTube, and pop video-bloggers like LonelyGirl15 garnering lots of attention, many people today are turning to video blogging as a way of expressing themselves.

Now technically, even though Google owns YouTube, you're not supposed to include video content on a website with Adsense.

From http://www.google.com/adsense/policies :

Copyrighted Material
In order to avoid associations with copyright claims, website publishers may not display Google ads on web pages with MP3, Video, News Groups, and Image Results.

Although video blogging, and even simply embedding YouTube content in your website, can really help to enhance your blog's appeal and popularity, it's not worth the risk of having your AdSense account cancelled. Your best bet is to design your page, submit it to Google AdSense and ask them if you can put Adsense code on there. Better safe than sorry.

Another option would be to find other ways of monetizing your video blog other than Adsense. Trying other affiliate programs, like Amazon or Yahoo, just might be the best solution for your website.