If you try to explore YouTube more intently, you will find a section which is intended for high profile US politicians. And if you observe scrupulously, you also will learn that there is inconsistency in the implementation of linking.

A number of politicians are given direct links while others are deprived. Politicians which are given direct and straight links include Dennis Kucinich, Rudy Giuliani, John Edwards, Mitt Romney, Duncan Hunter, Chris Dodd, Joe Biden, Ron Paul, Mike Huckabee, and Barack Obama.

On the other hand, those politicians who suffer YouTube's disparity in treatment include Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Tom Tancredo, and Bill Richardson. Their banners are not linked at all. Some of the politicians were also given a rel=nofollow tag in their banner.

With this occurrence, people are asking whether Google's YouTube is selling straight text links. The blogosphere has no idea whether the links are paid or otherwise. This is the issue that the search engine giant's video division has to respond to in order to provide timely illumination.