Online streaming service sites such as YouTube and Hulu are popular these days. The fact that these websites utilize online video advertising as a revenue model led to a natural curiosity: Is online video advertising effective? Although this report does not give a conclusive answer due to lack of available data, it still covers enough topics to provide a comprehensive idea of what online video advertising is to those who are interested in the subject. As the title of this report states, its original purpose is to deliver an introductory guideline to internet video advertising. / text