Facebook Advertising - More Ads on Demand
August 20th, 2008Every social network worth its salt now features targeted advertising in some form. Facebook, easily the most talked about social website on the planet, has been experimenting with their own system for online advertising as well. However, their approach has been somewhat different than the others, in that Facebook is not attempting to directly channelize personal information available on profiles in order to select which ads to display (they may be doing this in some form as a background process, although it is not as evident as with Google ads).
The most ludicrous part about the Facebook advertisement system, however, is this tiny link featured on the bottom left corner of the advertisement frame. More ads. Americans are already overdosing on advertisements, with the numbers of advertising impressions for the average American ranging from lows of 247 to well over 3000 views per day. Seriously, are people even clicking on this marketing link to volunteer for more blurbs and solicited promotions?
