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Facebook gets more Bing -- and control of display ads
« on: February 07, 2010, 02:53 »
ARGH!... but I just don't see where Bing are going to make money out of this deal really...

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Microsoft said Friday that Bing will power Internet searches for Facebook's 400 million members in an arrangement that returns control of display advertising to the social-networking service.

http://www.physorg.com/news184620271.html

what facebook users will search the internet through their interface when they can just go to google...
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Re: Facebook gets more Bing -- and control of display ads
« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2010, 11:06 »
Good God, everything on the web seems to be designed around advertising!
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Re: Facebook gets more Bing -- and control of display ads
« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2010, 19:07 »
yes... oh how things have changed  :-\

we can't talk... look at the right...  :laugh:
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Re: Facebook gets more Bing -- and control of display ads
« Reply #3 on: February 07, 2010, 21:35 »
That's different.  ;)
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Re: Facebook gets more Bing -- and control of display ads
« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2010, 04:50 »
it is.. well sort of. Its not like we are after a profit... how about installing the ads within threads mod?  :ack:
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Re: Facebook gets more Bing -- and control of display ads
« Reply #5 on: February 08, 2010, 09:48 »
Nooo!!!  :horror:
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Re: Facebook gets more Bing -- and control of display ads
« Reply #6 on: February 08, 2010, 14:20 »
oh darn.
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Re: Facebook gets more Bing -- and control of display ads
« Reply #7 on: February 08, 2010, 21:26 »
 ;D
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