Thursday, October 21, 2010

Facebook's Surprise - self serve advertising growth

Interesting article on the growth of Facebook's self-serve advertising platform. It also brings up the very interesting topic of facebook expanding their advertising outside of the site itself - into Facebook connect sites, search, and eventually to the wider internet...

"So far, advertisers can use the self-serve system only to buy ads that appear on Facebook. But as the social-media giant expands its footprint across the Web and into the mobile realm, third-party publishers and businesses will have more ways to link with Facebook, and I believe the ad platform will expand beyond Facebook's walls as well--just as Google's AdSense program has."

Facebook Developer Garage - Toronto

I will be speaking tomorrow at UofT at the Facebook Developer Garage. Will be covering paid application growth - with a focus on Facebook Ads (right-hand-column) and the factors that effect pricing. Hope to see you there! http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=124088140973668