Twitter: Ads are not coming at least this year
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone has revealed that they currently have no plans to introduce ads to the service this year.
He added that the company is doing well with the funding they have received.
They are still focusing on adding more features and generating enough value for the users.
Stone: [...]
Ad.ly is the new Twitter based ad network
Twitter has given enough hints that they do not like their platform to be used for sponsored tweeting.
However, advertising networks are still emerging which aims to promote brands and products through Twitter.
Ad.ly is the latest player in this market.
They are luring high profile Twitter [...]
Google Sites can now have Google AdSense ads
US based search engine giant Google has announced that they are now letting publishers using Google Sites to embed Google AdSense ads in these sites.
Google said:
As an AdSense publisher, you manage and develop websites. Google Sites is a free product that simplifies the process of creating secure [...]
Facebook could be making a billion dollars in revenues a year!
Mark Andreessen is one of the members of the Facebook board. He has surprised market experts by claiming that the popular social networking service could generate revenues of around a billion dollars in the next couple of years.
He said that Facebook could even touch [...]
Twitter experimenting with Sponsored Definition on user profile pages?
Twitter is perhaps the only popular social network which does not have a full fledged revenue model.
The micro-blogging service has said several times that they are not focused on generating revenues from the model right now.
However, they are indeed experimenting with sponsored messages on user [...]
Izea set to launch pay per tweet service for Twitter users
Izea is known for their venture Pay per Post which paid bloggers to write sponsored blog posts.
They are now trying out the same phenomenon on the popular social networking service Twitter.
They are going to launch a new service that would enable Twitter users to [...]
Digg Ads: Digg or Bury Ads to express your opinion
If you are a fan of Digg, you would know that the company has been working on their own advertising mechanism to improve revenue generation.
The company has finally announced the launch of Digg Ads.
This new concept would enable Digg users to vote on the ads [...]
Digg ends ad deal with Microsoft
Social bookmarking service Digg has announced that they are ending their deal with Microsoft which was connected to sale of ads on the service.
They have decided to end the deal even before it was scheduled for a renewal.
Looks like Digg was not happy with the advertising provided by [...]
Rupert Murdoch: Online news should not be free
News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch has practically dismissed the idea of advertising based online news services.
This means that The Wall Street Journal is unlikely to become a freely accessible news service supported with online ads.
Murdoch said: “The people are used to getting everyone on the net for [...]
Microsoft to introduce their latest ad at Grammy Awards
US based software giant Microsoft has said that they are going to launch a new advertising campaign.
Their new ad would be broadcast during the Grammy Awards on Sunday.
This new ad would focus on the company’s Windows Live services.
The company said that this new ad [...]
