The Online Ad that Knows Where Your Friends Shop
New York Times, June 25, 2009
By Stephanie Clifford
If a marketer asked people to hand over a list of all their friends so it could show them ads, few would comply. On social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace, though, friendships are obvious, and advertisers are beginning to examine those connections.
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