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Willis
12-21-2011, 07:41 PM
Facebook News Feed to get ads in 2012 (http://digitallife.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/21/9609133-facebook-news-feed-to-get-ads-in-2012)

By Athima Chansancha-Digital life on MSNBC


In the next year, as if your News Feed isn't already cluttered enough, Facebook will now add sponsored ads into the mix.

That's right, if you like a Facebook page, the News Feed will generate a message every time you mention the "liked" brand or business. This shows up your News Feed as well as your friends'.

They also appear as "Sponsored Stories" on the right column of your Facebook pages, "where you may be more likely to discover new things that your friends are interested in." These work similar to other ads, it seems, except that your name will appear in your friends' feed, to better catch their attention....

Tony
12-21-2011, 07:52 PM
I only just noticed these things yesterday and so far haven't figured out a way to block them. But then I visit the FB website so rarely I don't think they'll be a big annoyance to me.