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Google to Start Running Behavior Ads
Based on search-terms information, Google will begin running behavior-based ads
Mar. 24, 2009 11:00 PM
Google is going to start turning all that information that it's gotten from people's search preferences into behavior-based ads under a program announced last week that's based on widgetry Google acquired when it bought DoubleClick last year for $3.2 billion. The program, which has privacy protectors appalled, will start in a few weeks on YouTube and other sites in Google's arsenal.
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