4 Comments »Yesterday, news came out that Vodaphone, First Direct, Virgin and the AA are removing their ads from Facebook. Apparently their ads were being displayed next to Facebook groups affiliated with the British National Party. I’m honestly amazed that something similar never occurred with MySpace. Facebook can take two approaches: ignore it or make a change to their advertising script. As far as I know though, Facebook’s banner ads are displayed and tracked via outside advertising companies. This would require more transparency between the two companies. Unfortunately I am unaware of how targeted Facebook’s banner ad campaigns are. As far as I know they are not targeted and are simply done on a CPM basis. If Vodaphone would like better advertising they can spend a measly $50,000 for a targeted news feed promotion. Ultimately, I think this was a mistake made by OMD, Vodaphone’s advertising agency. I’m sure Facebook said that these were untargeted ads. Who do you think is at fault here? Should Facebook spend the energy required to filter their banner ads based on content?
A Hiccup in Facebook’s Marketing
Posted by Nick O'Neill on August 3rd, 2007 11:48 AM
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From what your post described, and not possessing too much outside knowledge of Facebook's advertising scheme, it looks to me like their system is fairly antequated. Arent most ads targeted? If Facebook cannot provide a cutting edge system for connecting advertisers with their target demographic, how do they expect to make money? Its not like they sell anything…
Facebook does have a targeted system as I have described in a previous post. See this post:
http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/07/facebook-adv...
Banner ads are not targeted though. Banner ads are one of the cheapest forms of advertising within their network.
From what your post described, and not possessing too much outside knowledge of Facebook’s advertising scheme, it looks to me like their system is fairly antequated. Arent most ads targeted? If Facebook cannot provide a cutting edge system for connecting advertisers with their target demographic, how do they expect to make money? Its not like they sell anything…
Facebook does have a targeted system as I have described in a previous post. See this post:
http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/07/facebook-advertising-revealed/
Banner ads are not targeted though. Banner ads are one of the cheapest forms of advertising within their network.