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mEgo: An Ad-Supported Uber-Widget for Social Set

Written on
June 26th 2008
Author
Kathleen

ADOTAS – Advertisers that want to tap into every social network without advertising on all of them may have found a new ally in mEgo, an uber-widget/avatar dreamed up by Ariel McNichol and Julia Johnston. mEgos are currently posted on more than 600 social networking sites and garner more than [...] more...

Google Buddies Up to Friendster

Written on
January 11th 2007
Author
Editor

Social networking portal Friendster will be placing Google ads on its site and using Google technology to power its search engine, according to CEO Kent Lindstrom in an interview with MarketWatch blogger Bambi Francisco. The financial details of the two-year deal were not disclosed, but Francisco believes it follows the same [...] more...

ViTrue, Friendster Get Political

Written on
October 16th 2006
Author
Editor

User-generated advertising company ViTrue and social network Friendster have launched a user-generated political ad contest. “Get Political” invites 33 million American Friendster users and people in the general public to upload video that expresses their political views while competing with each other for cash and prizes. The videos will appear on [...] more...