12-05-2008 02:02 PM

Kyle Love

Re: pic: FIRST ad on Facebook

I can see your facebook chat wasn't working at that time either . That seems to be the most unreliable thing on facebook. Never the less, that's pretty cool.

12-05-2008 02:07 PM

Elgin Clock

Re: pic: FIRST ad on Facebook

Let me assure you that is not something FIRST placed in their to advertise. The ad you are referring to namely shows the Fan Group someone created about FIRST on Facebook.
See the "6 friends are fans" & "Become a fan"?
That's why that ad was targeted to you - because friends of yours are part of that public group.

Kinda like the suggested friends they have on your home page.

Also, they have user bios of random friends pop up on the left hand side as well these days, have you noticed that?

Apparrently you're not part of that group yet, & that's just the advertising portion of FB in action leading you to that one.

Sorry to burst your bubble.
FIRST is not advertising on FB the way you may think anyways.

12-05-2008 05:14 PM

NickE

Re: pic: FIRST ad on Facebook

This is a paid ad.

As shown here, Facebook allows for targeting of ads and advertising Facebook pages (like this one).

So, by clicking to become a fan, you may be charging money to whoever set up the ad campaign (depending on if it is priced per click or per view). This may or may not be FIRST.

12-05-2008 05:57 PM

synth3tk

Re: pic: FIRST ad on Facebook

Either way, it's a great advertisement for FIRST. I've been trying to get ahold of the group admins, though, because that group is sorely out-of-date.

12-06-2008 02:43 AM

Schnabel

Re: pic: FIRST ad on Facebook

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kyle Love I can see your facebook chat wasn't working at that time either . That seems to be the most unreliable thing on facebook. Never the less, that's pretty cool.