New Google Patent: More Advertising Options

[peter_d]

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Recently, the search giant has, as noted by Bill Slawski, filed a series of patent applications that point to a new, more personal way of targeting and delivering advertising. Unlike Google's highly automated AdWords and AdSense systems, the method relies heavily on manual labor and individual judgment. Rather than being selected by software algorithms, ads would be chosen by people for insertion into their emails, instant messages, and other personal communications.

It would be great to able to choose which ads you want to display, rather than having Google decide for you.