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This Is What Happens When Context Is Lost.

John Battelle's Searchblog

When Google went public in 2004, it was estimated that between 15 to 25 percent of advertising on its platform was fraudulent. Facebook: People Based Marketing FTW. Facebook took nearly all the world-beating characteristics of Google’s AdWords and added the crack cocaine of personal data. Then along came Facebook.

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This Is What Happens When Context Is Lost.

John Battelle's Searchblog

When Google went public in 2004, it was estimated that between 15 to 25 percent of advertising on its platform was fraudulent. Facebook: People Based Marketing FTW. Facebook took nearly all the world-beating characteristics of Google’s AdWords and added the crack cocaine of personal data. But advertisers didn’t care?—?after

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This Is What Happens When Context Is Lost.

John Battelle's Searchblog

When Google went public in 2004, it was estimated that between 15 to 25 percent of advertising on its platform was fraudulent. Facebook: People Based Marketing FTW. Facebook took nearly all the world-beating characteristics of Google’s AdWords and added the crack cocaine of personal data. But advertisers didn’t care?—?after