eBay to launch AdContext

This may turn out to be the best network of them all for forums. Those that are dedicated to consumer products (eg cars) should do especially well. I'm considering starting a new forum for sports equipment just to see how it works out.


http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=189400515&subSection=Breaking+News
eBay Inc. will enter the Web advertising market with eBay AdContext, a move that catapults the Web auction powerhouse into direct competition with online ad kingpin Google Inc.

Sellers on eBay will use AdContext to run contextual ads and promote auctions on linked Web sites. The system works similar to Google AdSense, which recognizes keywords on Web pages and serves up ads linking to sites with relevant content.

interesting... we'll see how this goes, but this could definitely be big trouble for Google!

Those that are dedicated to consumer products (eg cars) should do especially well. It may work well for people with thise type sites. People using adwords might just give it a try. :cool: some competition for the big G in the AdContext market.

I have already joined this and actually, it is working already for quite sometime. However, Google is still way up high. Google is already a famous name in search engine and I don't think that eBay or any other new program can defeat google that easily.