Microsoft has begun testing display advertising across its Web Services network, which includes Microsoft Office Live, Windows Live Mail and MSN Spaces. The initial ad purchases by Coca-Cola Brazil, JCPenney and Monster Worldwide are sure to touch off a heated battle between Google and, to a lesser extent, Yahoo. Google, of course, developed the paid search market, further refining it over the last few years with the launch of new services such as AdSense.
Microsoft’s Entry Sure to Stir Things Up in Search Ad Space
Posted by: Erika Morphy March 16, 2006 01:32 PMMicrosoft has begun testing display advertising across its Web Services network, which includes Microsoft Office Live, Windows Live Mail and MSN Spaces. The initial ad purchases by Coca-Cola Brazil, JCPenney and Monster Worldwide are sure to touch off a heated battle between Google and, to a lesser extent, Yahoo. Google, of course, developed the paid search market, further refining it over the last few years with the launch of new services such as AdSense.