Saturday, July 28, 2012

Display Ad Battle Royale: Facebook v. Google

WordStream.com put out an interesting and visually entertaining comparison of Facebook and Google display advertising.

Spoiler Alert: Google still winning, FB needs to develop its capabilities...fast.

FB holds its own on Reach, but falls short on Ad performance, still slinging dismal CTRs (estimated Facebook CTR is 0.05% compared to Google's 0.4%, 10x difference), less developed user targeting capabilities and advertising formats.  

http://www.wordstream.com/articles/facebook-vs-google-display-network

Let's see how FB steps things up.  Personally, I've been turned off by the low quality and relevance of FB's ads in the past; I automatically tune them out.  I need to start seeing highly relevant content to win me back.

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