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Google Plots Ad Model for Friend Connect, OpenSocial Widgets


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Sites registered with Google's Friend Connect will soon be able to include AdSense-like advertising onto their sites and in Open Social widgets, reports TechCrunch.

The capability gives Google a window to shoehorn more advertising onto third party websites.

Friend Connect lets websites incorporate social features — like Twitter-style chat, and the ability to embed and share content on MySpace or Facebook — onto their pages. Users can log in once to participate in communities across a multiplicity of destinations. It went public earlier this month — shortly after Facebook launched a similar offering.

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Publishers will receive a cut of revenue from ads that appear within Friend Connect and Open Social widgets. According to TechCrunch, this business model earned Friend Connect the nickname "FriendSense" within the Googleplex.

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