(Credit: Skype)
Skype said today that users who do not have Skype Credit or subscriptions will now see advertisements in their call windows when they are making one-on-one audio calls using Skype for Windows.
Marketers can purchase these conversation ads in 55 markets where Skype is available. There's no mention of the display ads showing up on Macs or on mobile devices.
The company is portraying the change as a "an opportunity for marketers to reach our hundreds of millions of connected users in a place where they can have meaningful conversations about brands in a highly engaging environment."
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The announcement also says Skype thinks that the ads, which will be silent and non-expanding, "could spark additional topics of conversation." And in tiny print, the company describes how it may use demographic information such as location, gender, and age to target the ads. Users will b... [Read more]
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