Google Misses Facebook Platform Ads Deadline

If you were using Google Adsense to generate revenue within your Facebook application, you no longer can. The new preferred advertiser list went into effect yesterday and Google didn't make the list.

If you were using Google Adsense to generate revenue within your Facebook application, you no longer can according to the social network’s official policy. The new preferred advertiser list went into effect yesterday and Google isn’t on it.

It appears that Facebook and Google can’t play together anytime soon. For consumers, this is a big blow in how they managing their identities and for developers its a huge loss as Google Adsense served as a significant source of revenue for many (see the developer forum threads here and here).

Facebook provided the following statement:

“This is the current list of ad providers that have signed our terms that govern ad quality and data use, although more are being added every day.

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