Details About Facebook's New Ad Program

November 7, 2007 By ANICK JESDANUN, AP Internet Writer

(AP) -- The online hangout Facebook said Tuesday it plans to help companies target their advertisements on the site based on what its users and their friends buy and do on the Internet.

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