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Bing Buys Up The First Mega-Sized Facebook Log-Out Ad Placement

The first Facebook “logged out” ad space has an advertiser – Microsoft. This high-pixel ad space was announced at fMC last week, and is only displayed to those users who log out of Facebook. TechCrunch reported the news of the partnership between Bing and Facebook, and Facebook did confirm that Bing was the first advertiser […]

By Greg Finn

Published on March 4, 2012 • Last updated on May 13, 2021 • 1 minute read

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The first Facebook “logged out” ad space has an advertiser – Microsoft. This high-pixel ad space was announced at fMC last week, and is only displayed to those users who log out of Facebook. TechCrunch reported the news of the partnership between Bing and Facebook, and Facebook did confirm that Bing was the first advertiser to use the log-out unit.

When a search is inputted into the Bing bar on the log-out page, a new tab was opened for the user that brought up the Bing driven search results:

Bing New Window

Look for these ads and more, coming to a Facebook page near you in the near future. Images courtesy of TechCrunch.

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Greg Finn

Greg Finn is the Director of Marketing for Cypress North, a company that provides world-class social media and search marketing services and web & application development. He has been in the Internet marketing industry for 10+ years and specializes in Digital Marketing. You can also find Greg on Twitter (@gregfinn) or LinkedIn.

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