Microsoft display ads take their test
InternetNews | at | by Mike
Microsoft today began testing displays in Microsoft Office Live, Windows Live Mail and MSN Spaces, a move that might give the company some footing in its competition with Google.
The Redmond, Wash.-based company said the ad testing will help generate revenue to provide consumers with a wide array of free and low-cost online services, such as Web-hosting, e-mail and Web services.
Windows Live, which is a collection of personal Internet services and software such as e-mail and news, will display ads in MSN Spaces in Australia and Italy. The company will test Windows Live Mail display ads in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States.