Sina Microblog Begins Carrying Targeted Taobao Ads
Marbridge Consulting, 4/28/13
Chinese internet company Sina's (Nasdaq: SINA) Weibo microblogging platform has begun displaying user-targeted ads from Hangzhou-based C2C & B2C e-commerce site Taobao at the bottom of user news feeds. The right side of the user news feeds also displays a "hot commodity recommendation" Taobao ad.
Editor's Note: For more information on this topic, please see "Rumor: Alibaba, Sina Microblog Close to Inking Deal," MD 4/27/13 and "Sina Microblog Partners with Taobao on Newsfeed Ads," MD 4/18/13 issues.
Keywords: e-commerce Taobao Internet B2C C2C Sina microblogging online advertising SNS advertising