According to a new patent that was just granted to Google, the company could soon extend the reach of its advertising program in Google Maps to Street View. This patent, which was originally filed on July 7, 2008, describes a new system for promoting ads in online mapping applications. In this patent, Google describes how it plans to identify buildings, posters, signs and billboards in these images and give advertisers the ability to replace these images with more up-to-date ads. In addition, Google also seems to plan an advertising auction for unclaimed properties.
Google Plans to Upgrade Old Billboards in Street View
– try and imagine how you’d explain just the title of the article to someone just 20years ago. Who or what are Google? What is Street View?
Remember, this is what a mobile phone looked like 20years ago:
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