Personal profiles don’t have ad options, but Professional accounts do, and by prompting people to make the switch, that’ll mean a lot more people will see that “Boost” button appearing in- ...

The federal government is launching a new anti-tobacco campaign that features personal descriptions and photographs of people who’ve suffered grievous effects from smoking, often before the age ...

Say you’re scrolling through your Facebook Newsfeed and you encounter an ad so eerily well-suited ... These firms build their profiles over a period of years, gathering data from government ...

Central to it are personal profile pages where users can post photos and video clips, blast messages to friends and have visitors leave comments. Targeting ads well can be lucrative. MySpace ...

Facebook users' profile data, including their photo, name and personal information, can show up as part of a Facebook ad their friends may see on the site. Digital illustration: Judy Green This ...

The popular online hangout MySpace is expanding its program for letting advertisers target their pitches using personal details on users' profile pages. MySpace Expands Ads Targeted to Profiles. ...

You and I both know people on dating apps and sites, perhaps including ourselves. Now, a new study by the University of Scranton found that Tinder profiles are like old-school personal ads, and ...