March 7th 2003
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It’s the Classifieds, stupid. Most of the RSS community is focused on content. That’s great; so was the early Web. But feeding classified ads to aggregators is the next obvious step, and will prove to be hugely profitable for newspapers — or whoever decides to do it first.
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http://www.americanpressinstitute.org/content/832.cfm?id=832
June 18th 2003
Google has expanded its contextual ads program to allow many more content sites to carry its paid listings. The new Google AdSense program allows site owners to sign-up for the program in a self-serve manner, similar to becoming an Amazon affiliate.
http://www.searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/2223681