Abstract: A system and method for optimizing advertisements for display to users comprising receiving a request for an advertisement wherein the request comprises information about a user to whom the advertisement is to be displayed; determining at least one community of which the user is a member; determining a conditional probability that the user will interact with the advertisement; responsive to the conditional probability exceeding a threshold, determining community data to present with the advertisement and providing for display to the user the advertisement and the community data; responsive to the providing of the advertisement, receiving an indication of activity at a client system related to the advertisement or community data; and storing the indication in a storage medium.

Abstract: A system and method for optimizing advertisements for display to users comprising receiving a request for an advertisement wherein the request comprises information about a user to whom the advertisement is to be displayed; determining at least one community of which the user is a member; determining a conditional probability that the user will interact with the advertisement; responsive to the conditional probability exceeding a threshold, determining community data to present with the advertisement and providing for display to the user the advertisement and the community data; responsive to the providing of the advertisement, receiving an indication of activity at a client system related to the advertisement or community data; and storing the indication in a storage medium.

Abstract: A system and method for optimizing advertisements for display to users comprising receiving a request for an advertisement wherein the request comprises information about a user to whom the advertisement is to be displayed; determining at least one community of which the user is a member; determining a conditional probability that the user will interact with the advertisement; responsive to the conditional probability exceeding a threshold, determining community data to present with the advertisement and providing for display to the user the advertisement and the community data; responsive to the providing of the advertisement, receiving an indication of activity at a client system related to the advertisement or community data; and storing the indication in a storage medium.

Abstract: Advertisements are generated and selected for display to users, wherein the advertisements include representations of subject individuals. These subject individuals can be friends with whom the user interacts on the Internet and/or any other contributors who may or may not have expertise with regard to the subject matter of the advertisement. A subject individual can be portrayed in an advertisement by including any type of representation of the individual. Ranks for the subject individuals are determined based on the subject individuals' interactions with advertisements and/or on other factors. An advertisement is selected and presented to a user based on a score derived from friends' and/or contributors' interactions with the advertisement. According to various embodiments of the invention, a method is provided for choosing which advertisement(s) to show to a user and which subject individuals to portray in the advertisements.

Abstract: Advertisements are generated and selected for display to users, wherein the advertisements include representations of subject individuals. These subject individuals can be friends with whom the user interacts on the Internet and/or any other contributors who may or may not have expertise with regard to the subject matter of the advertisement. A subject individual can be portrayed in an advertisement by including any type of representation of the individual. Ranks for the subject individuals are determined based on the subject individuals' interactions with advertisements and/or on other factors. An advertisement is selected and presented to a user based on a score derived from friends' and/or contributors' interactions with the advertisement. According to various embodiments of the invention, a method is provided for choosing which advertisement(s) to show to a user and which subject individuals to portray in the advertisements.

Abstract: Advertisements are generated and selected for display to users, wherein the advertisements include representations of subject individuals. These subject individuals can be friends with whom the user interacts on the Internet and/or any other contributors who may or may not have expertise with regard to the subject matter of the advertisement. A subject individual can be portrayed in an advertisement by including any type of representation of the individual. Ranks for the subject individuals are determined based on the subject individuals' interactions with advertisements and/or on other factors. An advertisement is selected and presented to a user based on a score derived from friends' and/or contributors' interactions with the advertisement. According to various embodiments of the invention, a method is provided for choosing which advertisement(s) to show to a user and which subject individuals to portray in the advertisements.