While Facebook applications are known for flashy ads that will use dirty tricks to get users to click on them, Facebook public profiles have been able to avoid having advertisements placed on them. According to AdAge article yesterday, public profiles are no longer virgin territory for sponsors. Us Weekly has successfully sold sponsorship to State Farm on their public profile.
So is the beginning of a greater trend? Probably, but as one anonymous reader pointed out to us, selling advertising on public profiles is technically a violation of Facebook’s terms of service. Specifically, “Application tabs cannot contain advertising of any…
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