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Google Plans Service to Track Surfers' Activity

Plan would help companies target ads

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(Newser) – A new Google service will track web users’ activity to help companies target ads, raising concerns about conflict of interest, the Wall Street Journal reports. The free tool will use server data to track hits, a plan that threatens current industry giants comScore and Nielsen Online. Those paid services employ user panels and surveys, methods that can be ineffective.

Advertisers are worried about the plan because Google is also a leading seller of ads. “For an advertiser, the last thing you want to do is to have your adviser be the same person you are spending your money with,” says one CEO. As it expands into the world of advertising beyond the Internet, Google also plans a service following users’ responses to ads.

Exhibitors of the Google company work in front of a illuminated sign at the industrial fair Hannover Messe in Hanover, Germany, in this April 17, 2007 file photo.
Exhibitors of the Google company work in front of a illuminated sign at the industrial fair Hannover Messe in Hanover, Germany, in this April 17, 2007 file photo.   (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
Google logo above a display of bones.
Google logo above a display of bones.   ((c) jurvetson)
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ads I normally see   ((c) theogeo)
Google Co-founder and President of Technology Sergey Brinn listens as Senator Charles Schumer speaks during the opening of Google's new offices in New York, Monday, June 23, 2008.
Google Co-founder and President of Technology Sergey Brinn listens as Senator Charles Schumer speaks during the opening of Google's new offices in New York, Monday, June 23, 2008.   (AP Photo)
In this Aug. 9, 2006 file photo, Google CEO Eric Schmidt gestures during a talk in San Jose, Calif.
In this Aug. 9, 2006 file photo, Google CEO Eric Schmidt gestures during a talk in San Jose, Calif.   (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
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