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    Sarah Chong · · 1 min read

    Facebook Has 4 Times More Advertisers Now Than In 2009

    facebook adFacebook advertising platform has offered what others cannot provide; a massive number of loyal users with precise social data targeting.

    With a powerful product, the social-networking site has aggressively opened offices around the world and doubled their sales people to preach their service to a growing global audience.

    The result is pretty encouraging. Businessweek reported that the number of advertisers has more than quadrupled since the start of 2009. In terms of ad statistic, Facebook could serve up to 1.9 billion impressions per day.

    Undoubtedly, Facebook has the asset and muscles to become the next digital advertising giant. The site is growing at such break neck speed that it has simply made other competitors seem irrelevant.

    But it remains to be seen how its revenue would turn out to be.

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    Sarah Chong

    Co-founder and editor of Penn Olson. A laid-back marketing student otherwise. Loves social media and twitters about everything! (yes even about the stranger who chants to himself) A huge Harry Potter movie fan who is extremely scared of geckos.