Authors:
Dana A. Al-Qudah
;
Alexandra I. Cristea
and
Shi Lei
Affiliation:
University of Warwick, United Kingdom
Keyword(s):
Adaptive Hypermedia, e-Advertising, e-Business, Social Networks, Requirements Gathering.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
e-Business and e-Commerce
;
Personalized Web Sites and Services
;
Society, e-Business and e-Government
;
Web Information Systems and Technologies
;
Web Interfaces and Applications
Abstract:
The revolutionary world of the World Wide Web has created an open space for a multitude of fields to develop and propagate. One of these major fields is advertisement. Online advertisement has become one of the main activities conducted on the web, heavily supported by the industry. Importantly, it is one of the main contributors to any businesses’ income. However, consumers usually ignore the great majority of adverts online. This research paper studies the field of online advertisement, by conducting an exploratory study to understand end users’ needs for targeted online advertisement using adaptive hypermedia techniques. Additionally, we explore social networks, one of the booming phenomena of the web, to enhance the appropriateness of the advertising to the users. The main current outcome of this research is that end users are interested in personalised advertisement that tackles their needs and that they believe that the use of social networks and social actions help in the cont
extualisation of advertisement.
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