Microsoft explores sharing Bing Chat ad revenue with publishers
Bing Chat had ads since it launched Feb. 7. Now Microsoft says it's exploring ways to give some publishers a piece of that ad revenue.
Barry Schwartz a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land and a member of the programming team for SMX events. He owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics. Barry can be followed on Twitter here.
Bing Chat had ads since it launched Feb. 7. Now Microsoft says it's exploring ways to give some publishers a piece of that ad revenue.
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