Adense for Audio?

Posted by stuart as , ,

Rumours are doing the rounds at the moment that Google are about to announce an “AdSense for Audio” system. This might be interesting….

The rumours are that Google has a kick-ass audio recognition software which will allow it to place contextually served ads alongside podcasts, and other streaming media (Youtube, anyone?)Just think for a minute, if you will, where this technology might take us….a few possible uses might include:

1. A free VoIP service which interjects with ads contextually relevant to the conversation taking place every couple of minutes.
2. Advertising on public transport, which picks up on what people on the bus/tram/train are talking about, then serves ads based on the topic of the day
3. Advertising for talkback radio, based on what the callers are talking about

Anybody else got any idea what this sort of technology could be used for?