Editing Adware (section)

=== Software as a service ===
Support by advertising is a popular business model of [[software as a service]] (SaaS) on the [[World Wide Web|Web]]. Notable examples include the email service [[Gmail]]<ref name="zdnetfeature"/><ref>{{cite book|last=Teeter|first=Ryan|title=Google Apps For Dummies|isbn=978-1-118-05240-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5TUv9jCaJdwC&pg=SA3-PA27|author2=Karl Barksdale|pages=3–27|date=9 February 2011|publisher=John Wiley & Sons }}</ref> and other [[Google Workspace]] products (previously called Google Apps and G Suite),<ref name="informationweek"/> and the social network [[Facebook]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mashable.com/archive/facebooks-ad-revenue-hit-1-86b-for-2010/|title=Facebook's Ad Revenue Hit $1.86B for 2010|author= by Jolie O'Dell 203|date=17 January 2011|website=[[Mashable]]|publisher=Mashable.com|access-date=21 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Womack |first=Brian |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-20/facebook-revenue-will-reach-4-27-billion-emarketer-says-1-.html |title=Facebook Revenue Will Reach $4.27 Billion, EMarketer Says |publisher=Bloomberg |date=20 September 2011 |access-date=21 December 2011}}</ref> Microsoft has also adopted the advertising-supported model for many of its [[social software]] SaaS offerings.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/meet-microsoft-the-advertising-company/419|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130210062021/http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/meet-microsoft-the-advertising-company/419|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 February 2013|title=Meet Microsoft, the advertising company|last=Foley|first=Mary Jo|date=3 May 2007|work=[[ZDNet]]|access-date=20 November 2012}}</ref> The [[Microsoft Office Live]] service was also available in an advertising-supported mode.<ref name="informationweek"/>