<http://schema.org/articleBody>
"Your beautifully filtered photos will soon have companions within your Instagram feed. \nInstagram announced on Thursday that the company will bring advertisements to the photo-sharing app in the near future, and frankly, it's surprising it took this long. Unlike Facebook's famous mantra, \"Move fast and break things,\" its subsidiary Instagram seems to be taking a slightly more subtle approach. \nSee also: 25 Most-Followed Users on Instagram [PICS]\n\"Seeing photos and videos from brands you don\u2019t follow will be new, so we\u2019ll start slow,\" the company wrote on its blog. \"We\u2019ll focus on delivering a small number of beautiful, high-quality photos and videos from a handful of brands that are already great members of the Instagram community.\" \nFacebook has capitalized on mobile ads over the past nine months \u2014 the company's mobile ads brought in $655 million last quarter alone \u2014 and now Instagram will look to do the same. Instagram says it will do its best to make the ads blend in with the content users already see, and it will be in the best interest of advertisers to ensure their ads feel natural within the platform. Facebook's mobile ads have done well for the company's pocketbook, but some users have complained to Mashable that they can be overbearing or irrelevant. \nNo matter how well Instagram's upcoming ads look, though, they are still ads, and the impact on user experience is hard to predict. So what do you think? Will Instagram ads be a dud, or will they offer valuable content to your Instagram feed?\n\nHow do you feel about ads coming to Instagram?\n\n\n11 Secrets We Learned About Celebrities From Instagram\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1.  Anderson Cooper's dad is also a silver fox.\n\n\nImage: @andersoncooper on Instagram\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2. Tyra Banks loves her some bacon.\n\n\nImage: @tyrabanks on Instagram\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3. Mindy Kaling washes her own car (or at least pretends to).\n\n\nImage: @mindykaling on Instagram\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4. James Franco is quite fond of his hair stylist, Nana. He watches her do push-ups.\n\n\nImage: @jamesfrancotv on Instagram\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5. Oprah works out in hoop earrings.\n\n\nImage: @oprah on Instagram\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6. Bruce Springsteen has performed on stage with No. 42...\n\n\nImage: @springsteenn on Instagram\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n...and No. 44. \n\n\nImage: @springsteenn on Instagram\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n7. Emma Stone is a member of #TeamFollowback.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8. Bob Saget understands the key to Instagram: cute animals.\n\n\nImage: @bobsaget on Instagram\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9. Katie Couric is a sucker for the slots.\n\n\nImage: @katiecouric on Instagram\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10. Serena Williams has a Superman onesie.\n\n\nImage: @serenawilliams on Instagram\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n11. Aziz Ansari was always a baller on the dance floor.\n\n\nImage: @azizansari on Instagram\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://mashable.com/2013/10/04/poll-instagram-ads/>