Facebook kills some redundant ad units
The social network says it's been listening to what advertisers want, so it's consolidating some forms of advertising. [caption id="attachment_202" align="alignnone" width="585"] Facebook Ads Product Manager Fidji Simo speaks about consolidating ad products.(Credit: Donna Tam/CNET)[/caption] MENLO PARK, Calif. -- Facebook wants to make it less confusing for marketers to advertise on the social network, so it's killing some ad units and consolidating others, the company announced Thursday. "What we want to do is take the guesswork out of the process," Fidji Simo, a product manager for ads, said during a press event at Facebook's headquarters. The company is rolling out several changes in the next couple of months to its 27 types of advertising, including the elimination of Facebook questions, online local offers, and the individual page posts ads. [caption…