Systems and methods for associating data with advertisements

1. A method comprising:

a processing circuit configured to:

store a relationship between a first user and a second user in a memory;

receive, from a first user, an indication of interest associated with the second user, the indication of interest providing an indication that the second user has interest in a topic of interest;

provide a notification to the second user in response to receiving the indication of interest associated with the second user;

receive an indication of acceptance by the second user in response to the notification, wherein the acceptance provides an indication that the second user is interested in the topic of interest;

add, in response to the received acceptance, the topic of interest to a profile of second user, wherein the topic of interest comprises a new topic of interest that was previously absent in the profile of the second user;

identify advertisements provided by an advertiser associated with the topic of interest; and

provide the advertisements for display to the second user.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the indication comprises a message sent by the first user to the second user using a social networking website, wherein the message comprises shared content from the first user to the second user and is viewable by the second user.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the relationship comprises a social relationship connection within a social network, the social relationship connection comprises at least one of a level and a degree.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving an input from the second user of a website; and

determining a weight of the topic of interest, based on (1) identifying data, (2) sharing data, and (3) the input from the second user, wherein the weight is stored in a memory in association with the profile of the second user, and wherein the identifying advertisements is at least in part based on the weight.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the identifying data comprises a number of users identifying the topic of interest with respect to the second user.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the sharing data comprises a number of users that the first user shares content with.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving an interaction with the advertisements from the second user, and identifying something of value for the first user based on the interaction.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein identifying something of value further comprises providing a credit to the first user.

9. A system comprising:

a processing circuit for:

storing a user profile for a second user;

storing a relationship between a first user and the second user;

receiving profile data associated with the second user from the first user, the profile data comprising an indication of a topic of interest for the second user;

receiving an indication of acceptance by the second user of the topic of interest in response to receiving the profile data;

storing, in response to the received indication, the topic of interest to the user profile for the second user, wherein the topic of interest comprises a new topic of interest that was previously absent in the user profile for the second user;

selecting an advertisement from an advertisement database based on the user profile data of the second user including the topic of interest received from the first user; and

providing display data comprising the selected advertisement to the second user.

10. The system of claim 9 , further comprising:

receiving a request from the first user to share data with the second user; and

identifying metadata from the shared data, wherein the profile data received from the first user is based on the identified metadata.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the relationship comprises a social relationship connection within a social network, the social relationship connection comprises at least one of a level and a degree.

12. The system of claim 9 , further comprising:

receiving an interaction with the advertisements from the second user, and identifying something of value for the first user based on the interaction.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein identifying something of value further comprises providing a credit to the first user.

14. A method for advertising over a computer network, comprising:

receiving, by an advertisement server computer, an advertisement request requesting an advertisement for delivery to a second user; and

selecting, by the advertisement server computer, an advertisement from an advertisement database to provide to the second user in response to the advertising request based on user profile data of the second user, wherein the user profile data of the second user one or more topics of interest for the second user, wherein the one or more topics of interest include at least one topic of interest identified in response to data received from a first user, wherein the identifying the topic of interest from data received from the first user comprises:

receiving the data from the first user, the data providing an indication that the second user has interest in a topic of interest; and

providing a notification to the second user in response to receiving the data; and

receiving an indication of acceptance by the second user in response to the notification, wherein the acceptance provides an indication that the second user is interested in the topic of interest.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein identifying the topic of interest from the data further comprises identifying a relationship between the first user and the second user.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the relationship comprises a social relationship connection within a social network, the social relationship connection comprises at least one of a level and a degree.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein the data received by the first user is based on shared data between the first user and the second user.

18. The method of claim 14 , further comprising receiving an interaction with the advertisement from the second user, and identifying something of value for the first user based on the interaction.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein identifying something of value further comprises providing a credit to the first user.