Internet Ad Spending Soars To $9.6 Billion
by Wendy Davis

ONLINE ADVERTISING REVENUES FOR THE year climbed to a new record of $9.6 billion--up 33 percent from 2003, and 19 percent from the previous record of $8.1 billion in 2000--according to a report released Thursday by the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Web ad revenues for the last three months of the year contributed $2.69 to the annual total, representing a 24 percent increase from the $2.18 online ad spend in the fourth quarter of 2003. Yearly revenues climbed for the major categories of online advertising: search, which grew to $3.9 billion from $2.5 billion in 2003; display and sponsorhip, which climbed to $2.6 billion from $2.3 billion; classifieds, up to $1.7 billion from $1.2 billion; and rich media advertising, weighing in at $963 million, up from $727 million.

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Blog and Ping – A Search Engine Traffic Bonanza

by John Jantsch

Everyone is talking about blogs these days as the magic money-making marketing tool. Some of the hype may actually be true, but I suggest you cut through most of what you read about blogs just long enough to understand why every business needs a blog.

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