UK Online advertising this year £1 billion

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UK online ads 'set to top £1bn'

People are spending more time and money online
The value of online advertising in the UK could top £1bn this year for the first time, an industry study has said.
Revenues from online adverts rose 62%, on a like-for-like basis, to £490m in the first half of 2005, outstripping growth in overall advertising of 3%.

The Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) said UK online ad values could surpass £1bn in 2005, driven by take-up of broadband internet connections.

More is now being spent on online than billboard adverts for the first time.


full story: news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4307856.stm

Very cool, I notice this increase a little bit everywhere, I have just saw a few days ago a statistics about the increase of the amount spent on internet in Romania in various serves, ISP, hosting, e-commerce.

Ovi