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INTERACTIVE
MARKETING AND MEDIA
DATA ON THE DIGITAL WORLD
ever Interactive Fact Pack.
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Theres a lot here to interact with. The stories these numbers tell are as fascinating as the development of this media and marketing channel. Youll learn, among
other things, that nearly four of 10 U.S. households already have broadband access.
And that reading blogs is one of the most popular activities among online users.
Its no surprise that search is a robust growth area, but the fact that it will account
for 41.5% of 2006s online spending is a shocker. Its growth rate will likely slow, but
it will get a bigger share of marketers dollars.
If you had any doubts about the increasing importance of social networking and
user-generated content, note that the
popular (and controversial) MySpace is
already among the top 10 most-trafficked
sites. RSS content is small, but growing, Data from eMarketer, which benchmarks projecand another example of users desire to tions against Interactive Advertising Bureau/
data, for which the last
control their online experience. Theres PricewaterhouseCoopers
full year measured was 2005. Dollars in billions.
not yet much real data on other hot,
PROJECTED
AS %
emerging areas such as video on demand FORMAT
2006
TOTAL
and user-generated comment, but look
$6.47
41.5
for it in future fact packs. Such change is Paid search
the nature of this medium. Check out in- Rich media
1.79
11.5
game advertising: its now pegged at just
2.73
17.5
$173 million but expected to top half-a- Classified
billion dollars by 2009.
Display ads
2.89
18.5
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4.0
tive market is monitored by dozens of Sponsorships
companies, trade groups and publications. Referrals
0.78
5.0
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CONTENTS
Overview
The interactive channels marketers are using, and plan to use

Web sites
The most unique visitors and the highest ad revenue

Online display advertising


The top 25 marketers and the top categories

Consumer Internet usage


Internet penetration, habits and consumer spending

Classified
The top classified sites and recruitment sites by share of market

Search
Search engine market share and the top search terms

Mobile
Mobile device habits, WAP subscribers by carrier and handset share

E-mail
What marketers are spending and what blocked e-mail costs

Games
The top 5 games and how marketers plan to spend

RSS
Users of Really Simple Syndication visit news sites more often

Awards & top agencies


Interactive awards, the top 10 interactive agencies and top ad networks

Miscellaneous
PC market share and digital player share

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OVERVIEW

FT.coms US visitors are worldly and


successful. And hard to beat:

MARKETERS USING INTERACTIVE


Source: Forrester Researchs fourth quarter 2005 Marketing Panel Online Study. More than 230 marketers were asked if they were currently using, piloting or expected to direct each of these channels
during the next 12 months.
PERCENT RESPONDING BY MARKETER CATEGORY
CONSUMER
MEDIA &
FINANCIAL
PRODUCTS COMMUNICATIONS RETAIL
SERVICES

CHANNEL

EQUIPMENT
& TECH

Rich media e-mails

86%

76%

71%

51%

59%

Contextual targeting

71

87

71

60

54

Rich media display ads

71

81

60

63

51

Blogs/social networks

69

70

54

28

51

Behavioral targeting

63

85

83

72

56

RSS

63

65

37

37

38

Mobile marketing

46

70

34

31

28

Advergames/in-game ads

43

41

31

22

Highest US Income
More US Car Buyers
More US Finance/Banking

PLANNED SPENDING ON EMERGING AD TACTICS


Source: MarketingSherpa as cited by eMarketer, from a study of ad:tech attendees, January 2006.

MARKETING TACTIC

PERCENT RESPONDING
DEFINITELY
MORE THAN A
SPENDING ON
YEAR OUT

Adding RSS feeds

40%

19%

In-house blogs

35

18

Ads on third party blogs/blog networks

30

19

Video ads

27

26

Ads in RSS feeds

21

27

Mobile/wireless

20

32

In-house podcasts

18

31

Sponsoring podcasts

14

32

Product placement in video games

10

36

A global view for a global world.


For further information on how to reach this influential audience,
please call Lucy Gould at 212-641-6646

Highest average HHI, highest composition of those who "will definitely purchase" a car/truck in the next 6 months, highest composition of those in the banking/finance industry
among competitive set, which includes; FT.com, Forbes.com, Economist.com, Business Week Online, WSJ.com, CNNMoney.com, MarketWatch.com, NYT.com, Yahoo! Finance.
Source: @Plan Spring 2006

A World of Success

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WEB SITES

Here. There. Everywhere.

TOP FIVE PORTAL SITE COS. BY UNIQUE VISITORS


Ranking based on data from comScore Media Metrix. Sales and earnings from public documents. Ad
spending is measured media ad spending from TNS Media Intellience.

Yahoo yahoo.com; Sunnyvale, Calif.


120 million unique visitors a month averaged 244.9 minutes on the sites.
NUMBERS
Revenue (billions)
Net income (billions)
Ad spending (millions)

2005
$5.26
1.90
36.8

2004 % CHG
$3.57
0.84
55.1

47.1
125.9
-33.2

EXECUTIVES

Even here.

9,816 employees led by Terry S. Semel, chmn, CEO & dir; Jerry
Yang, co-founder & chief Yahoo; David Filo, co-founder & chief
Yahoo; TOP MKTG EXEC: Cammie Dunaway, chief mktg officer

Microsoft Corp. msn.com, msnbc.com (joint venture), microsoft.com; Redmond, Wash.


110.8 million unique visitors a month averaged 176 minutes on the sites.
NUMBERS
Revenue (billions)
Net income (billions)
Ad spending (millions)

2005
$39.79
12.25
463.0

2004 % CHG

EXECUTIVES

$36.83
8.17
485.5

61,000 employees led by William H. Gates III, chmn; Steven A.


Ballmer, CEO; TOP MKTG EXEC: Kevin Turner, COO

8.0
50.0
-4.6

Time Warner aol.com, cnn.com, multiple media sites; New York

ValueClick Media is now the most powerful way to achieve


direct response and brand marketing results online.

110.4 million unique visitors a month averaged 290.5 minutes on the sites.
NUMBERS

2005

2004 % CHG

EXECUTIVES

Revenue (billions)
Net income (billions)
Ad spending (millions)

$43.65
2.91
2,102.9

$42.09
3.36
2,047.4

85,000 employees led by Richard D. Parsons, chmn & CEO-Time Warner;


Jonathan F. Miller, chmn & CEO-AOL; TOP MKTG EXEC: John Partilla, presTime Warner Global Mktg; Joe Redling, chief mktg officer-AOL

3.7
-13.4
2.7

EXECUTIVES

Where you should be...


No other network offers better direct response and brand marketing solutions or a more
knowledgeable sales and account management staff to support the success of
advertisers and their agencies.

5,680 employees led by Eric E. Schmidt, chmn & CEO; Larry Page,
co-founder & pres-products; Sergey Brin, co-founder & pres-tech;
TOP MKTG EXEC: Omid Kordestani, sr VP-global sls & bus devel

Our new display advertising and lead generation technologies make ValueClick Media
the highest performing and most scalable way to reach consumers online.

Google google.com; Mountain View, Calif.


94.6 million unique visitors a month averaged 32.3 minutes on the sites.
NUMBERS
Revenue (billions)
Net income (billions)
Ad spending (millions)

2005
$6.14
1.47
8.1

2004 % CHG
$3.19
0.40
4.6

92.4
267.2
76.9

eBay ebay.com; San Jose, Calif.


66.6 million unique visitors a month averaged 94.4 minutes on the sites.
NUMBERS
Revenue (billions)
Net income (billions)
Ad spending (millions)

2005
$4.55
1.08
128.9

2004 % CHG
$3.27
0.78
101.2

39.2
39.0
27.3

Where your consumers are...


Our vast reach provides access to more than two-thirds of the U.S. Internet audience.
Technology, expertise and custom capabilities allow us to precisely target your audience,
wherever they may be online.

Here. There. Everywhere.


But dont take our word for it. Let our results speak for themselves.
www.valueclickmedia.com/evenhere

EXECUTIVES
11,600 employees led by Pierre M. Omidyar, chmn; Margaret C.
Whitman, pres & CEO; TOP MKTG EXEC: John Donahoe, pres-eBay
Marketplace

ValueClick Media, a ValueClick, Inc. company


30699 Russell Ranch Road, Suite 250, Westlake Village, CA 91362
818.575.4500

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TOP 25 WEB SITES BY UNIQUE VISITORS


Source: comScore Media Metrix. Unique visitors in thousands for 166,966,000 total visits in February
2006 versus 160,287,000 visits in February 2005. ComScore defines unique visitors as the estimated
number of different individuals that visited any content of a website, a category, a channel, or an application during the reporting period. Rankings by category continue on Pages 16 through 21. * Growth is
largely attributed to NYTD's acquisition of About.com. Average minutes are per visitor.

RANK SITE

UNIQUE VISITORS

% CHG AVERAGE
VS. 2/05 MINUTES

Yahoo sites

120,004

3.5

244.9

MSN-Microsoft sites

110,783

0.2

176.0

Time Warner Network

110,423

-1.6

290.5

Google sites

94,627

27.0

32.3

eBay

66,613

7.4

94.4

Ask.com

43,030

2.1

19.9

Amazon sites

42,660

11.0

18.8

MySpace

37,349

NA

172.6

New York Times Digital *

34,841

322.6

9.7

10

Verizon Communications Corp.

32,058

17.4

16.6

11

Walt Disney Internet Group

31,662

12.0

39.1

12

Weather Channel

27,887

-4.0

10.7

13

CNET sites

26,492

-9.1

17.3

14

Expedia

25,392

11.0

18.4

15

Viacom

25,250

-24.2

59.0

16

United

24,816

108.2

23.6

17

Apple Computer

24,277

58.9

12.6

18

Monster Worldwide

24,050

-14.0

14.9

19

Lycos

23,443

-16.0

9.3

20

AT&T

22,355

6.6

22.3

21

Vendare Media

22,017

NA

1.9

22

Adobe sites

21,895

57.0

3.1

23

Bank of America

21,047

30.8

33.0

24

Wal-Mart

20,999

9.4

14.7

25

Gorilla Nation Media

20,770

18.0

10.3

166,966

4.2

NA

Total audience

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TOP 25 U.S. PARENT WEB SITES BY AD REVENUE

TOP 25 U.S. WEB SITES BY AD REVENUE

Source: TNS Media Intelligence. Dollars are in millions for calendar 2005 and represent only display
advertising on more than 2,500 sites. Percent change computed versus 2004 data, not shown.

RANK SITE

Yahoo

U.S. AD SPENDING

% CHANGE

Source: TNS Media Intelligence. Dollars are in millions for calendar 2005 and represent only display
advertising on more than 2,500 sites. Percent change computed versus 2004 data, not shown.

RANK

SITE (URL IF DIFFERENT)

U.S. AD SPENDING

% CHANGE

$1,094.0

-30.8

AOL.com

$556.0

1.0

AOL

902.3

28.6

MSN.com

291.7

9.7

Microsoft

772.8

-7.4

Yahoo.com

275.0

40.5

Lycos

218.1

-7.2

Yahoo TV coverage (tv.yahoo.com)

205.3

-64.3

AT&T

198.2

37.1

Yahoo Sports (sports.yahoo.com)

203.6

-10.8

CNET

177.2

12.8

AT&T Worldnet (ATT.net)

192.9

39.4

Excite

167.5

-2.4

MSNBC.com

188.2

-21.2

Dow Jones Online

149.9

48.5

MarketWatch.com

135.9

40.3

CNN Interactive

134.6

33.4

Excite Lifestyles (lifestyle.excite.com)

134.3

-5.7

10

American Greetings

124.9

15.3

10

Yahoo Health (health.yahoo.com)

105.5

-22.7

11

ABC Internet Group

124.7

-20.9

11

Weather Channel (weather.com)

97.3

36.1

12

About

115.1

59.0

12

ESPN.com

96.3

-12.4

13

News Corp.

105.3

77.1

13

CNET.com

91.1

-6.3

14

ESPN Internet Group

102.7

-11.6

14

ABCNews.com

81.9

-11.2

15

Weather Channel Interactive

97.3

36.1

15

BlueMountainArts.com

78.2

20.8

16

Time Inc.

94.2

36.7

16

New York Times (nytimes.com)

77.0

93.1

17

New York Times

90.6

111.6

17

WashingtonPost.com

70.3

67.4

18

Washington Post

85.9

50.9

18

Gamespy.com

68.7

90.7

19

Flipside

69.3

28.2

19

MSN Games by Zone (zone.msn.com)

63.1

5.1

20

Viacom

60.0

32.8

20

CBS.SportsLine.com

59.6

31.8

21

Morningstar

54.4

71.6

21

Uproar.com

58.8

33.7

22

E.W. Scripps

53.8

72.5

22

CNN.com

55.4

8.9

23

Playboy

50.5

44.9

23

Morningstar.com

54.4

71.6

24

Expedia

49.8

-6.3

24

Lycos Movies Clips (entertainment.lycos.com/movies)

51.1

48.2

25

ZDNet

49.6

39.4

25

Playboy.com

50.5

44.9

8,322.7

13.3

8,322.7

13.3

Total measured Internet advertising

Total measured Internet advertising

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TOP 25 WEB SITE CATEGORIES BY AD REVENUE

WHERE $8.32 BILLION IS SPENT

Source: TNS Media Intelligence for calendar 2005. Ad revenue is in millions. Percent change computed
on 2004 data, not shown. Data is only for display advertising on more than 2,500 U.S. Internet Web
sites. *No. 1 is multi-service such as MSN, Yahoo and AOL and No. 10 is just portals and search engines
such as Ask and About. Categories are from TNS.

RANK TYPE OF SITE

Portals, search engines & ISPs: Multi-service*

U.S. AD SPENDING

% CHANGE

$1,130.3

10.9

News & current events

762.7

11.5

Business, finance & investing

717.7

33.5

General interest/entertainment

582.1

34.0

Sports

546.2

12.0

Local news & guides

470.4

67.4

Movies, videos, TV & cable

368.0

-47.0

Health & fitness

367.1

14.7

Computing & technology

322.1

27.0

10

Portals & search engines*

303.5

-11.6

11

Games

296.7

44.6

12

Travel

225.7

27.2

13

Internet service providers

222.5

34.9

14

Automotive

179.0

32.8

15

Cards & screen savers

171.2

16.5

16

Music, broadcasts & radio

165.4

17.0

17

TV stations

133.5

12.6

18

Real estate

104.5

3.6

19

Common cultures/communities

101.6

37.3

20

Names, numbers & mapping

93.6

-12.1

21

Shopping services, guides & alerts

89.2

16.4

22

Special interests/hobbies

87.3

46.0

23

Food

82.2

33.2

24

Shopping

81.4

-5.5

25

Gambling, sweepstakes & lotteries

78.2

31.1

8,322.7

13.3

Total

Source: TNS Media Intelligence for calendar 2005. See table on facing page.

Portals, search
engines, ISPs
All other
55.0%; $4.58 billion

13.6%; $1.13 billion


News, current events
9.2%; $763 million
Business, finance
8.6%; $718 million
General interest
7.0%; $582 million
Sports
6.6%; $546 million

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What Should You Know About Online Advertising?

TOP 5 SITES IN 15 MAJOR CATEGORIES


Source: comScore Media Metrix. Unique visitors in thousands for 166,966,000 total visits in February
2006 versus 160,287,000 visits in February 2005. Rankings continue through Page 21. Categories chosen based on general popularity.

RANK SITE

UNIQUE VISITORS

% CHANGE

AUTOMOTIVE
1

EBay Motors U.S.

9,160

7.4

General Motors Corp.

8,000

11.4

Ford Motor Co.

6,009

-6.7

MSN Autos

6,000

25.7

Kelley Blue Book Co.

5,270

-9.8

47,880

-0.2

Total automotive

NEWS/RESEARCH
1

MSN Money

11,574

10.4

Yahoo Finance

8,679

-16.0

Dow Jones & Co.

6,620

-14.0

Forbes

5,997

70.4

CNN Money

5,716

-2.8

39,547

-15.7

Total news/research

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1
2

CareerBuilder
Monster

19,705
12,363

3.2
-20.1

Yahoo Hotjobs

5,849

-30.7

Job.com

2,519

14.8

College Board Property

2,426

NA

45,201

-2.1

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the female majority will become even more pronounced over the next few years, particularly in online shopping and
buying. As women, who dominate offline spending, extend that influence online, they will transform content,
commerce and marketing. Are marketers, retailers, Web content sites and agencies prepared for the women s Web?
Internet Users in the US, by Gender, 2003-2008 (in
millions)
2003
79.9
84.4
2004
82.3
87.8
2005
84.2
91.2
2006
85.9
94.2
2007
87.7
96.9

Overview
Technological, economic and societal shifts are changing the
online demographic mix in the US. Females have grown more
comfortable with technology and the Internet, and while
womens earnings still trail mens, educational and salary
trends suggest that womens economic flexibility and clout is
on the rise. As a result, more females are going online, and
females will constitute an undeniable majority in the US online
population in the near future. Females have long embraced the
Internet as a communications medium, and have shown a
strong interest in online games, health content and music.
Now, adult women, who dominate consumer spending offline,
are shifting more and more of their shopping online. As the
female influence grows across the Internet, companies will
need to use techniques that appeal to females, including
word-of-mouth marketing, e-mail and relationship-building
continuity programs.

2008
89.3
99.2
Male

Female

063771 2005 eMarketer, Inc.

Issues & Questions


I How large is the female online population in the US and how

quickly will it grow?

Note: ages 3+; all locations; eMarketer uses the US Department of


Commerce 2003 Internet user number-someone ages 3+ who has
accessed the Internet in the last month-as its benchmark source.
eMarketer has extrapolated the Department of Commerce number to end
of year
Source: eMarketer, April 2005
www.eMarketer.com

I Will females drive future growth in online shopping?


I What activities do females pursue online?
I How can companies best reach this growing majority?

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TOP 5 SITES IN 15 MAJOR CATEGORIES


Source: comScore Media Metrix. Unique visitors in thousands for 166,966,000 total visits in February
2006 versus 160,287,000 visits in February 2005. Rankings continue through Page 21. Categories chosen based on general popularity.

RANK SITE

UNIQUE VISITORS

% CHANGE

RANK

SITE

UNIQUE VISITORS

% CHANGE

CLASSIFIEDS

ENTERTAINMENT - MUSIC
1

Yahoo Music

20,818

-5.7

Craigslist.org

8,524

130.3

AOL Music

18,641

0.7

Trader Publishing Co.

7,615

19.0

MSN Music

17,275

28.0

AutoTrader

4,743

-10.7

ITunes

15,508

182.6

Cars.com

3,283

2.7

Artistdirect Network

10,549

59.7

Apartments.com

1,767

-13.9

Total entertainment - music

78,136

6.5

Total classifieds

26,878

35.5

PERSONALS

GAMBLING
1

Cassava Enterprises

8,057

-11.2

Yahoo Personals

5,325

-15.1

PCH.com

5,116

-29.7

Match.com sites

3,895

-15.5

PartyGaming

3,746

-50.5

Spark Networks

2,336

-22.6

Powerball.com

3,271

283.2

True.com

1,947

47.4

EPrize.net

3,116

58.5

Mate1.com

1,941

542.0

43,164

-10.9

22,249

-11.8

Total gambling

Total personals

ENTERTAINMENT - MOVIES

GAMES
1

Yahoo Games

18,319

-16.6

IMDB.com

15,092

41.1

MSN Games

10,468

-11.4

Yahoo Movies

12,138

-17.1

EA Online

9,768

-16.0

MSN Movies

12,001

5.4

AOL Games

7,078

-15.3

Moviefone

11,722

6.4

Atom Entertainment

7,015

28.5

Hollywood Media Corp.

7,668

-23.1

67,962

-3.4

58,646

6.1

Total games

Total entertainment - movies

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TOP 5 SITES IN 15 MAJOR CATEGORIES


Source: comScore Media Metrix. Unique visitors in thousands for 166,966,000 total visits in February
2006 versus 160,287,000 visits in February 2005. Rankings continue through Page 21. Categories chosen based on general popularity.

RANK SITE

UNIQUE VISITORS

% CHANGE

RANK

SITE

UNIQUE VISITORS

% CHANGE

HEALTH

BLOGS
1

Blogger.com

15,640

528.0

WebMD Health

13,093

21.9

MySpace Blogs

11,345

NA

NIH.gov

8,381

11.4

Six Apart Sites

8,699

NA

MSN Health

6,203

27.9

MSN Spaces

7,925

800.6

About Health and Fitness

4,680

NA

Xanga.com

7,246

7.3

Waterfront Media

4,060

NA

Total blogs

47,694

NA

63,260

6.1

Total health

NEWS/INFORMATION

SPORTS
1

ESPN

17,806

42.7

New York Times Digital*

34,841

322.6

FOX Sports on MSN

15,852

34.0

Weather Channel

27,887

-4.0

Yahoo Sports

13,026

58.1

MSNBC

26,484

20.1

AOL Sports

11,695

37.9

Yahoo News

26,437

7.4

NFL Internet Group

8,393

0.6

CNN

20,546

-1.7

61,707

16.4

107,361

0.8

Total sports

Total news/information

RETAIL

TRAVEL
1

Expedia

25,392

11.0

EBay

66,613

7.4

Trip Network

15,897

-7.3

Amazon sites

42,660

11.0

Travelocity

12,246

-6.9

Apple Computer

24,277

58.9

Orbitz

12,169

-17.2

Wal-Mart Stores

20,999

9.4

Southwest Airlines

9,902

NA

Target Corp.

19,876

26.0

69,260

2.7

Total retail

132,226

3.2

Total travel

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$8.32 BILLION INTERNET
DISPLAY ADS BY CATEGORY
Source: TNS Media Intelligence. Dollars are in millions for calendar 2005 and represent only display
advertising on more than 2,500 sites. *See note on Page 27 for information on the categories, which
are aggregated by Ad Age.

Telecommunications,
Internet and ISPs
18.3%; $1.53 billion

All other
41.8%; $3.46 billion

Retail
12.4%; $1.04 billion

Financial services
12.4%; $1.03 billion
Media
6.5%; $543 million

General services
8.6%; $714 million

DISPLAY AD GROWTH
Source: TNS Media Intelligence. Figures are in millions of dollars.

YEAR

U.S. SPENDING

% CHG

2005

$8,322.7

13.3%

2004

7,342.9

20.8

2003

6,080.1

18.0

2002

5,151.5

-11.1

2001

5,797.1

NA

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TOP 25 U.S. INTERNET ADVERTISERS

Directory of Services

Source: TNS Media Intelligence. Dollars are in millions for calendar 2005 and represent only display
advertising on more than 2,500 sites. Percent change computed versus 2004 data, not shown.

Vonage Holdings Corp.

U.S. AD SPENDING

% CHANGE

$275.8

370.1

Time Warner

169.7

16.5

GUS

166.5

92.4

Dell

155.4

30.0

Verizon Communications

144.0

15.5

Classmates Online

142.9

85.6

Netflix

136.4

-19.9

General Motors Corp.

110.5

67.1

Hewlett-Packard Co.

108.0

-22.5

10

Microsoft Corp.

103.0

-31.9

11

TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.

91.8

39.5

12

Walt Disney Co.

90.4

69.7

13

Apollo Group

89.1

-7.3

14

Scottrade

85.1

34.7

15

IAC/InterActiveCorp

77.3

-9.3

16

E-Trade Financial Corp.

71.6

27.0

17

EBay

66.7

171.2

18

Viacom

66.2

71.6

19

Charles Schwab Corp.

64.4

8.7

20

Emode.com

61.1

89.6

21

Monster Worldwide

58.9

18.2

22

AT&T

57.6

-19.9

23

Ford Motor Co.

55.0

20.9

24

Expedia

48.6

-0.4

25

News Corp.

47.6

12.0

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U.S. INTERNET SPENDING TOTALS BY CATEGORY

ABOUT THE CATEGORIES

Source: TNS Media Intelligence. Dollars are in millions for calendar 2005 and represent only display
advertising on more than 2,500 sites. *See note on facing page for information on the categories.
Percent change computed versus 2004 data, not shown.

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Telecommunications, Internet & ISPs

U.S. INTERNET AD SPENDING

% CHANGE

$1,525.3

16.5

Retail

1,035.4

-8.0

Financial services

1,031.7

12.7

General services

714.5

38.7

Media

542.7

35.2

Airlines, hotels, car rental & travel

512.9

23.3

Automotive

422.1

15.8

Medicine & remedies

390.1

0.5

Computers & software

357.8

-11.4

10

Education

254.1

11.1

11

Government, politics & religion

171.9

18.3

12

Insurance

162.1

-10.8

13

Toys & games

123.3

54.2

14

Movies, recorded video & music

115.8

0.2

15

Food, beverages & candy

108.8

37.0

16

Personal care

79.4

50.9

17

Home furnishings, appliances & electronics

78.9

114.3

18

Real estate

69.8

-1.8

19

Restaurants

45.2

105.5

20

Beer, wine & liquor

43.2

-2.0

21

Apparel

26.8

-59.3

22

Hardware & home building supplies

14.7

33.4

23

Home supplies & cleaners

13.5

130.2

24

Sporting goods

9.5

16.5

25

Gas & oil

7.7

69.4

Categories are aggregated from TNS classifications as follows (not comprehensively): Automotive
includes manufacturers and dealerships; Retail includes discount department & variety stores, department stores, retail, shopping centers & catalog showrooms; Telecom, Internet services and ISP includes
telephone companies (wireless, local and long distance), Internet service providers, web designers, communications networks, telephone equipment, and offline Internet support; Medicines & proprietary
remedies: Pharmaceutical houses, medicines & proprietary remedies, fitness, eye glasses, medical
equipment; Financial services includes banks and credit cards; Food, beverages & confectionery:
Beverages, confectionery & snacks, dairy, produce, meat & bakery goods, prepared foods, ingredients,
mixes & seasonings; General Services: Apparel services, business services, beauty shops, doctors, nurses, chiropractors, dentists, hospitals, clinics & medical centers, legal services, rental services, dating services, spectator sporting events, exterminators, electric & water companies; Personal care: Cosmetics &
beauty aids, personal hygiene, hair products, toiletries, hygienic goods & skin care; Movies, recorded
video and music includes DVDs; Direct response advertising includes direct response advertising in all
classifications; Airlines, hotel, car rental and travel includes cruise ship travel; Apparel: ready-to-wear,
underclothing & hosiery, jewelry, accessories footwear; Home furnishings, appliances & electronics:
household furnishings & accessories, building materials, equipment & fixtures, appliances, electronics;
Home supplies and cleaners: Household soaps, cleansers & polishes, laundry soaps, foils, wraps, paper
products; Miscellaneous: Aviation (excluding freight), employment recruitment, agriculture, lawn and
garden, industrial, luggage, cameras, film.

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CONSUMER
INTERNET
USAGE
INTERNET PENETRATION BY ACCESS TECHNOLOGY

Point is a special in-book and online section of Advertising Age that focuses
on the business issues and imperatives of CMOs and other senior-level
marketing executives.

Source: Ad Age from eMarketer data, using the Federal Communications Commission as its benchmark
for broadband households for 2003. Based on 283.4 million people in the U.S. ages 3+. (See Page 30)

Coming soon! Look for video interviews with CMOs on Advertising Age
Online (www.adage.com). Point will also conduct webcasts on the
topics that matter most to CMOs.
Broadband users
105.1 million; 37.1%

Published monthly, Point reaches 178,000 client-side marketers, plus


bonus distribution to key events throughout the year, including

Not online
108 million; 38.1%

iMedia Brand Summit


Advertising Ages Madison+Vine
Conference
ANA Agency Relations Forum
AAAA Management Conference &
Annual Meeting
Advertising Ages American Consumer
Conference
Ad:Tech San Francisco
US Marketing Forum
ANA Ad Financial Management
Conference
Spencer Stuart CMO Summit
AMA Efe Awards Gala

Dialup users
70.3 million; 24.8%

$172.4 BILLION IN U.S. ONLINE RETAIL SALES IN 2005


Source: Forrester Research U.S. eCommerce 2005 to 2010. All figures are projected. (See Page 34)

Travel
$62.8 billion; 36.4%

Home products
$19.1 billion; 11.1%
Computers, hardware
and software
$13.9 billion; 8.1%

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Other
$76.6 billion; 44.4%

ANA Everything Except TV Conference


Advertising Ages Entertainment
Marketers of the Year
AAAA Account Planning Conference
Advertising Ages Women to Watch
ANA Agency Relations Forum
Advertising Ages Madison+Vine East
ANA Annual Conference
Advertising Ages & Creativitys
Redening Creativity
Ad:Tech New York
Advertising Ages Media Mavens
Advertising Ages Marketing 50

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INTERNET USERS IN THE U.S. BY ACCESS TECHNOLOGY


Source: eMarketer, using the Federal Communications Commission as its benchmark source for broadband
households for 2003. *Other includes xDSL technologies other than ADSL, fixed wireless (MMDS & WiMAX),
satellite, fiber, Ethernet, powerline technology and other traditional wireline technologies such as T1 lines.

USERS, HOUSEHOLDS, SUBSCRIBERS

Internet users (in millions)

2003

(in millions)

184.6

188.5

278.4

280.9

283.4

286.1

288.6

291.2

59.0%

60.6%

61.9%

63.0%

64.0%

64.7%

86.5

105.1

124.2

141.7

157.3

71.5
92.8

percent change

Internet households (in millions)

64.1

percent change

Broadband households

(in millions)

26.0

percent change

Dial-up households (in millions)

38.1

percent change

70.3

18.2%

55.9

1.0

14.1%

42.9

0.9%
0.7

11.0%

31.2

-9.9%

-15.9%

-20.5%

-23.3%

-27.3%

68.8

71.5

74.1

78.0

82.2

34.3

42.3

51.1

60.4

69.4

7.3%

31.9%

34.5

3.9%

23.3%

29.2

3.6%

20.8%

23.0

5.3%

18.2%

17.6

5.4%

14.9%

12.8

23.1%

29.9%

36.2%

42.9%

49.8%

56.3%

40.6%

49.9%

59.2%

69.0%

77.4%

84.4%

13.7

18.0

22.4

27.1

31.2

20.5

24.2

28.2

32.0

35.7

9.5
16.4
2.3

percent change

Total broadband subscribers

83.6

21.5%

1.1

0.9%

2.1%

-27.3%

percent change

Other broadband subscribers*

21.0%

1.3

1.0%

2.5%

-23.5%

percent change

Cable broadband subscribers

1.6

0.9%

2.7%

-21.2%

+/- change

ADSL broadband subscribers

0.9%

3.1%

-15.4%

+/- change

Broadband as % of all Internet households

3.5%

-9.4%

percent change

Broadband as % of all U.S. households

2008

180.1

percent change

Dial-up users (in millions)

2007

175.4

+/- change

Broadband users

2006

170.1

percent change

Internet users as % of population ages 3+

2005

164.3

percent change

U.S. population ages 3+ (in millions)

2004

28.2

6.8
9.3

44.2%
25.0%

2.6

6.3
9.3

31.4%
18.0%

2.8

6.7
9.8

24.4%
16.5%

4.1

6.9
8.5

21.0%
13.5%

5.6

6.5
7.0

15.1%
11.6%

6.6

13.0%

7.7%

46.4%

36.6%

17.9%

36.8

45.0

54.7

64.7

73.5

30.5%

22.3%

21.6%

18.3%

13.6%

Interactive Marketing & Media | Advertising Age | 33

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ONLINE ACTIVITIES OF U.S. ADULT INTERNET USERS


Source: Pew Internet and American Life Project, October 2005, as cited by eMarketer. Data is a compilation of two surveys: February-March 2005 n=2,201 and May-June 2005 n=2,001.

AT-HOME
DIAL-UP USERS

ACTIVITY

AT-HOME
BROADBAND

Get a news product

68%

82%

Buy a product online

59

81

Bank online

35

59

Download computer programs

35

47

Play online games

33

41

Read someone elses blog

20

35

Participate in an online auction

19

39

Download music

17

33

11

Create a blog

U.S. INTERNET USERS BY RACE


Source: eMarketer. eMarketer, using a 2003 baseline from the Department of Commerce's October
2003 estimate of the percentage of individuals ages 3+ in each segment who had access to the
Internet at the time of the survey.

RACE

2004

2005

2006

128.3
17.6
14.9
8.7

131.9
18.4
15.9
9.4

134.8
19.2
17.0
10.0

75.2%
10.5%
9.1%
5.3%

74.8%
10.7%
9.5%
5.6%

USERS (IN MILLIONS)


White
African-American
Hispanic
Asian-American

AS PERCENT OF TOTAL INTERNET USERS


White
African-American
Hispanic
Asian-American

75.4%
10.3%
8.8%
5.1%

IMPORTANCE OF ACTIVITIES BY ONLINE FREQUENCY


Source: The Conference Board, TNS NFO, first quarter 2006, as cited by eMarketer. A household is
classified as being online if the household head reports being online at least monthly. Of all online
households whose primarily reason for logging on is to conduct financial transactions (and less than
12% of households fall into this category), 75.9% log on to the Internet on a daily basis. While financial
transactions are the main draw to the Internet for these households, they are also likely using the
Internet for other purposes.

HOW OFTEN HOUSEHOLDS ARE ONLINE


SEVERAL
ABOUT
AT
TIMES
ONCE
LEAST
A WEEK
A WEEK
MONTHLY

LESS
THAN
MONTHLY

ACTIVITY

DAILY

Personal communication

70.4%

16.0%

4.6%

4.0%

5.0%

Personal research

68.5

16.1

4.6

4.4

6.4

Purchasing products

72.9

14.8

3.8

4.0

4.5

Financial transactions

75.9

14.4

3.2

3.5

3.0

Entertainment

71.1

15.7

4.0

4.0

5.1

Work-related activities

74.2

14.9

3.1

3.6

4.2

Following the news

72.8

15.4

3.6

3.7

4.5

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U.S. ONLINE RETAIL SALES

ONLINE CONTENT SPENDING BY CATEGORY

Source: Forrester Research U.S. eCommerce 2005 to 2010. All figures are projected. *Some categories
are aggregated by Ad Age.

CATEGORY*

Apparel

U.S. ONLINE RETAIL SALES PROJECTIONS (IN BILLIONS)


2005-2006
2005
% CHG
2010

$12.5

22.2%

Source: Online Publishers Association/comScore Networks. Dollars are in millions for calendar 2005.
Percent change is computed versus 2004 figures, not shown.

RANK

$25.9

CATEGORY

Entertainment/lifestyle

CONSUMER SPENDING

% CHANGE

$573.8

38.8

Personals/dating

503.4

7.2

Business content/investment

320.3

2.4

Research

152.3

32.3

Personal growth

117.3

21.6

Games

108.4

22.1

General news

78.7

-10.5

4.1

13.1

6.2

13.9

7.2

17.0

Computer hardware

11.3

7.0

13.8

Computer software

2.6

8.1

3.2

Consumer electronics

8.5

17.6

16.8

Flowers/cards/gifts

4.8

21.5

8.9

Community-made directories

65.4

-7.2

Health/beauty

2.9

36.3

7.8

Sports

51.3

-2.8

Home products

19.1

23.1

40.6

10

Greeting cards

45.7

5.3

Jewelry/luxury goods

3.2

26.8

6.1

Music/video

4.4

21.7

8.7

Music

1.6

24.0

2.6

Video

2.9

20.5

6.1

Sporting goods/equipment

4.1

22.8

8.7

Tickets

5.4

16.6

9.4

RANK

Toys/video games

3.9

14.9

6.3

Portals

17.3

33.5%

160,080

Toys

2.5

11.8

3.5

E-mail

1.4

20.1

2.8

7.3

14.1

125,834

Video games

9.3

0.0

19.4

Promotional servers

Auto/auto parts

5.8

11.3

157,383

5.8

27.4

16.9

Instant messengers

Food/beverage

5.1

9.8

74,064

62.8

16.9

119.1

Retail

3.9

7.6

136,863

38.5

13.8

63.7

Entertainment

2.8

5.4

129,441

Car rentals

2.7

22.2

5.8

Games

2.4

4.6

71,390

Full-service travel agents

1.1

45.5

3.7

Online Gaming

2.0

4.0

41,572

20.5

20.5

45.9

Community

1.6

3.1

110,141

172.4

17.0

328.6

10

Directories/resources

1.5

2.9

121,896

Books
Computer hardware/software

Travel
Airline tickets

Hotel reservations
Total U.S.

TOP CATEGORIES BY TIME SPENT ONLINE


Source: comScore Media Metrix. Unique visitors in thousands for November 2005 representing all persons at U.S. home, work, college and university locations.

CATEGORY

DAILY
MINUTES
PER USER

SHARE
OF ONLINE
DAY

UNIQUE
VISITORS
(000)

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CLASSIFIED
RECRUITMENT SITES BY SHARE OF MARKET
Source: Forrester Research, from U.S. Online Marketing Forecast 2005 to 2010. Revenues are in millions
for 2005. *Sites not affiliated with CareerBuilder.

RANK VENDOR

SHARE

U.S. REVENUE

% CHG

Monster

37.8%

$523

16.9%

CareerBuilder

22.8

315

24.0

Yahoo Hotjobs

10.4

144

15.2

Online newspapers*

13.0

180

26.8

Other online job sites

16.0

220

15.8

100.0

1,382

19.0

Total

CareerBuilder 22.8%
Yahoo Hotjobs 10.4%
Monster 37.8%

Online newspapers* 13.0%


Other online job sites 16.0%

U.S. ONLINE CLASSIFIEDS AD SPENDING


Source: Forrester Research, from U.S. Online Marketing Forecast 2005 to 2010.

2004

U.S. MARKETING SPENDING IN MILLIONS


2005
2006
2007
2008
2009

2010

Real estate

$565

$657

$748

$820

$921

$955

Automotive

447

614

754

888

1,003 1,102

1,186

1,161

1,382

1,617

1,876

2,119 2,353

2,564

Job listings

767

898

1,035

1,182

1,314 1,435

1,539

Resume database

325

401

485

581

678

776

872

Other advertising

70

83

97

113

127

141

154

2,173

2,654

3,119

3,584

4,000 4,375

4,705

Recruitment

Total

$878

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SEARCH

SEARCH SITE RANKING


Source: Hitwise data for the week of March 11, 2006. Hitwise collects Internet usage information through
partnerships with ISPs and opt-in panels to monitor more than 10 million users in the U.S. and more
than 25 million worldwide.

SHARE OF 5.82 BILLION ONLINE SEARCHES


Source: comScore qSearch, a division of comScore Networks. Percent change based on share of 5.24
billion searches in February 2005. The 2006 figure represents a 11.1% overal increase in searches.

PERCENT OF
SEARCHES IN FEB. 2006

ENGINE

RANK

NAME

DOMAIN

Google

Yahoo Search

% CHG

MSN Search

6.0%

Google Image Search

Google sites

42.3%

Yahoo sites

27.6

-3.5

Ask.com

MSN-Microsoft sites

13.5

-2.8

AOL Search

Time Warner network

8.0

-0.9

Yahoo Image Search

Ask.com

6.0

0.7

My Web Search

Information.com

SEARCH ENGINE MARKET SHARE


Source: comScore qSearch, a division of comScore Networks.

All other 2.6%


Ask.com 6.0%
Time Warner
network
8.0%

MSNMicrosoft
13.5%

Yahoo 27.6%

Google 42.3%

MARKET
SHARE

www.google.com

46.11%

search.yahoo.com

15.91

search.msn.com

12.28

images.google.com

5.63

www.ask.com

2.23

www.aolsearch.com

1.56

images.search.yahoo.com

1.49

www.mywebsearch.com

0.93

www.information.com

0.88

www.dogpile.com

0.79

10

Dogpile

11

My Search

www.mysearch.com

0.64

12

InfoSpace

www.infospace.com

0.54

13

Yahoo Directory

dir.yahoo.com

0.39

14

Gleaned.com

www.gleaned.com

0.37

15

Answers.com

www.answers.com

0.36

SEARCH ENGINE USE BY GENDER


Source: Hitwise data for the week of March 11, 2006. Hitwise collects Internet usage information through
partnerships with ISPs and opt-in panels to monitor more than 10 million users in the U.S. and more
than 25 million worldwide.

RANK

NAME

MALE

FEMALE

Google

53.01%

46.99%

Yahoo Search

50.05

49.95

MSN Search

46.52

53.48

Ask.com

42.69

57.31

AOL Search

41.25

58.75

40 | Advertising Age | FactPack

Interactive Marketing & Media | Advertising Age | 41

SPONSORED LINK CLICKS

SNAPSHOTS OF TOP SEARCH TERMS

Source: Harris Interactive study commissioned by iCrossing cited by eMarketer. How often U.S. adult
Internet users click on a sponsored link when using a search engine to look for a specific product/service. Internet users for this survey are those who use search engines to research products/services
before making online purchases.

AGE

ALWAYS

PERCENT OF RESPONDENTS
OFTEN
SOMETIMES
RARELY

NEVER

Four lists of top search terms are presented below. Sources: Wordtrackers Key Words report, March 15,
2006 is for the previous 100 days. The hits count is the number of sightings of a keyword in a database
of more than 370 million search terms from queries on metacrawlers on the web such as Metacrawler
and Dogpile. Adult terms are omitted. Google Zietgeist for the week ending March 13 shows the top 10
gaining search queries published by Google. *These two lists are from Hitwise for four weeks ending
March 11, 2006. Google terms are the top search terms on Google. The generic shopping terms are
those which had the most success driving traffic to shipping or classified sites across all engines.

18-34

1%

10%

37%

37%

15%

35-44

15

43

33

45-54

14

48

29

RANK

QUERY

55+

20

55

20

google

203,442

myspace

ebay

158,819

ebay

yahoo

149,466

yahoo

paris hilton

133,869

myspace.com

myspace

113,561

mapquest

girls

108,001

yahoo.com

FREQUENCY OF SEARCH ENGINE USE


Source: Center for Survey Research and Analysis at the University of Connecticut as cited by eMarketer
for February 2006.

PERCENT OF
RESPONDENTS

ACTIVITY

WORDTRACKER

GOOGLE TERMS (FROM HITWISE)*


HITS

RANK

QUERY

More than once a day

23%

eminem

99,863

hotmail

Once a day

16%

lyrics

93,124

my space

3-5 days a week

18%

carmen electra

90,736

dictionary

1-2 days a week

14%

10

games

90,068

10

Once every few weeks

11%

Less often

16%

GOOGLE ZEITGEIST
RANK

U.S. SEARCH MARKETING SPENDING


Source: Forrester Research, from U.S. Online Marketing Forecast 2005 to 2010.

2004

U.S. MARKETING SPENDING IN MILLIONS


2005
2006
2007
2008
2009

Agency fees

$424

$537

$691

$813

Paid inclusion

222

271

321

366

Contextual listings

648

914

1,181

Paid search

2,974

3,949

Total

4,268
36%

As % of online spending

2010

$946 $1,092 $1,258

QUERY

gmail

GENERIC SHOPPING TERMS*


RANK

QUERY

dana reeve

prom dresses

spacecraft

flowers

pi

lingerie

ncaa

furniture

sopranos

sex toys

447

485

teri hatcher

checks

1,426

1,665 1,881

2,089

wafah dufour

shoes

4,873

5,682

6,444 7,113

7,740

sebastian telfair

auto parts

5,671

7,067

8,287

9,463 10,533 11,571

world baseball classic

tires

39%

41%

42%

10

books

408

43%

44%

44%

10

barry bonds

42 | Advertising Age | FactPack

Interactive Marketing & Media | Advertising Age | 43

MOBILE
MOBILE DEVICE USE AND CONTENT CONSUMPTION

WAP SUBSCRIBERS BY CARRIER

Source: M:Metrics survey of 35,649 U.S. mobile subscribers. Data based on three-month moving average for period ending January 31, 2006. Projected subscriber totals are in thousands.

RANK

ACTIVITY

U.S. SUBSCRIBERS

% SHARE

% CHG

Source: M:Metrics. Subscriber figures are three month averages ending January 2006. WAP is Wireless
Application Protocol.

RANK

CARRIER

U.S. SUBSCRIBERS

% SHARE

Sent text message

62,421

34.1%

2.4%

Cingular/AT&T

37,788,212

28.79%

Retrieved news and information

19,008

10.4

2.3

Verizon

33,479,382

25.51

Purchased ringtone

18,372

10.0

3.9

Sprint PCS

14,151,552

10.78

Used photo messaging

17,971

9.8

5.7

T-Mobile

14,142,047

10.78

Used personal e-mail

14,026

7.7

4.3

Nextel

9,653,777

7.36

Used mobile instant messenger

11,979

6.5

3.6

Alltel

5,430,539

4.14

Used work e-mail

8,479

4.6

7.5

US Cellular

3,573,817

2.72

Purchased wallpaper or screensaver

7,372

4.0

2.7

Virgin Mobile

2,193,944

1.67

Downloaded mobile game

6,006

3.3

-0.7

Cellular One/Dobson/Western

1,644,712

1.25

10

TracFone

1,142,586

0.87

11

Other carrier

8,039,919

6.13

12

Total

131,240,484

100.00

TOP MOBILE SITES


Source: M:Metrics. Subscribers in millions are projected from a survey of 36,649 mobile users in
January 2006. The percentage indicates the percent of respondents who accessed this type of information ever in a month.

NEWS
RANK

13.4%
SITE

SUBSCRIBERS

SEARCH
RANK

SITE

SUBSCRIBERS

CNN.com

4.3

Google

4.6

Yahoo

4.1

Yahoo

4.1

ESPN Sports News

4.0

MSN

1.4

WEATHER
RANK

SITE

7.2%
SUBSCRIBERS

MAPS, DIRECTORIES
RANK

SITE

U.S. HANDSET MARKET SHARE

5.0%

Source: Strategic Analytics. Units sold are in millions for calendar 2005.

RANK

VENDOR

UNITS

% CHG

27.6%

% SHARE

Motorola

47.33

33.1%

LG

25.04

120.3

17.5

Nokia

24.23

-10.7

17.0

4.3%

Samsung

23.24

-4.0

16.3

SUBSCRIBERS

Kyocera

6.97

-19.6

4.9

Weather.com

4.2

Yahoo

3.5

Sanyo

5.50

-1.8

3.8

Yahoo

3.0

Google

2.9

Other

10.57

-16.8

7.4

Google

1.5

MapQuest

2.8

Total market

142.88

4.9

100.0

44 | Advertising Age | FactPack

Interactive Marketing & Media | Advertising Age | 45

E-MAIL
TOP 10 E-MAIL SERVICE
PROVIDERS BY VOLUME
Source: JupiterResearch E-mail Marketing Buyers
Guide, October 2005. Volume figures are not
available and volume may not be a precise measure of each companys size.

RANK VENDOR

Epsilon Interactive/Dart Mail

Cheetahmail

Yesmail

Digital Impact

JL Halsey (E-mail Labs and Lyris)

Responsys

EDialog

8
9
10

Constant Contact

E-MAIL VOLUME FORECAST

DELIVERY STATISTICS ON E-MAIL

Source: JupiterResearch. Retention includes promotional e-mail. Acquisition includes sponsored


newsletters. Receipts are examples of transactional e-mail.

Source: Return Path, based on a consumer survey run in February 2006 using Return Path's Authentic
Response online panel.

2005

56

2006

58

2007

59

2008

61

2009

63

2010

64

OVERALL NON-DELIVERY: For the second half of 2005, 20.5% of permission-based commer-

1,890

716

3,253
1,888

691

666

HIGHEST

2,578

RANK

1,883

641

2,255
1,880

617

1.942
1,878

593

1,640

TRANSACTIONAL
SPAM

U.S. MARKETING SPENDING IN MILLIONS


2005
2006
2007
2008
2009

2010

RANK

ISP

PERCENT FILTERED

Excite

42.9%

EarthLink

7.8%

Gmail

40.4

Mac.com

8.1

Lycos

33.8

CompuServe

9.4

CONSUMER INFO: 73.4% of consumers report not getting an e-mail they expected to
receive, only to find it either went to the junk folder or didn't get delivered at all.
60.7% of consumers get 50 or more non-personal e-mails per week. Only 13.7% get
less than 20 non-personal e-mails per week.

120

$107

$106

$105

$102

$98

100

$275

$326

$380

$425

$468

$505

$541

Outsourced e-mail
delivery

374

378

396

414

424

479

542

E-mail list rental

744

747

746

761

665

622

581

1,393

1,451

1,522

1,600

1,557 1,606

1,664

E-mail as % of total
online mktg spending 12%

10%

9%

8%

Total

PERCENT FILTERED

Source: JupiterResearch U.S. e-mail Marketing Forecast, 2005-2010. Jupiter forecasts that e-mail
delivery rates will increase as marketers, e-mail infrastracture companies and ISPs adopt
better practices and tighter controls over spam.

Source: Forrester Research, from U.S. Online Marketing Forecast 2005 to 2010.

Newsletter
sponsorships

ISP

LOWEST

COST OF BLOCKED E-MAIL

U.S. E-MAIL MARKETING SPENDING


2004

ISPs with the highest and lowest filtering rates

2,910

RETENTION
A C QUISITION

Exact Target

cial e-mail was blocked or filtered by the 31 ISPs and B2B filters monitored by Return Path.
This means that the e-mail either went to the bulk folder or was not delivered at all. Based
on more than 117,000 campaigns run through Return Path's Mailbox Monitor service.

1,885

Annual number
e-mails
active2500
e-mail3000
consumer
500 of1000
1500per2000
3500

Silverpop

STATISTICS

$92

80
60

7%

7%

6%

40
20

12%

11%

11%

10%

9%

8%

2005
2008
2007
2009
2010
2006
COST OF BLOCKED RETENTION AND SPONSORED E-MAIL (IN MILLIONS)
PERCENT OF BLOCKED E-MAIL OF TOTAL RETENTION AND SPONSORED E-MAIL SPENDING

46 | Advertising Age | FactPack

Interactive Marketing & Media | Advertising Age | 47

GAMES

RSS

TYPES OF GAMES PLAYED ONLINE MOST OFTEN

RSS STANDS FOR REALLY SIMPLE SYNDICATION

Source: Entertainment Software Association as cited by eMarketer, May 2005. Data is for the U.S.

PERCENT OF
RESPONDENTS

TYPE

56.8%
19.0
9.6
9.1
8.5

Puzzle, board, game show, trivia, card


Action, sports, strategy, role play
Shockwave, flash, browser-based mini-games
Persistent multi-player universe
Other

PROJECTED U.S. IN-GAME VIDEO AD REVENUE


Source: Yankee Group as cited by eMarketer for May 2005. Figures in millions of dollars exclude advertising on game Web sites, but include static ads and product placement.

In-game advertising
Advergames

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

$10.0

$34.0

$71.9

$173.1 $302.9 $432.7 $562.5

69.0

83.6

113.7

153.3

203.5

259.9

312.2

Source: NPD Group. Games are ranked by units sold in the U.S. in 2005. PS2 is Sonys PlayStation 2;
GBA is Nintendos Game Boy Advance; XBX is Microsofts XBox. NPD reports life-to-date video game
console hardware installs through February 2006 as follows: Playstation 2: over 33 million units;
Nintendo GameCube: over 11 million units; Microsoft Xbox: over 14 million units; Microsoft Xbox 360:
over 1 million units. Units, in millions, represent minimum levels.

UNITS

Depending on the service provider a user


selects, subscribing varies in complexity.
To sign up for a Bloglines account, users need
to provide an e-mail address and a password.
Once the account is created, a user adds subscriptions by pasting in URLswhich reside behind
all those little orange RSS and XML buttons
popping up all over the web.
In My Yahoo, the process is a little more
seamless. Users click on the names of informa-

tion types (publications, topics, news sources)


they want to receive. A user may not realize the
data is distributed via RSS.
Marketers and ad networks can feed advertising into syndicated data using behavioral targeting. RSS ad networks can then analyze the
online behavior of those receiving the ads.
Applications, podcasts, video and other kinds
of digital information also can be distributed and
updated this way.

NEWS SITE VISITS BY RSS USERS

2009

TOP VIDEO GAMES AND HARDWARE

RANK GAME (PLATFORM), PUBLISHER

TO USE RSS, a consumer can employ a subscription aggregator/RSS reader such as


Bloglines, Newsgator or My Yahoo to bring content into a browser. These services
aggregate all the sites a consumer has subscribed to, like NYTimes.com or
Gawker.com, for example, and deliver the information from the services directly to
the user as soon as it is updated. 34% of RSS users get syndication through manually created feeds on Bloglines, according to Bill Flitter, VP-marketing and founder of
Pheedo, an ad network for RSS.

Source: Nielsen/Netratings as cited by eMarketer, September 2005 survey of 2,219 home, work and
school Internet users.

USER TYPE

AVG. NEWS SITES


VISITED

VISITS TO A TOP 20
VISITS TO ALL
NEWS SITE
OTHER NEWS SITES

RSS users

10.6

32

16

Non-users

3.4

11

DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF U.S. RSS USERS


Source: Nielsen/Netratings as cited by eMarketer, September 2005 survey of 2,219 home, work and
school Internet users.

RELEASED

PERCENT OF RESPONDENTS IN EACH DEMOGRAPHIC


ONLINE
BEFORE
COLLEGE
INCOME
18-34
MALE
1994
GRADUATE $100,000+
YRS OLD

Madden NFL 06 (PS2), Electronic Arts

2.9

Aug-05

Pokemon Emerald (GBA), Nintendo of America

1.7

Apr-05

Gran Turismo 4 (PS2), Sony Corp.

1.5

Feb-05

Aware RSS users

78%

48%

46%

25%

17%

Madden NFL 06 (XBX), Electronic Arts

1.2

Aug-05

Unaware RSS users

54

36

53

27

25

NCAA Football 06 (PS2), Electronic Arts

1.1

Jul-05

Non-RSS users

46

34

43

22

16

USER TYPE

48 | Advertising Age | FactPack

SCOTT BREITHAUPT

AWARDS &
TOP AGENCIES
Advertising Ages first Interactive Awards Special Report (AA, Nov. 7, 2005) selected Chrysler Group, an advertiser operating in a traditionally conservative TV-centric
category, as its Interactive Marketer of the Year. Chrysler was cited for its innovation
and financial commitment to the Internet.
PepsiCo was selected as the winner for Best Web Site for understanding and using the
Internet for brand relevance with the fickle youth market. Cited were Pepsi-Cola
North Americas youth-oriented leadership on its PepsiWorld.com and
MountainDew.com Web sites and the transfer of its Pepsi Smash music show from
TV to Yahoo.Music.com
Best Online Campaign went to Virgin Atlantic and its agency
Crispin Porter & Bogusky for an extension to the Go jet set,
go effort in which downloadable banners were offered.
Examples included having a dream interpreted and a haircut delivery by mouse clicks.
Interactive Agency of the Year was R/GA, which implements technology to engage consumers by surrounding each account with a crossdiscipline team that homes in on what kind of relationships the consumer has with
a brand. It was feted for its 2005 Nike id build-your-own sneaker effort in Times
Square.
Best Media Agency honors went to Avenue A/Razorfish, named for its ability to measure the impact of marketer campaigns and demonstrate the ROI of online advertising. One campaign noted was that of Levi Strauss & Co. and its Find your style
online advertising.
Best Online Media Seller was Yahoo for becoming far more than a seller or portal,
becoming a full-fledged media company and offering strategic vision to its marketing partners.

Interactive Marketing & Media | Advertising Age | 49

TOP 10 INTERACTIVE AGENCIES


Source: Ad Ages forthcoming Agency Report (AA, May 1, 2006). Tables on this page are rankings by
2005 U.S. interactive revenue in millions. All figures are Ad Age estimates.

RANK

AGENCY [PARENT]

U.S. INTERACTIVE REVENUE

Avenue A/Razorfish [aQuantive]

% CHANGE

$189.8

36.5

Sapient

167.2

22.5

Digitas

155.0

46.2

Agency.com [Omnicom]

92.5

25.9

OgilvyInteractive [WPP]

91.2

15.0

Grey Interactive Worldwide [WPP]

77.0

11.9

Modem Media [Digitas]

75.4

11.7

Organic [Omnicom]

72.0

43.1

Tribal DDB [Omnicom]

66.0

46.7

R/GA [Interpublic]

62.6

50.5

10

TOP 5 AD NETWORKS
BY UNIQUE VISITORS
Source: Ad Age ranking of iMedia connection data. Go to: http://www.imediaconnection.com/resourceconnection/adnetwork.asp and http://www.imediaconnection.com/adnetworks/. Among other interesting ad networks, ClickDiario serves the Spanish-language market and had 45 million unique visitors;
Third Screen Media targets mobile devices, and had 4 million unique visitors in 2005.

RANK

NETWORK

MILLIONS OF
UNIQUE
VISITORS

BILLIONS OF
IMPRESSIONS

WEB
SITES

Advertising.com

134.1

35.0

3,000

Tacoda

128.0

5.0

3,000

24/7 Real Media

117.0

9.0

860

ValueClick Media/Fastclick

112.0

25.0

13,500

BlueLithium

100.0

6.0

1,000

50 | Advertising Age | FactPack

MISCELLANEOUS
TOP PC VENDERS BY MARKET SHARE
Source: An IDC preliminary ranking of 2005 shipments, in thousands. 1) Data for Lenovo
includes shipments for IBM PCs (including Desktop and Portable PCs and excluding x86
Servers and Personal Workstations) starting in Q2 2005, and only Lenovo data for prior quarters. 2) IDC estimates prior to Gateway's financial earnings report. 3) Toshiba U.S. shipments
based on IDC estimates. Includes shipments to distribution channels or end users.

RANK VENDOR

SHIPMENTS

SHARE

WORLDWIDE
1
2
3
4
5

Dell
HP
Lenovo 1
Acer
Fujitsu/Fujistu Siemens
Total market

37,732
32.525
12,995
9,803
8,489
208,586

18.1%
15.6%
6.2%
4.7%
4.1%
100.0%

21,466
12,452
3,924
2,554
2,260
64,089

33.5%
19.4%
6.1%
4.0%
3.5%
100.0%

U.S.
1
2
3
4
5

Dell
HP
Gateway 2
Apple
Toshiba 3
Total market

SHARE OF PORTABLE DIGITAL PLAYER SALES


Source: NPD Group for U.S. sales of over 19.1 million units in calendar 2005.

BRAND

Apple
SanDisk
Creative Labs
Iriver
Samsung

UNIT VOLUME SHARE

72.7%
6.9
3.9
2.9
2.5

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