Article: China's online advertising market near 11 bln yuan: consultant

China's online advertising market near 11 bln yuan: consultant

BEIJING, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) - China's market in online advertising surged by 75 percent to 10.6 billion yuan (1.48 billion U.S. dollars) in 2007, according to a report by Internet consultant iResearch Inc.

The surge was largely driven by a boom in search engine advertising, or keyword advertising, which experienced an annual growth rate of 108.6 percent, said the report.

Search engine advertising accounted for 27.3 percent of the market in terms of value, up 4.3 percentage points over the previous year, and it was predicted to hit 30 percent this year, the report said.

Online brand advertising jumped 65.3 percent to 4.86 ...

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