also @ TechSpot: Adobe demos content-aware move and extend tools in Photoshop CS6
Welcome to the TechSpot OpenBoards. Please read the FAQ if you have any questions. Sign up or Login to participate.

Go Back   TechSpot OpenBoards > TechSpot Editorial and Site Feedback > TechSpot News and Comments

Download Now:

Study: One in five Web ads is viewed on a social networking site

Thread Tools Search this Thread
  #1  
Old 09-02-2009
Matthew's Avatar
TechSpot Editor, Community Manager
 
Location: Pennsylvania
Member since: Feb 2008, 4,974 posts
System specs
Study: One in five Web ads is viewed on a social networking site

A report by research firm comScore concluded that about one in every five ads on the Web is viewed on a social networking site. According to the study, social media sites accounted for 21.1% of US Internet ads during June -- heavy hitters MySpace and Facebook represented about 80% of those ads. The analysis highlights the growth of social media online, as well as the increasing interest advertisers have in social sites.

Read the whole story
__________________
"Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition." -Thomas Jefferson
  #2  
Old 09-02-2009
TechSpot Chancellor
 
Location: Seattle
Member since: Feb 2009, 1,549 posts
System specs
Although I can't stand online ads, it's the nature of the beast. And I will admit that I'm surprised at the sophistication and filtering of those social network ads. I have a Facebook account that I log on to about every other day and the ads are completely geared towards my specific demographic and interests.
Closed Thread

Similar Topics
Topic Replies Forum
News around the web: Top Social Games On Facebook 0 TechSpot News and Comments
IPhone 3GS viewed with X-Ray 3 General Discussion
Study: Social media fiends more likely to email 7 TechSpot News and Comments
Jump Drive Not Able To Be Viewed 1 Storage and Networking
Social Security Numbers for Sale?! 3 General Discussion

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 02:27 PM.