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March 5th, 2005

79% of paid search money goes into 4 top categories

Posted by ZDNet Research @ 11:51 am

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Paid search spending in the US is highly concentrated, according to JupiterResearch. Just four categories (retail, financial services, media and entertainment and travel) accounted for 79% of the $2.6 bln spent on paid search in 2004. Each vertical provides a rich landscape of opportunity and a blueprint for how other categories will develop.

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