EMarketer: Among Online Ads, Search To Gain Most New Dollars In 2011

Search will bring in $14.4 billion this year in the U.S., representing 46.1% of total online spend, and it will continue to command the lion’s share of spend through 2015, according to a new forecast by eMarketer. The big picture for U.S. online ad spending is looking bright, as well. EMarketer expects the sector to […]

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Search will bring in $14.4 billion this year in the U.S., representing 46.1% of total online spend, and it will continue to command the lion’s share of spend through 2015, according to a new forecast by eMarketer.

The big picture for U.S. online ad spending is looking bright, as well. EMarketer expects the sector to reach $31.3 billion this year, which represents a dramatic 20% increase over 2010 spending. EMarketer predicts that spending on online ads in the U.S. will rise to nearly $50 billion by 2015.

Though formats like video and display are growing significantly, search is still expected to hold onto its lead as the largest area of online spending though 2015. In 2012, search is expected to command 45.9% of spending, and by 2015 EMarketer expects search to account for 43.5% of spending.

EMarketer Spendshare

Though it will still be biggest among the categories of online ads, search’s growth rate will slow noticeably in the next few years, according to the report. This year, it will grow at a 12.2% growth rate, and by 2015, it will only grow at a 6.6% rate. While search is expected to continue to grow, EMarketer says online marketers will increasingly be interested in exploiting the Internet’s branding capabilities, fueling growth in banners and video.

Emarketer Growthbyformat


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Pamela Parker
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Pamela Parker is Research Director at Third Door Media's Content Studio, where she produces MarTech Intelligence Reports and other in-depth content for digital marketers in conjunction with Search Engine Land and MarTech. Prior to taking on this role at TDM, she served as Content Manager, Senior Editor and Executive Features Editor. Parker is a well-respected authority on digital marketing, having reported and written on the subject since its beginning. She's a former managing editor of ClickZ and has also worked on the business side helping independent publishers monetize their sites at Federated Media Publishing. Parker earned a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University.

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