In a Recession, Online is the Place to Be
by Mike Phillips
Posted on 02.14.2008
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According to the International Data Corporation (IDC), online advertising grew 27 percent last year - good news as fears of an all-out recession grow. "We think there will be some effect on ad spending overall, but we think online
ad spending will almost be unaffected even if there's a depression," said IDC analyst Karsten Weide. Weide believes that businesses will cut other advertising budgets before decreasing ad spending online.
Weide believes the fears of another dot-com bust are not relevant to today's online marketplace. "Back then, of course, online advertising decreased in real terms. Spending went
down in absolute terms," he said. "Back then a lot of advertisers still saw online advertising as experimental and
that's not the case anymore. It's a well accepted means of advertising now and
in fact many advertisers say Internet advertising is more effective than other
forms."
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