In 2006, the market for online advertising in the United States will reach $ 16.7 billion

Successful financial results for the first half of the year, which were demonstrated by the largest Internet portals Yahoo , Google and others, forced experts to raise the forecast for the entire Internet advertising sector, reports Media Revolution , citing a forecast by the marketing agency eMarketer.

According to researchers, the online advertising market in the United States will grow to $ 16.7 billion this year. At the same time, the largest portals, Google and Yahoo! - collectively, they will receive more than 40% of all revenues from online advertising in the United States. Google’s share of the agency’s forecast is 23%, and Yahoo! - nineteen%.