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Sponsored Search Link Placements Led Online by eBay, Shopping.com Inc. and InterActiveCorp, according to Nielsen//NetRatings

New AdRelevance Sponsored Search Link Service Offers In-Depth Perspective into Online Advertising Mix Across Industries

NEW YORK, Sept. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nielsen//NetRatings, a global leader in Internet media and market research, today reported that search sponsored links, led by eBay, Shopping.com Inc. and InterActiveCorp, comprised 34 percent, or nearly 13 billion, of online advertising impressions, according to its new AdRelevance Sponsored Search Link service. The Sponsored Search Link service is an enhancement that incorporates search advertising insight into the industry's leading online advertising intelligence service.
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Financial Spread Trading The AdRelevance enhancement provides an in-depth view into the online advertising mix, enabling market share comparisons between display and sponsored link campaigns, search terms purchased by industry or advertiser, and coverage of branded ad platform technologies. Paired with Nielsen//NetRatings MegaPanel products, AdRelevance enables an entrenched view into the online marketplace.

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Commodity Spread Trading According to the latest AdRelevance sponsored links report, eBay ranked No. 1 in sponsored links placements, which featured more than 15,000 companies, during the week ending August 21. EBay placed nearly 400 million sponsored link impressions, equating to three percent of total placements that week (see Table 1).

The PPC search listings appear above and to the right of the natural (organic) search results. The natural results are located in the middle of the search page as shown in the screen shot below. The PPC listings are referred to as Ýponsored Links on Google.com and Ýponsored Results on Yahoo.com. The sponsored listings (PPC listings) are very desirable placements because they are usually the first links that the user sees when they receive their search results.

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Advanced Commodity Spread Table 1: Top 5 Companies Ranked by Sponsored Link Impressions, Week ending August 21, 2005

 -------------------------------------------------------- Industry Impressions (000) -------------------------------------------------------- eBay, Inc. 378,525 -------------------------------------------------------- Shopping.com, Inc. 138,307 -------------------------------------------------------- InterActiveCorp 97,969 -------------------------------------------------------- MyCashNow.com 93,751 -------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Inc. 90,544 -------------------------------------------------------- Source: Nielsen//NetRatings AdRelevance, September 2005

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Stock Spread Trading Retail Goods and Services and Web Media tied as leading industries, placing the greatest share of sponsored links at 22 and 21 percent, respectively (see Table 2). EBay led the Retail Goods and Services industry, while Shopping.com helped spur the Web Media industry's placement of sponsored links.

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Complete Guide Spread Trading Table 2: Top 5 Industries Ranked by Total Sponsored Link Placements, Week ending August 21, 2005

 ------------------------------------------------------------- Industry Sponsored Link Share of Impressions ------------------------------------------------------------- Retail Goods & Services 22% ------------------------------------------------------------- Web Media 21% ------------------------------------------------------------- Financial Services 6% ------------------------------------------------------------- Travel 5% ------------------------------------------------------------- Business to Business 3% ------------------------------------------------------------- Source: Nielsen//NetRatings AdRelevance, September 2005

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Low Spread Forex Trading The new Sponsored Search Link service enables advertisers, agencies, publishers and search engine marketers to gain a complete competitive view into the online marketing mix, allowing for market share comparisons between image-based and paid search advertising. The new capabilities include the coverage of branded ad platform technologies that support online ad delivery, updated ad technology categories and IAB-defined ad sizes. Ad platforms integrated into the service feature rich media formats, as well as the top four sponsored search platforms for Google, Yahoo!, MSN and Ask Jeeves.

Trading Spread And Seasonals "The new service enables advertisers, publishers and agencies the ability to obtain essential insight into non-organic search and estimate share of voice by advertiser," said Michael Saxon, vice president, media products, Nielsen//NetRatings. "In this highly competitive advertising industry, ad planners need timely, in-depth intelligence to effectively develop successful online ad campaigns."

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