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Young Europeans favourite sport? Surfing!

A good news for online marketers, a bad news for healthy living: according to a new report by Forrester Research, about a third of all Europeans see surfing the Internet as one of their favorite leisure-time activities (it’s more popular than playing sports, going to the gym, or shopping). Surfing the Internet is the third most popular hobby among online Europeans. Online consumers who see Internet surfing as a hobby are more focused on entertainment. They are also far more likely to use the Internet to replace their old-fashioned media sources: radio, TV, or the phone.

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The value of search engine marketing in Europe

According to Forrester Research, in Europe the search engine market will generate 1.4 billion Euros of spending in 2005. The definition “search engine marketing” includes everything related to commercial search: paid listings, contextual search, site optimization, and paid inclusions. While search marketing’s share in online advertising will increase for another two years, Forrester believes it will start decreasing in 2007. The slowdown will be due to a probable increasing negative attitude of consumers towards paid listing, but also to the growth of rich media ads and the increase in the price of keywords. Hellen Omwando, Consumer Markets Analyst at Forrester Research, says:

“While it’s unlikely that prices in Europe will reach the same levels as in the US — where the same keyword might command five times the price than in Europe — increases will be significant enough to make it difficult for some marketers to justify the ROI of high prices; they won’t be able to compete for popular keywords.”

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