The Fed Chief Ben Bernanke claims we’re emerging from a recession, real estate prices are stabilizing, and now even the moribund online ad sector is poised for a healthy rebound in the coming year. WPP’s GroupM is projecting 11% growth in online advertising in 2010 to hit $65 billion worldwide (across 36 countries), with online capturing 14.6% of tracked media.

United States in 2010:

• 7% growth to $24.4 billion
• 17% of overall ad spend (15.4% in 2009)
• search (including contextual) and video biggest drivers; display weak  (mirroring global trends: display will grow 5% next year compared to search’s 12%)
• strong weakness in traditional media (esp. newspapers) also a huge driver

The report gives a nod to behavioral targeting (“intentional marketing”) and the growing nexus between search advertising and socnets’ social graphs.

Mobile advertising gets notable attention: in 2010, it will account for 6% of total digital ad spend (or $3.3 billion), representing a 19% increase over 2009. In the U.S.:

• those accessing the news on their phones every day has doubled to 22 million in 2009
• those accessing socnets on their phones daily has quadrupled to 9 million this year

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