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      &lt;br /&gt;"This is 19% more than total spending in 2006," the agency reported last night. "This rate of growth is sharply down from the 30% or more that has been the norm for several years.&lt;/em&gt;
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    &lt;em&gt;"However, even this reduced level of year-on-year growth would be considered spectacular for most industries."&lt;/em&gt;
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  &lt;br /&gt;eMarketer said worldwide advertising spend on social networks will more than double to $1bn this year. Its figures are based on data from the &lt;a href="http://www.iab.net/"&gt;Interactive Advertising Bureau&lt;/a&gt; and PricewaterhouseCoopers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Internet Advertising Bureau in the UK &lt;a href="http://www.iabuk.net/en/1/2006review.mxs" title="says"&gt;says&lt;/a&gt; online advertising will have a &lt;em&gt;"momentous"&lt;/em&gt; year.&#160;It reported that&#160;2006 saw web ad spend grow to a projected 12% of media share, worth &#163;2bn.</body-formatted>
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  &lt;strong&gt;Growth in internet advertising spend could slow in 2007, according to predictions from the US.&lt;/strong&gt;
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  &lt;br /&gt;Trend analysis aggregator eMarketer &lt;a href="http://www.iabuk.net/en/1/2006review.mxs" title="suggests"&gt;suggests&lt;/a&gt; online advertising will grow from $16.4bn in 2006 to $19.5bn this year.</extract-formatted>
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  <learn-more-formatted>&lt;p&gt;For background on online PR and social media more generally, It's worth reading our (free to registered users) &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/online-pr-and-social-media-trends-briefing"&gt;Social Media Trends Briefing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (June 2009). Econsultancy has also published &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/social-media-and-online-pr-digital-marketing-template-files"&gt;Social Media and Online PR Template Files&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, which you can adapt and use for your own projects. For innovation in this space, download our &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/innovation-report"&gt;Innovation Report&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</learn-more-formatted>
  <learn-more-unformatted>&lt;p&gt;For background on online PR and social media more generally, It's worth reading our (free to registered users) &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/online-pr-and-social-media-trends-briefing"&gt;Social Media Trends Briefing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (June 2009). Econsultancy has also published &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/social-media-and-online-pr-digital-marketing-template-files"&gt;Social Media and Online PR Template Files&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, which you can adapt and use for your own projects. For innovation in this space, download our &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/innovation-report"&gt;Innovation Report&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</learn-more-unformatted>
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