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  &lt;p&gt;Its &lt;a href="http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2007/2/emw503725.htm"&gt;&#8216;State of Search Engine Marketing 2006&#8217; report&lt;/a&gt; also found - &lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;Organic SEO is still the most popular&#160;search marketing tool, with almost three-quarters of advertisers using it. Paid placement was a very close second&#160;with 71%. &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;However, paid placement accounted for 86% of total spending, or $8bn. SEO generated $1.1bn in spending, or 12%. Paid inclusion accounted for only 1%, or $94m. Spending on technology platforms amounted to&#160;1.3%, or $122m. &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Generating direct sales was the top choice when respondents were asked about their SEM objectives, with 58%. Brand awareness was next, with 57%. &lt;/li&gt;
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      &lt;a href="http://www.msn.com"&gt;MSN&lt;/a&gt; is gaining on &lt;a href="http://www.google.co.uk"&gt;Google&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.yahoo.com"&gt;Yahoo!&lt;/a&gt; in terms of paid placement, with 68% of respondents saying they were using MSN. Only 29% said they were doing so in 2005. &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Unsurprisingly, Google AdWords continues&#160;to be the top search advertising programme. It is used by almost all (96%) of the respondents, compared to 86% for Yahoo! &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;One fifth of the respondents that had shifted budget to search had done so from print magazine advertising, while 16% said they had moved it from direct mail. &lt;/li&gt;
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  &lt;p&gt;For UK stats, you can see our &lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/search-engine-marketing-buyer-s-guide-2006"&gt;Search Engine Marketing&#160;buyers' guide&lt;/a&gt;, which is free to E-consultancy subscribers. We estimate that the the UK paid search market&#160; grew to &#163;1.26bn last year, a 67% increase on 2005, while&#160;SEO&#160;spending&#160;reached &#163;147m, up 50%.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;Paragraph&gt;Its &lt;Link URL="http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2007/2/emw503725.htm" Window="New"&gt;&#8216;State of Search Engine Marketing 2006&#8217; report&lt;/Link&gt; also found - &lt;/Paragraph&gt;
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    &lt;ListItem&gt;Organic SEO is still the most popular&#160;search marketing tool, with almost three-quarters of advertisers using it. Paid placement was a very close second&#160;with 71%. &lt;/ListItem&gt;
    &lt;ListItem&gt;However, paid placement accounted for 86% of total spending, or $8bn. SEO generated $1.1bn in spending, or 12%. Paid inclusion accounted for only 1%, or $94m. Spending on technology platforms amounted to&#160;1.3%, or $122m. &lt;/ListItem&gt;
    &lt;ListItem&gt;Generating direct sales was the top choice when respondents were asked about their SEM objectives, with 58%. Brand awareness was next, with 57%. &lt;/ListItem&gt;
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      &lt;Link URL="http://www.msn.com" Window="New"&gt;MSN&lt;/Link&gt; is gaining on &lt;Link URL="http://www.google.co.uk" Window="New"&gt;Google&lt;/Link&gt; and &lt;Link URL="http://www.yahoo.com" Window="New"&gt;Yahoo!&lt;/Link&gt; in terms of paid placement, with 68% of respondents saying they were using MSN. Only 29% said they were doing so in 2005. &lt;/ListItem&gt;
    &lt;ListItem&gt;Unsurprisingly, Google AdWords continues&#160;to be the top search advertising programme. It is used by almost all (96%) of the respondents, compared to 86% for Yahoo! &lt;/ListItem&gt;
    &lt;ListItem&gt;One fifth of the respondents that had shifted budget to search had done so from print magazine advertising, while 16% said they had moved it from direct mail. &lt;/ListItem&gt;
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  &lt;Paragraph&gt;For UK stats, you can see our &lt;Link URL="http://econsultancy.com/reports/search-engine-marketing-buyer-s-guide-2006" Window="New"&gt;Search Engine Marketing&#160;buyers' guide&lt;/Link&gt;, which is free to E-consultancy subscribers. We estimate that the the UK paid search market&#160; grew to &#163;1.26bn last year, a 67% increase on 2005, while&#160;SEO&#160;spending&#160;reached &#163;147m, up 50%.&lt;/Paragraph&gt;
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    &lt;strong&gt;Spending by North American advertisers on search rose 62% to $9.4bn last year, according to new figures from the &lt;/strong&gt;
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      &lt;strong&gt;Search Engine Marketing Professional Organisation (SEMPO)&lt;/strong&gt;
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    &lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;
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  &lt;p&gt;The group estimates that SEM spending &#8211; including paid placement, paid inclusion, SEO and the purchase of technology platforms - will double by 2011, at an aggregate spending total of $18.6bn.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;Paragraph&gt;The group estimates that SEM spending &#8211; including paid placement, paid inclusion, SEO and the purchase of technology platforms - will double by 2011, at an aggregate spending total of $18.6bn.&lt;/Paragraph&gt;
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  <learn-more-formatted>&lt;p&gt;Econsultancy has published an &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/online-advertising-networks-buyers-guide"&gt;Online Advertising Networks Buyer's Guide&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; which contains an examination of this marketplace and profiles of 23 leading networks. We have also produced an &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/online-advertising-survey"&gt;Online Advertising Survey&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, based on a survey of advertisers and agencies. For more stats and charts, see also our &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/internet-advertising-statistics"&gt;Online Advertising Statistics compendium&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</learn-more-formatted>
  <learn-more-unformatted>&lt;p&gt;Econsultancy has published an &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/online-advertising-networks-buyers-guide"&gt;Online Advertising Networks Buyer's Guide&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; which contains an examination of this marketplace and profiles of 23 leading networks. We have also produced an &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/online-advertising-survey"&gt;Online Advertising Survey&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, based on a survey of advertisers and agencies. For more stats and charts, see also our &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/internet-advertising-statistics"&gt;Online Advertising Statistics compendium&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</learn-more-unformatted>
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