Online advertising in South Korea increased 30.8% in 2005, according to a survey by the Korea Broadcasting Advertising Corp. South Korea’s online ad revenues reached $ 692.31 million in 2005.


Online advertising in South Korea increased 30.8% in 2005, according to a survey by KOBAC. South Korea’s online ad revenues reached 684.1 billion Korean won, US$692.31 million, according to the survey.

KOBACO has predicted that online advertising expenditure will grow 35% and reach 850 billion won in 2006.

“Analysts said the Internet will continue to play a role as a medium for advertising as it is easy to target specific audiences and measure the rate of response” [Source]

The survey also found that search-based advertising have increased 48% to 320.2 won.

Ads on mobile devices like handsets increased 37.5% to 55 billion won while those on displays like at public train stations increased 13.3% to 302.8 billion won. But broadcasting ads fell 3.4% to 2.42 trillion won.

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