Digital Ad Spend grows 47% in First Half of 2010.       

The Rubicon Project, the advertising technology company, reveals exclusive insight into emerging industry trends and market shifts that occurred in the second quarter of 2010, along with insights into what’s next for the digital ad landscape, in the tenth installment of its Online Advertising Market Report series. The report also includes excerpts from the well-attended panel, “Is All Inventory Created Equal?” hosted in June by the Rubicon Project during New York’s Internet Week.

“Ad spend and revenue have both been strong and growing in 2010. Given the proliferation of solution providers and industry players to the market, all working to increase the overall flow of revenue from offline to online, this increase is no surprise”

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