Metrics 2.0 Trends, Stats, Insights & Charts: November 15, 2006

Online Travel Spending To Reach $128 Billion in 2011, JupiterResearch

Annual online travel spending is expected to reach $128 billion in the United States by 2011 from $85 billion in 2006, according to a new report by JupiterResearch, "US Travel Forecast, 2006 to 2011". Online travel spending will account for 38% of total travel revenue in 2011

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November 15, 2006 4:15 PM | Permalink

2007 Online Ad Budgets Expected 42% Up; Major Shift from TV to Online

Most leading ad executives expect a significant portion of broadcast and cable TV ad dollars to shift to online video by 2010, with 33% predicting that switch will be between 10% and 19%, according to a study conducted for the American Advertising Federation (AAF).

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November 15, 2006 4:00 PM | Permalink

VC Funding for SeeSaw, A10, ClairMail, Pluck, Polar Rose, Qihoo and more...

Next Big Thing: VC Deal Flow
	Mobile2win (China - mobile value-added services): $15 million
	SeeSaw Networks (digital media company): $10 million
	Technical Communities (Service Provider to IT firms): $25.5M
	A10 Networks (enterprise IP-to-ID product) $9 million
	Liquid Computing (high-performance computing): $27.7 million
	HomeAway (vacation rentals website) $100 million
	Qihoo (China - search solutions): $25 million
	ClairMail (mobile customer interaction solutions): $12 million
	QSecure (credit card authentication solutions): $10 million
	Pluck (social media for online publishers): $7 million
	Etology (online advertising marketplace): $4 million
	Lifelock (identity-theft protection company): $6 million
	Polar Rose (facial recognition search): $5.1 million

November 15, 2006 12:45 PM | Permalink

40% Hi-Tech Startups Started by Immigrant Entrepreneurs; $500B in Market Cap

Over the past 15 years, immigrants have started 1 in 4 or 25% of U.S. venture-backed public companies. Within the high technology sector, that percentage rises to 40%. The aggregate market capitalization of these companies, which includes Intel, Google, Yahoo!, Sun Microsystems and eBay, exceeds $500 billion, according to a study (pdf) "American Made: The Impact of Immigrant Entrepreneurs and Professionals on U.S. Competitiveness", commissioned by the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). Among today's private, venture-backed start-up companies in the U.S., 47% have immigrant founders or co-founders.

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November 15, 2006 11:47 AM | Permalink

About 1% Web Deemed Pornographic; Filters More Than 90% Effective

About 1% of Web sites indexed by Google and Microsoft are sexually explicit, according to a U.S. government-commissioned study. The study concludes that the strictest filter tested, AOL's Mature Teen, blocked 91% of the sexually explicit Web sites in indexes maintained by Google and Microsoft's MSN. (AP report)

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November 15, 2006 10:55 AM | Permalink

WSJ By The Numbers - Top 10 for Nov.15

A compendium of revealing stats and the key leading economic indicators and business metrics based on today's Wall Street Journal article and reports:

What's on the Agenda For Student Aid : Average total tuition and fees at four-year private colleges increased 5.9% to $22,218 in the current academic year. The average undergraduate leaves school more than $20,000 in debt, compared with about $16,000 in 1999-2000, according to an analysis of the Education Department's National Postsecondary Student Aid study. In the last academic year, private student lending amounted to about $17 billion in new loans, up more than three times since 2001-02. Federal student loans originated in the 2005-2006 academic year totaled $69 billion

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November 15, 2006 10:23 AM | Permalink

Sizing Web Search & Search Marketing: Key Stats, Forecasts & Metrics

Search engines have become an increasingly important part of the online experience of American internet users. Of the 94 million American adults that use internet on an average day, nearly 60 million people use a search engine, according to PEW Internet and American Life Project. Americans conducted 6.6 billion searches online in September 2006, up 2% versus August, according to comScore Networks. Some 879 million toolbar searches were conducted in September, accounting for 13% of the total U.S. search market.

Web Search Volume
Importance of Search
Search Marketing Opportunity
Search Engine Rankings
Local Search
Mobile Search
Vertical Search
Enterprise Search
Search Marketing Blogroll

To help size up the growing significance of search and search marketing, we have compiled here a rich compendium of revealing stats, facts, forecasts and metrics.

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November 15, 2006 8:36 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

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