Online advertising expenditure increased by 4.6% in the first six months of 2009, to reach £1.75 billion. Online advertising now has a market share of 23.5%, which the IAB says signals a "significant restructure" of businesses' marketing budgets. The research also shows that nearly two-thirds of spending on online advertising goes on paid-for search advertising.

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