Wednesday, June 08, 2011

Mobile advertising, commerce becoming heavy hitters

Mobile Advertising
Nearly one-third (31%) of consumers are now smartphone users, helping to push the consumption of content and the increase in advertising dollars. Smartphone adoption saw a 20% increase year over year.

"[Mobile advertising] is quickly gaining importance as new advertisers come into the field," said Hans Fredericks, comScore Vice President. "The acceleration of mobile media consumption, driven by adoption of smartphones, 3G/4G networks and unlimited data plans, provides a ripe environment for advertisers looking to reach consumers through a variety of platforms including mobile browsers, apps and SMS. As consumer usage and technology continue to advance, look for advertising to play an increasingly important role in the development of the mobile ecosystem."

According to comScore's research mobilecontent and mobile publishing accounts for about half of display ads, but consumer discretionary is also high at 26%. Impressions are also served in information technology, financials and telecom services. For consumers, mobile browsers and downloaded apps are nearly equal (82% vs. 85%) in use.

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2 comments:

Scottie said...

Some of the mobile advertising companies have been saying that the click ratio on mobile ad is almost 150% of what the same ads are doing on the internet using a computer. If the mobile internet access become cheaper i would say mobile ads will be a major sector in marketing.

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