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24/7 Real Media's Year-End Behavioral Targeting (BT) Report Finds BT Became One of the Year's Most Effective Methods of Online Advertising over a 12-Month Period; Retargeting Emerges as One of the Most Effective Forms of BT.


NEW YORK New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
 -- 24/7 Real Media, Inc.:

--Recurring trend: Audience receptivity receptivity,
n the state of being open to the action of a drug or homeopathic remedy. See also reactivity.
 to BT tied to ad and site content

--Highlights of Key Findings:

--Recent retargeting campaign for Polaroid2Go.com generated 25% of sales and 50% of revenue from just 7% of overall ads served

--24/7 Real Media's 'Women' and 'African American' Behavioral Targeting Delivering ads based on a user's habits. If a customer registers with an e-commerce site to make a purchase, those sales along with the user's site navigation history are often stored and analyzed to make targeted offers the next time.  segments received the highest number of impressions served for a 12-month period

--24/7 OnTarget BT impressions increased 50% in Q1 2005, doubled in Q2 2005, and, while they remained the same in Q3 2005, increased by 200% over the course of the year

--Click-through rates have increased more than 166% since 24/7 OnTarget's inception

After qualifying and quantifying the results of more than 800 behavioral targeting campaigns on its 24/7 OnTarget Behavioral Targeting network over the past 12 months, 24/7 Real Media, Inc. (Nasdaq: TFSM) today released its Q4 2005 Behavioral Targeting Report - Year In Review, summarizing results, metrics metrics Managed care A popular term for standards by which the quality of a product, service, or outcome of a particular form of Pt management is evaluated. See TQM.  and case studies over the course of a year from Q4 2004 through Q3 2005.

Overall, the report showed that 24/7 OnTarget produced significantly better results for advertisers and publishers than other online advertising methods. 24/7 OnTarget impressions grew 200% over the course of a year, and overall click-through rates The number of times a link on a Web page is clicked compared to the number of times it is displayed. Advertising royalties paid to Web sites are often based on click-through rate (CTR), and the amount paid per click-through is considerably higher than the cost of an ad that is displayed  increased 166%.

"Compared to a year ago, advertisers, media buyers and publishers are far more knowledgeable now about what behavioral targeting is, what it can do for an online campaign, and how it can deliver better financial returns to both sides of the ad publishing transaction," said David J David J. Haskins (b. April 24, 1957, in Northampton, England) is a British alternative rock musician. He was the bassist for the seminal gothic rock band Bauhaus. Life and work . Moore, Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of 24/7 Real Media. "As we move into year two, we anticipate that advertisers and publishers will reap even greater rewards as audience segments are further refined, and they become more proficient pro·fi·cient  
adj.
Having or marked by an advanced degree of competence, as in an art, vocation, profession, or branch of learning.

n.
An expert; an adept.
 at being able to focus their behaviorally targeted ads on content areas where high responses can be achieved."

Retargeting Campaigns Delivered Impressive Return on Investment (ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). )

According to according to
prep.
1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.

2. In keeping with: according to instructions.

3.
 the report, retargeting remains one of the most promising and effective set of tools in the BT arsenal. In a recent campaign for Fulgent ful·gent  
adj.
Shining brilliantly; radiant: "tower searchlights . . . as fulgent as half a billion candles" Nicholas Proffitt.
 Media, on behalf of Polaroid2go.com, which sells Polaroid imaging solutions and consumer electronics for businesses and consumers, retargeting accounted for 25% of sales and 50% of revenue, despite the fact that only 7% of the campaign ads were behaviorally targeted. In an earlier campaign for a popular seasonal retailer, retargeting increased an advertiser's conversion rate by 270% while lowering customer acquisition costs by 50%. The report states that much of the success of retargeting depends upon access to a large, diverse advertising network, such as the 24/7 Web Alliance, which greatly increases the chances for recurring re·cur  
intr.v. re·curred, re·cur·ring, re·curs
1. To happen, come up, or show up again or repeatedly.

2. To return to one's attention or memory.

3. To return in thought or discourse.
 audience interaction.

'Women' and 'African American' BT Segments Surge in 2005

The number of impressions that a BT segment receives depends on the nature of the campaign being run and the size of the segment being targeted. As expected, campaigns targeting "Techies" consistently generated between 12% and 18% of impressions each quarter. However, campaigns targeting 'Women' achieved the highest percentage of impressions served (greater than 20%). The 'African American' segment also achieved tremendous growth - despite not rolling out until the latter half of 2005. The segment captured nearly 20% of all impressions served in Q3 and averaged 12% of impressions overall for the year. The segment achieved above-average click-through rates, combined with modest eCPMs, making it an increasingly valuable demographic for advertisers and publishers.

"The continued refinement of the taxonomies and methods used to create 24/7 OnTarget's behavioral segments, along with increased ad volume, has enabled the results for each behavioral segment to become more predictable, and thus allowed advertisers to better focus their behaviorally targeted ads on content areas where high responses can be anticipated," said Jack Smith, vice president, product strategy at 24/7 Real Media. "Behavioral targeting and audience segmentation will increasingly become even more powerful and sophisticated in 2006 and beyond, as marketers seek to further segment their target audiences through the use of different media, such as video and mobile devices, and branch out into new territories, such as brand building."

Audience Receptivity to BT Tied to Ad and Site Content

Another recent BT campaign for Basement, Inc. on behalf of Sugarshots followed a recurring pattern 24/7 Real Media had experienced over the past year: audiences are more receptive receptive /re·cep·tive/ (re-cep´tiv) capable of receiving or of responding to a stimulus.  to behaviorally targeted ads when the ads do not contain content similar to the target site. For instance, BT ads targeting the 'Women' segment performed below average when served to sites in the Women's Interest vertical, but performed significantly better on other types of sites.

"24/7 OnTarget demonstrated a clear ability to impact results during a behavioral targeting test 24/7 Real Media conducted for us on behalf of Sugarshots liquid sugar product," said Doug Schumacher, President and Creative Director of Basement, Inc. "The results of the 24/7 OnTarget campaign were both insightful and impressive, particularly within the 'Women's Interest' segment, where behavioral targeting generated a remarkable leap in performance over standard targeting methods."

How to Obtain the Free Behavioral Targeting Report

To obtain a free copy of the complete Q4 2005/Year In Review Behavioral Targeting Report, or view past reports, please visit http://www.247realmedia.com/infoform/resQ32005.

About 24/7 OnTarget

24/7 OnTarget is 24/7 Real Media's state-of-the-art behavioral targeting solution that enables marketers to reach large-scale target audiences more efficiently. By leveraging non-personally identifiable data and delivering ads only to those Internet users Internet user ninternauta m/f

Internet user Internet ninternaute m/f 
 most likely to respond, 24/7 OnTarget increases campaign performance and eliminates waste for advertisers, while increasing the value of inventory for publishers. 24/7 OnTarget operates within the context of the 24/7 Web Alliance, its global network of more than 850 Web sites that deliver more than six billion impressions each month.

About 24/7 Real Media, Inc.

24/7 Real Media, a pioneer in interactive marketing and technology, targets and delivers audiences for publishers and marketers. Our customers generate increased revenue and profits through media and search services, coupled with one seamless platform of serving, targeting, tracking and analytics technologies. The company is headquartered in New York, with offices in other major U.S. cities, Canada, Europe and Asia. For more information, please visit www.247realmedia.com.

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