March saw Americans consume more than 7 billion video streams online, led by Google Sites with 1.2 billion (16.7 percent share of streams). Yahoo! Sites ranked second with 434 million streams (6.2 percent), followed by Fox Interactive with 421 million (
The average broadband download speed in the US is only 1.9 megabits per second, compared to 61 Mbps in Japan, 45 Mbps in South Korea, 18 Mbps in Sweden, 17 Mpbs in France, and 7 Mbps in Canada, according to the Communication Workers of America.
The latest eMarketer estimates put total US Internet ad spending at $16.4 billion this year, a 30.8% gain over last year's $12.5 billion. The prime engine behind such strong growth is Google, whose US online advertising revenues are expected to be more th
