Online advertising currently accounts for only 3% of total spending.. says report from eMarketer.com. This is the senario when - Total internet users by country and share of world users: [Source:Internet World Stats, December 2006]

- US: 209,024,921 (19.4% share) [Nielsen//NetRatings, October, 2006]
- China: 123,000,000 (11.4%) [CINIC, June, 2006]
- Japan: 86,300,000 (8%) [eTForecasts, December, 2005]
- Germany: 50,616,207 (4.7%) [Nielsen//NetRatings, August, 2006]
- India: 40,000,000 (3.7%) [IWS, November, 2006]
- UK: 37,600,000 (3.5%) [ITU, September, 2006]
(source :Internet Statistics Compedium, E-consultancy)
With such numbers, its surprising to see why industry is still trying to prove itself across many parameters and metrics.