NEED PERSPECTIVES FROM DIFFERENT MARKETS?
Thinking about the issues all this raises, here are a few comparisons about market growth and online adspend. They’re from articles or papers where I’ve tried to contextualise what is really happening (most recent first)…

US boom just keeps on coming
http://www.digitalstrategyconsulting.com/articles/2007/10/us_online_adspend_new_records.html

UK spend shows the transition between media
http://www.digitalstrategyconsulting.com/insight/2007/10/uk_digital_advertising_market.html

Mexico starts late but accelerates fast
http://www.digitalstrategyconsulting.com/articles/2007/07/mexico_hits_the_internet_tippi.html

Switzerland lags behind where it could be:
http://www.digitalstrategyconsulting.com/articles/2007/09/sizing_the_gap_swiss_marketers.html

Central & Eastern Europe rising quickly
http://www.digitalstrategyconsulting.com/insight/2007/05/digital_central_and_eastern.html

Spanish internet use and spend starts to accelerate
http://www.digitalstrategyconsulting.com/insight/2007/04/spain_understanding_the_online.html

Denmark: always out in front
http://www.digitalstrategyconsulting.com/articles/2005/01/danish_awards_put_internet_in.html

Some horridly wrong predictions in 2005 about where the market might be heading
http://www.digitalstrategyconsulting.com/insight/2005/04/digital_advertising_futures_th.html

The first attempt to track European online adspend for 2005
http://www.digitalstrategyconsulting.com/insight/2006/02/digital_europe_tracking_the.html