New Kenshoo Research: Marketers Increased Q1 Revenue 12% from Search Advertising and 191% from Social Advertising Year-over-Year

SAN FRANCISCO, April 15, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --

Kenshoo (http://www.Kenshoo.com), the global leader in predictive media optimization technology, today released a new infographic, Kenshoo Search and Social Snapshot: Q1 2014, detailing key metrics and benchmarks for paid search and social advertising. The data show paid search still represents the biggest share of digital marketing investment but social is growing at a faster rate.

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Among the key year-over-year (YoY) findings in the research:

• Search ad spend increased 10% and social spend increased 37%
• Search advertiser revenue increased 12% and social revenue increased 191%
• Search clicks increased 8% and social clicks increased 1%
• Search average cost-per-click was $0.59 (up 2%) and social was $0.25 (up 35%)

"Social advertising is growing fast and, while paid search still commands the lion's share of online ad budgets, both channels have proven to deliver strong return on investment," said Aaron Goldman, chief marketing officer of Kenshoo. "The key for marketers is to approach search and social holistically and leverage advanced cross-channel platforms to automate and optimize campaigns."

"Search has long been the rock of digital marketing plans and will continue to be for its ability to capture intent and drive direct response results. The fact that search is still growing at double-digit yearly rates shows there is plenty of opportunity out there for scale," added Goldman. "Meanwhile, social advertising has clearly emerged as a vital always-on component of the media mix and its triple-digital growth in revenue proves that marketers are successfully converting social engagement into tangible business outcomes."

Previous research from Kenshoo revealed that complementing search campaigns with social advertising boosts ROI. The data analyzed by Kenshoo for its Q1 infographic reflect all advertisers and agencies actively using Kenshoo Search and Kenshoo Social for the past 5 quarters and cover more than 500 billion total global ad impressions. Visit http://www.Kenshoo.com/Search-Social-Snapshot to download the infographic and view further performance data and insights.

About Kenshoo 

Kenshoo is a global software company that engineers cloud-based digital marketing solutions and predictive media optimization technology. Brands, agencies and developers use Kenshoo Search, Kenshoo Social, Kenshoo Local, Kenshoo SmartPath, and Kenshoo Halogen to direct more than $200 billion in annualized online client sales revenue through the platform. Kenshoo is the only Facebook strategic Preferred Marketing Developer with native API solutions for ads across Facebook, FBX, Twitter, Google, Yahoo, Yahoo Japan, Bing, Baidu and CityGrid. Kenshoo powers campaigns in more than 190 countries for nearly half of the Fortune 50 and all 10 top global ad agency networks. Kenshoo clients include CareerBuilder, Expedia, Facebook, KAYAK, Havas Media, iREP, John Lewis, Resolution Media, Sears, Starcom MediaVest Group, Tesco, Travelocity, Walgreens, and Zappos. Kenshoo has 22 international locations and is backed by Sequoia Capital, Arts Alliance, Tenaya Capital, and Bain Capital Ventures. Please visit http://www.Kenshoo.com for more information.

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