Search BizReport
News by Topic
Marketing
- Advertising
- Search Marketing
- Email Marketing
- Loyalty Marketing
- Mobile Marketing
- Social Marketing
- Viral Marketing
- Trends & Ideas
Beyond Marketing
BizReport : Advertising : September 20, 2006
Sports and Social: What Internet Youth Wants
Need to find a niche market for a new line of cosmetics? Want to find new clientele for athletic shoes? The Internet could be your online gold mine.
A study from Youth Trends found that young women and young men use the Internet for different things. It focused on kids between the ages of 16 and 24. For young ladies, the Internet is a social hub. Sites like MySpace and Facebook are among their favorite places to go. "For females on the web right now, posting and sharing photos is big, so you can essentially say: females are to digital photos as males are to sports," Josh Weil of Youth Trends is quoted as saying. For young men, sports sites like ESPN, Yahoo and Google are favorite landing pages.
For both segments, their favorite search portal was Google, with 31% of females and 34% of males it was among their favorites top 10 sites.
For online advertising dollars, this means that advertising on Google, paying for prime placement on search results pages and pay-per-click advertising is at a premium. It also indicates that social sites like Facebook and sports sites like ESPN are prime locations for advertising dollars.
Tags: 16-24 age group, Facebook, Google, MySpace, search marketing
Subscribe to BizReport
Latest Headlines
- 7Search upgrades PPC offerings
- Does your target audience have high-speed Internet access?
- Borders.com brings bookstore buzz to Internet
- IAB releases revised ad unit and rich media guidelines
- What does your online reputation say about you?
- Creating a niche is key for social marketers
- Marketers to spend over $2 billion on affiliate marketing
- Marketers need to be mindful of mobile web
Featured White Papers:

Search Engine Optimization and Pay-Per-Click: A Holistic Approach
Learn how pay-per-click (PPC) and natural search engine optimization (SEO) can work hand in hand to help your business better connect with new customers. >>

12 SEO Campaign Killers
Learn what not to do when launching a Search Engine Optimization (SEO) campaign to attract more visitors, leads and sales. >>

Social Media Marketing: 12 Essential Tips for Success
Learn how to effectively engage customer communities with a new, social marketing mix. >>
Featured Magazines:

Successful Promotions
Shows you how effective imprinted promotional items can be for any kind of campaign. >>

Featured Research
- NEW! B-to-B Lead Generation Handbook
Special $200.00 discount for BizReport readers only!
Improve your results and the quality of your leads - download the full report right now.
Comments
sure we'll help and let the kids help julie baio
Posted by: julie nickolauson on October 3, 2006 22:50