Is Google Poaching Clicks From Travel Advertisers? Spend Trends Down Even As Advertisers Increase (Study) - Search Engine Land
On the cusp of the summer travel season, AdGooroo has taken a look at the state of paid search in the travel sector in the U.S. The company has found that, on the whole, paid search expenditures have been trending down since 2011. Spend fell 19% from January through April of this year compared to last year. That follows an 11% drop during the same period from 2012 to 2011. The downward trends hold through the summer months.