Özet:

Advertising is definetely one of the most important tools of marketing. As a result of the advances in technology, beside tradional advertising channels, new advertising channels have emerged. One of the newly emerging advertising mediums is the Internet, which develops rapidly and increases its share in the market. The most important characteristics of Internet advertising that differentiate it from traditional advertising channels are its being interactive, personalized and measurable. Internet advertising enables the advertiser to have access to information such as the amount of money spent per customer, the number of people reached and the Internet usage habits of the target group, at a lesser cost and much faster relative to traditional advertising channels. In the light of this information the advertising campaigns can be tailored according to the needs of the target group in a much faster way. Those advantages are resulting in the rapid development of the Internet advertising in the world and implies the further growth of usage. In this study, the history and development of Internet advertising are summarized and the methods that can be used to measure the Internet advertising are explained. Furthermore, Google-Ad-Words advertising platform, which gives most accurate results compared to other measurement systems, is presented. To provide an example of the assessment of Internet advertising, a special advertising campaign is created for www.artyourself.com website. The one month results of the Internet advertising campaign are examined and suggestions for increasing the effectiveness of the campaign are provided.

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