META Group predicts commercial search market to reach $5 billion over next two years More providers jumping on contextual advertising bandwagon, as revenues rise.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-28 October 2003-META GROUP: META Group predicts commercial search market to reach $5 billion over next two years More providers jumping on contextual advertising bandwagon, as revenues rise(C)1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:10272003 Fleet, Hampshire -- According to META Group, Inc.

(Nasdaq: METG), as companies re-evaluate marketing strategies to include more contextually relevant Web advertising and search engine optimisation in lieu of mass e-mail and telemarketing, smaller commercial search vendors and larger companies with search services will begin vying for market share currently held by market leaders Yahoo and Google. META Group predicts the contextual advertising market will reach $5 billion by 2006, as more providers continue to...