Google Prediction: Google shows banner or video ads in its search page in 2008

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The latest paid-click data for search engines shows that Americans are clicking on paid search ads less than we did last year--not an encouraging trend for the state of online advertising. For Google alone, which represents about 60 percent of the U.S. search market and is a bellwether for Internet companies, this deceleration in paid-click growth has been going on since at least October. Year-over-year monthly growth rates in paid clicks have fallen from 37 percent in October to 27 percent in November, 12 percent in December, 0 percent in January, and now 3 percent in February, according to ComScore figures published by Silicon Alley Insider.
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Due to the slow down of click-thru ad revenue, do you think Google will start showing banner or video ads in their search result page in order to pick up its momentum again?

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	ZiiValue (chance)	Answer	MyAnswer (which outcome happened?)	Possible Outcomes
	21%		Yes, shows banner/video ads	Yes, shows banner/video ads
	79%		No, only shows text ads	No, only shows text ads

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