Internet ad revenues in the U.S. increased by 15% in 2012 to $ 36.6 billion, driven by significant year-over-year increases in revenue for mobile, search and digital video ads, according to a new report from the Internet Advertising Bureau. Digital ad revenues also had a strong second-half of the year, topping $ 10 billion in the fourth quarter for the first time ever.

Mobile ad revenue more than doubled from the previous year to $ 3.4 billion from $ 1.6 billion, the second year in a row that mobile ad revenue has experienced triple-digit growth. Digital video revenue increased by 29% in 2012 to $ 2.3 billion and search ad revenue increased by 14% to $ 16.9 billion Read more…

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The blog post is broken into several sections for those who'd like to jump around:

• Moz's Acquisition of AudienceWise
• The Opening of Our Portland Office
• 2012 Moz Financials
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Moz's Acquisition of AudienceWise

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