Portals Exposed As Online Ads Slow

THE $1.3 billion online advertising market is bracing for a cyclical slowdown. This comes amid warnings that Australia's big online portals such as ninemsn and Yahoo!7 will struggle to hold their revenue market share against specialist websites and independent groups that bundle together thousands of smaller websites to create rival advertising networks.

Wan, News In Online Link

DAYS after the Seven Network failed to topple the board of West Australian Newspapers, the publisher has moved to beef up its internet presence by teaming up with the News Ltd-controlled realestate.com.au to expand its online property classifieds.