Despite being an area of continual growth, innovation, and entirely unique capabilities, online advertising is still burdened by inherent challenges. The biggest perhaps has been here from the beginning; getting users to see ads. While many sites now deliver interactive
rich media ads to capture user attention, social networks are still lagging with engaging advertising (facebook primarily imo).
I found this particular study interesting because through some fairly scientific research, it seems that users actually scan the right rail of social media pages – the exact position where ads appear. Couple online user’s attention with some incredible targeting capabilities, and you’ve got yourself a pretty sound model for effective advertising.
http://tinyurl.com/npxq
Thanks for posting the Oneupweb Eye Tracking Study. For anyone who is interested, you can download the complete study at http://www.oneupweb.com/landing/09_search_is_going_social/