Advertisers stayed cautious about the webLos Angeles Times, 15 January 1998

A national newspaper reported that brands remained hesitant to commit serious spending to online advertising.

The article captured an early moment of doubt, when the audience was growing but the evidence that online ads worked was still thin.

It set up the measurement questions that later studies on advertising effectiveness and web visibility would try to answer.

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