IQ News: Web Advertisers Support Sites After Hack Attacks

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After a three-day assault by hackers on several leading Web sites early this month, advertisers united behind the affected e-companies, reconfirming the staying power of the Internet. Displaying unfaltering confidence in the medium, advertisers and Web companies alike dismissed the service disruptions as growing pains that are characteristic of any evolving technology.
“There are going to be temporary setbacks,” said Joshua Kopelman, co-founder and president of Half.com, a bargain-basement shopping site based in Conshohocken, Pa. This month’s ruckus will not prevent Kopelman from placing $15 million to $25 million in advertising this year on Web sites, including affected sites CNN.com



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