• by Wendy Davis  @wendyndavis, August 2, 2006

The strong online ad market propelled second-quarter revenue at digital marketing company aQuantive to $105.6 million--marking a 37 percent increase from the second quarter of last year, the company reported Tuesday. Earnings totaled $12.3 million, or 15 cents per share--up from last year's $7.8 million, or 11 cents per share.

The company's digital marketing services division, Avenue A/Razorfish and U.K.-based DNA--which aQuantive acquired last December--accounted for the majority of the company's second-quarter revenue. The digital marketing services units accounted for $64.1 million revenue--up 33 percent from $48.3 million in the second quarter of last year.

Revenue at Atlas, most of which comes from ad-serving, grew to $29.7 million--up from $22.5 million in the second quarter of last year. aQuantive's digital performance media unit, DRIVEpm, MediaBrokers and Franchise Gator, took in $11.9 million revenue in the second quarter--almost double last year's $6.5 million for the quarter.

For the year, the company forecast revenue of between $420 million and $430 million.

Online ad network ValueClick also reported strong quarterly results Tuesday. ValueClick's revenue rose to $130 million--$10 million above the company's previous guidance range of $118 million to $120 million. Revenue also increased 138 percent from last year's second quarter--but ValueClick made significant acquisitions since then, including the September acquisition of ad network FastClick.

ValueClick's net income for the second quarter came to $14.4 million, or 14 cents per share--up from last year's $6.8 million, or 8 cents a share.