pete - 1:28 pm on Mar 13, 2002 (gmt 0)

Not in the Asian Pacific, but being in South Africa, I think there may be some similarities between our country and the ones in your region (especially struggling currencies :) )

Our country (and I would argue), any African country would not be able to support a local PPC or PPI model.

I do however, make a distinction between
1) The big local blue chips and those exporting or generating foreign currency (US$, Euros, Pounds)

and

2) Medium to large enterprises applying their trade locally.

The first category compete globally or have aspirations of being found globally and have the budget to support a PPC and PPI campaign on the international engines. The second group develop brochureware and rely solely on Offline marketing.

We tend to focus on selling our services to the company's which fall in the first cat - wonder why! ;)

On a completely different note:
Woz, watched Oz make it four wins in a row at Newlands yesterday in the cricket! Ponting was superb :)