Organization and Business	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Organization and Business	Organization and Business Company Overview Inuvo, Inc. is an internet advertising technology and digital publishing company. We develop technology that delivers content and advertisements over the internet. We develop direct to consumer marketing technology to acquire consumers for our content. We develop analytics and optimization technologies to align advertisements with consumers. We generate revenue when an end user clicks on the advertisements we delivered. We manage our business as two segments, the Partner Network (advertising technology) and the Owned and Operated Network (digital publishing). Within the Partner Network, we recruit online publishers and provide them an advertising delivery service, the primary brand for which is SearchLinks^©. This service allows publishers the ability to place Inuvo ad-technology in various locations and configurations within their website or app for either a desktop or mobile implementation. We generate revenue in this segment when an advertisement that is delivered is subsequently clicked on by a consumer. Advertisements can be served by either Inuvo or a third party depending on the needs of the publisher. Typically, we collect revenue from advertisers when an advertisement is clicked and then share a portion of the revenue with the publisher. We deliver well in excess of a billion such advertisements annually. The Owned and Operated Network designs, builds and markets consumer websites and applications. This segment consists of our main online property marketed under the ALOT brand and a number of other websites targeted at specific demographics like EARNSPENDLIVE and sites designed specifically for generating leads in a specific market vertical like ASKTHIS for automotive. The majority of revenue generated by this segment is derived from advertisements that have been delivered on web pages that include both Inuvo content and advertisements. Our ALOT branded websites and applications have a broad appeal focusing on popular topics such as health, finance, careers, local search, travel, living, education and auto. We have a number of highly differentiated and proprietary strengths that include; long standing advertising relationships with Yahoo and Google from whom we source advertising inventory which we distribute through our own online properties or through those of third party publishers; the ability to serve hundreds of millions of advertisements to any device or browser in milliseconds; the ability to both self-market and self-monetize our own publishing business; the ability to test advertising technology within our own publishing business; the ability to target advertisements based on website content, past behavior or to redirect users back to Inuvo content when the economics and alignment are optimized; the ability to expand to other geographies where appropriate; the ability to develop and publish content just-in-time to meet demand from advertisers; a low cost operation in central Arkansas with access to numerous universities, and a proprietary technology infrastructure developed by, and in some cases patented by Inuvo. We plan to continue growing our website and mobile application business by expanding the ALOT brand and acquiring new websites where appropriate. We will continue to distribute SearchLinks broadly throughout the Internet by growing our network of publishers. Financially, we are focused on growth while maintaining a positive cash flow. We expect to continue to make strategic investments principally in these areas; marketing technology associated with direct to consumer acquisition; the SearchLinks platform, and advertising targeting analytics. Liquidity On September 27, 2016, we renewed our Business Financing Agreement with Western Alliance Bank ("Western Alliance Bank"), the parent company of Bridge Bank, N.A., our original lender (see Note 6, "Notes Payable"). The renewal provided continued access to the revolving line of credit up to $10 million through September 2018. As of December 31, 2016, the balance of the revolving line of credit was zero. The revolving line of credit had approximately $6.0 million in availability at December 31, 2016. During the first quarter of 2014, we filed an S-3 registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") to replace the existing, expiring S-3 "shelf" registration statement. Though we believe the revolving line of credit and cash generated by operations will provide sufficient cash for operations over the next twelve months, we may still elect to sell stock to the public or to selected investors, or borrow under the current or any replacement line of credit or other debt instruments in order to fund the development of our technologies, make acquisitions, pursue new business opportunities or grow existing businesses.

Organization and Business

Company Overview

Inuvo, Inc. is an internet advertising technology and digital publishing company.

We develop technology that delivers content and advertisements over the internet. We develop direct to consumer marketing technology to acquire consumers for our content. We develop analytics and optimization technologies to align advertisements with consumers. We generate revenue when an end user clicks on the advertisements we delivered. We manage our business as two segments, the Partner Network (advertising technology) and the Owned and Operated Network (digital publishing).

Within the Partner Network, we recruit online publishers and provide them an advertising delivery service, the primary brand for which is SearchLinks^©. This service allows publishers the ability to place Inuvo ad-technology in various locations and configurations within their website or app for either a desktop or mobile implementation. We generate revenue in this segment when an advertisement that is delivered is subsequently clicked on by a consumer. Advertisements can be served by either Inuvo or a third party depending on the needs of the publisher. Typically, we collect revenue from advertisers when an advertisement is clicked and then share a portion of the revenue with the publisher. We deliver well in excess of a billion such advertisements annually.

The Owned and Operated Network designs, builds and markets consumer websites and applications. This segment consists of our main online property marketed under the ALOT brand and a number of other websites targeted at specific demographics like EARNSPENDLIVE and sites designed specifically for generating leads in a specific market vertical like ASKTHIS for automotive. The majority of revenue generated by this segment is derived from advertisements that have been delivered on web pages that include both Inuvo content and advertisements. Our ALOT branded websites and applications have a broad appeal focusing on popular topics such as health, finance, careers, local search, travel, living, education and auto.

We have a number of highly differentiated and proprietary strengths that include; long standing advertising relationships with Yahoo and Google from whom we source advertising inventory which we distribute through our own online properties or through those of third party publishers; the ability to serve hundreds of millions of advertisements to any device or browser in milliseconds; the ability to both self-market and self-monetize our own publishing business; the ability to test advertising technology within our own publishing business; the ability to target advertisements based on website content, past behavior or to redirect users back to Inuvo content when the economics and alignment are optimized; the ability to expand to other geographies where appropriate; the ability to develop and publish content just-in-time to meet demand from advertisers; a low cost operation in central Arkansas with access to numerous universities, and a proprietary technology infrastructure developed by, and in some cases patented by Inuvo.

We plan to continue growing our website and mobile application business by expanding the ALOT brand and acquiring new websites where appropriate. We will continue to distribute SearchLinks broadly throughout the Internet by growing our network of publishers. Financially, we are focused on growth while maintaining a positive cash flow. We expect to continue to make strategic investments principally in these areas; marketing technology associated with direct to consumer acquisition; the SearchLinks platform, and advertising targeting analytics.

Liquidity

On September 27, 2016, we renewed our Business Financing Agreement with Western Alliance Bank ("Western Alliance Bank"), the parent company of Bridge Bank, N.A., our original lender (see Note 6, "Notes Payable"). The renewal provided continued access to the revolving line of credit up to $10 million through September 2018. As of December 31, 2016, the balance of the revolving line of credit was zero. The revolving line of credit had approximately $6.0 million in availability at December 31, 2016. During the first quarter of 2014, we filed an S-3 registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") to replace the existing, expiring S-3 "shelf" registration statement. Though we believe the revolving line of credit and cash generated by operations will provide sufficient cash for operations over the next twelve months, we may still elect to sell stock to the public or to selected investors, or borrow under the current or any replacement line of credit or other debt instruments in order to fund the development of our technologies, make acquisitions, pursue new business opportunities or grow existing businesses.