Belgian web connections too expensive, says Belgian study
Belgian web connections are more expensive than those in the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, France, the UK, Germany and Italy, says a study by Belga’s Test Achat. Reported by Expatica
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Worldwide broadband penetration shows Netherlands romping ahead in Europe
The far east still heads the league table of most broadband connected countries with South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan all in the top 6. The far east will overtake North America and Europe in the next few years … Read More
Big Clique African-American search engine launches in 17 languages
Mr. Olu, the Will Smith of search engines, has created a new search engine for the world – Big Clique – in fact covering 17 languages from day one an amazingly ambitious undertaking! Big Clique claims to offer ‘Just search…’ … Read More
The search marketing association EU goes for lift off
For some months a group of search marketers around Europe have been drafting a constitution and plans for an association to represent search marketers. Following the success of the SMA-UK, Mikkel deMib Svendsen and Andy Atkins-Krüger have been working with … Read More
Spend per internet user in Belgium – lower than the UK and France
An IAB Nederland study reported by Digimedia confirms earlier reports in this blog on Belgian statistics, that the market is somewhat lagging behind. According to the study, spend per person online during 2004 in France was 54 Euros, in the … Read More
Dutch online advertising grows by 34% in first quarter of 2005
The Dutch Interactive Advertising Bureau reports that the online advertising market grew by 34% in the first quarter of 2005 to 21.5 million Euros. Emerce, which brings us the report, explains that the bureau brings together 18 organisations including TradeDoubler, … Read More
Zoeken.nl creates “special days” logos ala Google
Dutch Cowboys tell us that Zoeken.nl has followed Google’s lead in changing their logos to suit special days. Google changes its logo to reflect national days – but this means that their logo changes throughout the world. Danny Sullivan of … Read More
The very first .eu domain name goes live
The very first .eu domain has gone live on the web today – but don’t get your cheque books out yet – this is the registration organisation itself – EURid at www.eurid.eu – which is responsible for managing the new … Read More
Dutch consumers prefer to buy online from Dutch sites
A Dutch survey of 381 Dutch online consumers showed that they prefer to buy on the internet from Dutch organisations based on Dutch soil. However, this was not due to any national sentiment – 65% of them are happy to … Read More
Switzerland and Slovakia are Europe's biggest gainers in Economist's e-readiness rankings
Whilst Denmark retains the top spot as the leading e-ready nation even beating the US, Slovakia has moved up 5 places in the rankings from a lowly 39th last year to 34th in 2005 in the latest e-readiness rankings from … Read More
Quote Media is to sell Dutch search engine Vinden.nl back to its founder
Quote Media has decided to sell both Vinden.nl and Zoeken.nl back to their original founder Jan-Willem Tusveld following a decision that the sector was not their core business, reports Emerce. Jan-Willem Tusveld founded Vinden.nl in 1998 selling it later to … Read More
Overture and Lycos increase cooperation
Overture and Lycos are to work closer together in Europe, it has been disclosed. Following an agreement which is to run for several years into the future, Lycos will link its portal more closely with Overture in Germany, the UK, … Read More
