18 February 2015 – Global Marketing News Microsoft invests in Android-rival Cyanogen Microsoft has just invested 70 million US dollars into the tech start-up Cyanogen, as reported by the Wall Street Journal. Cyanogen has developed an operating system to rival … Read More
17 February 2015 – Global marketing news Image leaked of Chinese worker manipulating app rankings An image has appeared online apparently showing a Chinese worker deliberately manipulating Apple app rankings. The image, which was originally posted on the Chinese social … Read More
16 February 2015 – Global Marketing News Qihoo fined 51 million yuan for unfair competition A Beijing court has ordered Chinese technology company Qihoo to pay rival Sogou 51 million yuan, equivalent to 8.2 million US dollars, according to the … Read More
15 February 2015 – Global Marketing News Baidu reorganising into 3 groups Baidu has announced that it will be reorganising its business into three groups. The existing businesses will be restructured to create a mobile services group, a search group, … Read More
14 February 2015 – Global Marketing News Facebook growing in Asia but struggling with monetisation Facebook is growing in popularity in Asia faster than anywhere else in the world, with a 51% increase in user numbers in the last 2 … Read More
13 February 2015 – Global Marketing News Online search overtakes print media as most trusted news source Research company Edelman has announced that online search engines have surpassed traditional printed media as the most trusted news source. The research revealed … Read More
12 February 2015 – Global Marketing News Naver unveils new mobile shopping platform The Korean search engine Naver has announced that it will be introducing a mobile shopping platform later this year. With smartphone penetration at over 100% in the … Read More
11 February 2015 – Global marketing news Qihoo buys 360.com for $17 million The Chinese technology company Qihoo has bought the domain name 360.com for 17 million US dollars. Qihoo bought the domain name from Vodafone on 4th February in … Read More
10 February 2015 – Global marketing news Google must improve its privacy policy, says Britain’s ICO Britain’s data protection regulator has ruled that Google’s privacy policy is too vague and needs changing, as reported by Reuters. Google’s privacy policy has … Read More
So, you think your new international website content has what it takes to launch your business to global success? Sure, your content may be of a high quality from a purely linguistic point of view, but it is not quite … Read More
With an internet penetration of 82.5% and a staggering wireless broadband penetration of 99.3%, South Korea is one of the most mature online markets in the world. The country is very active in terms of e-commerce, with the average South … Read More
As Russia becomes more and more lucrative, digital marketers are becoming increasingly excited about the country. If you want to expand your business into the area, then you’d better acquaint yourself with Yandex. Yandex is Russia’s leading search engine, with … Read More
Making up a whopping 1 in 4 people online, the Chinese internet market is the biggest in the world, with 600 million users. And excitingly, it’s still growing – making it a very attractive target for businesses. Social media is … Read More
An introduction to the Chinese smartphone and OS landscape China has a relatively complex app store landscape that is very different to what we are familiar with in the West, but the rewards are big for app developers who can … Read More
The most recent International Search Summit took place last week in London and covered a wide breadth of areas within the topic of international SEO. From geo-targeting to content outreach to the latest stats on global search and internet usage, … Read More
