Blogging reaches top level government in Italy. Yesterday afternoon the new ministers were sworn into office – business as usual ? Not really if you consider that 6 ministers are active bloggers, in particular neo minister of communications Paolo Gentiloni.
The debut of Search Engine Strategies Italy was certainly a successful one. Although I cannot report on the number of participants, it was apparent and for all to see that the number of people attending various sessions was very encouraging from my perspective. The audience was a blend of both
Search Engine Strategies has opened for business today in Milano, the first SES conference to be held in Italy. The turn up has been significant considering the event being a first time. 20 sessions ranging from organic positioning to pay per click campaigns are scheduled – amongst today’s sessions featured
A recent survey reported by SPOT & WEB Media Communications Magazine shows an increase in search engine usage as a key element to identify products, independent of their value, prior to purchasing on line or off line.
The recent allegations of registry mismanagement by Bob Parson have been partially dismissed by EURid spokesman Patrik Lindén as reported by Punto Informatico earlier today. Mr Lindén reportedly stated that manipulations may have occured due to the presence of phantom registrars, and defended the EURid criteria which provides each registrar
The number of broadband subscriptions throughout the OECD continued to increase in 2005 on the rise from 136 million in June 2005 to 158 million by the end of the same year. Broadband rate of growth during the same period was steady at 15% and the average number of subscribers
The European Commission is following with great interest the ongoing rush to purchase a .eu domain name and believe the new TLD is an indication of a renewed interest in Europe as a common marketplace of both citizens and industry. Punto Informatico reported more than 700.000 domain names have been
The official Google Italia Blog was launched yestderay April 3rd. A brief introductory post by Setfano Hesse, Corporate Communcations Manager invited users to interact and provide feedback as well as anticipating featured guest bloggers in the near future to get things started. A BETA version of the AdWords Editor, a
Jim Lanzone, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Ask.com will attend Search Engine Strategies Italy as a keynote speaker. This is the first Search Engine Strategies Conference in Italy, scheduled on April 26 and 27 in Milano. Ask.com Italia was officially launched in beta on March 8 and opened
ADEx Nielsen estimates report online marketing expenditure on the rise in Italy up 51,3% over a 12 month span from January 2005 to the same month of this year. Marketing & Publicity investments in Italy reach € 601,4 Million with an overall 2,1% increase. Billboard publicity fell sharply (-7,3%) while