Belgian 'social' search engine launches in French only
BelSoc.org has launched a social search engine in the French language in Belgium focusing principally on professionals in the ‘social-medical’ sector. Moteur Social claims to only feature pages from Belgium, in the social fields and principally in French language. More of a directory than algorithmic search engine, the intriguing thing about the project is its […]
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 UK 42 Euros and Belgium just 8 Euros. The number of advertisers has gone from […]
Belgian internet statistics show women overtaking men!
Women are now in the majority of web users in Belgium who access the internet at least once per month – up to the age of 34 that is! Overtall men still represent 55% of regular users and women 45%. The difference is in the age group between 15 – 34 where 1,120,000 women surf […]
Internet statistics from Belgium take two steps forwards
Two organisations from Belgium – Insites and ISPA – which publish statistical information on the country’s web use, are to join forces to deliver better information for web marketers. Insites publishes the report known as the Belgium Internet Mapping twice a year. The latest figures – known as ‘BIM 12’ – were published in December […]
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 European top level domain name. Nevertheless, a significant milestone has been passed with the first […]