Nordiske forskere får legat til at udvikle flersprogelig søgemaskine
Nordiske forskere har fået et legat på DKK 2,5 mio. fra Nordisk Ministerråd til at udvikle og forske i en søgemaskine (Tvärsök), som kan søge på tværs af de nordiske sprog, herunder dansk, svensk, norsk, finsk og islandsk. De eksisterende søgemaskiner er endnu ikke gode nok til at vise resultater på tværs af sprog og […]
Multilingual web search taking a step up in Scandinavia
A multilingual web search project has received a research grant of DKK 2.5 mio ~ 335,000 EUR to research the options of multilingual web search covering Scandinavian languages including Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish and Icelandic. Receiving the grant will enable the university research group to work (part time) on the project for a while without […]
25% of Belgian companies may switch to .EU domain
Proximedia of Belgium is predicting that 25% of Belgian companies are likely to switch to using a .be domain name. European businesses abuzz over ‘.eu’ domain names – INQ7.net
Online advertising sales drooping for loans in Western Europe
Trade Doubler reports a drop in online advertising sales for loans in July
Firefox browser use expands rapidly in Europe
XiTimonitor has published a study showing that Firefox is truly taking off with European audiences. Norway and Portugal have been the fastest growers in the last with 19% and 15% respectively. Five eastern European countries score for the first time – Bulgaria, Croatia, Latvia, Ukraine and Slovakia. Top scorers are Finland, Germany and Poland.
Interview with Chrysi Philalithes, European Marketing Director, MIVA (Espotting) and Christer Pettersson, Online Manager – Search, Eniro.
Congratulations on the deal between MIVA and Eniro. Thank you both for taking time out to talk to Multilingual Search and answer a few questions about the deal with MIVA and Eniro. RASMUS: A lot has happened with Espotting in Scandinavia since launching your service a couple of years ago. Could you maybe tell us […]
Google opens office in Norway
Norwegian news site Digi.no reports that Google have opened an office in Oslo, Norway. So far the office only employs one, Mr. Jan Grønbech. Grønbech is the former boss of ad giant DoubleCLick (Adlink). However Google employs another 3 people, who are all in Google European headquaters in Dublin Ireland. Grønbech’s new title is “Vertical […]
Yahoo Scandinavia opens the doors again
After closing their local sites 1.5 years ago, Yahoo has once again opened up to local users in Sweden, Denmark and Norway. The local sites have a very similar look and feel to the US site, but one major difference is the absence of the directory. At the time of posting, there are signs that […]
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 […]