Infographic – Who Is Using Google Analytics Worldwide?
Data privacy is a trending topic at the moment. Regulations and laws on cookies technology usage is now key. Most websites will run a cookies based web analytical tool or software like Google Analytics. Over 55 per cent of all websites in the world run Google Analytics, giving Google a comfortable 81 per cent market […]
World-Wide Stats: How Does Social Media Buzz Travel?
Last month at the SEM Conference in Oslo, Bryan Eisenberg and I were talking about the tools of the trade and he mentioned that he had put together a site focusing on collecting internet marketing tools and it seemed that he had been doing this for some time. The site itself is www.websitetestingtools.com and there […]
RIMC around the corner again
A short introduction video to the Reykjavik Internet Marketing Conference held in Iceland every year. Next conference will be in Iceland on 11 March with international speakers from Facebook, Wall Street Journal, AOL, SAP, Yandex, Hotels.com, Icelandair, Boats.com and more.
Google Has 80% Market Share in Iceland
A study done by Nordic eMarketing in Iceland last October showed that Google had 79% market share with Leit.is a local player with close to 9%. Another study done this March showed that Google has reached the 80% mark and Leit has gone to over 10%. The study was done for the first book in […]
80% of the Icelandic nation is using Facebook
According to research published in new Icelandic book on Internet marketing 80% of the Icelandic nation is using Facebook. Another research done by the international research company Capacent and published in the same book it’s revealed that 72% of Internet users, fifty four or younger, in Iceland start their purchase phase by using the search […]
92% of Icelandic households with internet access
In 2009, according to the eighth survey on the use of Information and Communications technology by Statistics Iceland 92 percent of Icelandic households had a computer with 90 percent of them all having access to the internet. Nearly all of the households with internet access, the equivalent of 97%, had a high-speed broadband connection. The […]
Google expands new trademark policy – but sidesteps Europe
Following the expansion of their trademark policy to the UK last year, Google has widened its looser trademark policy which basically allows all-comers to bid on trademark keywords increasing the cost of trademark advertising via the number one search engine and allowing competitors to aggressively buy each others ‘marks. The new change expands the ‘we […]
96% of Reykjavik has fast internet connection
According to a survey done by Statistics Iceland for the year 2008, Reykjavik has nearly 100% penetration of fast connection that is (ADSL or other types of xDSL connections), this changes very little when comes to region outside, goes down to 90%. So of a population of 319.326 some 305.000 have good access to the […]
The Reykjavik Internet Marketing Conference in March
The annual Reykjavik Internet Marketing Conference and Expo (RIMC) will be taking place on Friday 20th March in Reykjavik, Iceland this year. The conference focuses on Online communications and Internet marketing in a International Environment. Speakers include Sion Portman, European Marketing Manager – Nike, Adam Lasnik, Search Evangelist – Google, Rand Fiskin, CEO – SEOmoz, […]
This must be a world record for Facebook users
According to Elvar Arason researcher and a senior consultat at ABSmedia Iceland nearly all Icelanders aged 20 to 29 are registered on Facebook. This social media website is a huge success in the country to say the least. Nearly half of the nation is registered or just under 120.000 people and nearly everybody in the […]