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 […]
6 countries sign agreement to take European libraries online.
Reported by Austrian TV, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Poland and Hungary have signed an agreement to take national libraries online – in something of a re-buff for Google’s idea to do the same. The idea was born of European Commission President, Jose Manuel Durao Barroso and EU Council President Jean-Claude Juncker. Google’s US project encompasses […]
Switzerland and Slovakia are Europe's biggest gainers in Economist's e-readiness rankings
Whilst Denmark retains the top spot as the leading e-ready nation even beating the US, Slovakia has moved up 5 places in the rankings from a lowly 39th last year to 34th in 2005 in the latest e-readiness rankings from the Economist. The Economist Intelligence Unit regularly publishes its e-readiness rankings which are a measure […]
Overture and Lycos increase cooperation
Overture and Lycos are to work closer together in Europe, it has been disclosed. Following an agreement which is to run for several years into the future, Lycos will link its portal more closely with Overture in Germany, the UK, France, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands using the content match system.
Time spent online is increasing in France, Italy, UK, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain and Germany
Nielsen//NetRatings global netview analysis shows significant year-on-year increases in the number of hours per month spent online in all European countries monitored. Outside Europe, Hong Hong achieved the highest increase of 25% – whilst the US dropped. Most impressive are the figures for France (19%) and Italy (15%) where web users have significantly increased their […]
Google first in Italy – but competition is hot
According to figures from Audiweb by Nielsen//NetRatings, Google.it has the greatest reach in Italy of work and home users reaching 57.3%, Libero.it is second at 49.5%, Virgilio.it is third with 48.3% and MSN.it fourth with 36.2%. This makes Italy once of the hotter locations in the battle for the top slots with Yahoo not making […]