Social Networking catching up with Traditional Internet Portals
A recent study provides information on the development of social networks and their impact on Internt traffic distribution worldwide …
Iceland leading in broadband usage
Iceland (pop 300.000) is the most web-savvy country – a recent study shows it has the highest concentration of broadband users. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) found that broadband was also widespread in South Korea, the Netherlands and Denmark. USA still leads in most users, with nearly 50 million.
Korean site drags Google into david-goliath match
“Don’t be evil? Don’t trust Google!” Google was accused by a Korean community site(www.humoruniv.com) of not paying the Korean site for having Google’s AdSense on its Web site for two months. The site was supposed to receive a check of around 20 million won, but only received an e-mail from Google saying that it terminated […]
Naver is number one search engine in Korea with 68% share
Korea came 13th in an annual survey of brand value of countries, the Institute for Industrial Policy Studies said yesterday. The government-affiliated think tank also said Samsung retained the number1 position in brand value among Korean companies. For internet portals, Naver had the highest brand value. Naver is Korea’s No. 1 search portal service. The […]
Google Sitemaps now multilingual
The Inside Google Sitemaps blog has just announced that Google Sitemaps’ user interface and documentation are now available in ten additional languages. The newly added languages are: Brazilian Portuguese Dutch French German Italian Korean Russian Simplified Chinese Spanish Traditional Chinese Sitemap submisssion is not limited by the language of the site, as always. Source: Inside […]
MSN has opened its new AdCenter in Singapore – France next
MSN has opened the doors of its new AdCenter in Singapore – its long awaited move into the pay per click market – reports Abondance. The minimum cost per click has been set at 10 cents in Singapore Dollars or 6 cents US. The key details are that the system enables you to express preferences […]
Cross border Internet traffic slows – Asia and Latin America fastest
Digital Media Asia relays a report that cross border internet traffic actually slowed in 2005. The fastest areas of growth were Asia and Latin America. As the world’s web activity continues apace – the only conclusion is that more web users are heading to local sites as the web expands in their region. This would […]
Korea, Japan and China work together to improve internet security
Asia Media reports that internet authorities in Korea, China and Japan are to work together to improve internet security. The three countries combined represent 30% of all internet users worldwide. AsiaMedia :: KOREA: Korea, China, Japan agree to tackle Internet troubles