Liberalization of the .pt TLD delayed again
The decision to allow anyone to register a .pt TLD has suffered yet another blow, as the authorization from the Portuguese Ministry of Science and Technology was postponed to an unknown future date. 6 months ago the request to liberalize the .pt TLD was proposed by the Foundation for National Scientific Computing (FCCN) in order […]
TV ad campaign in Portugal uses blogs
A tv ad campaign for ZON (a cable operator that offers a triple play service) began airing the passed week on the main Portuguese tv networks. The campaign isn’t very out of the ordinary, but for one thing: it mentions a blog url . Here’s the concept: people who sign in with ZON are so […]
Eco Find: The green search engine
It uses a black background and therefore offers great energy savings, because black uses less energy than white on computer monitors. Called Eco Find, it is interely Portuguese in the making, but it uses Google results.
24 European states go borderless under Schengen
The Schengen agreement has been extended from 15 countries to 24 giving a wider borderless Europe with no internal border controls or checks and an open market of over 400 million people. Coming into force on the 21st December, the Schengen agreement makes physical inter-trade between bordering countries easier to manage for marketers. As Europe […]
Google Portugal now has navigational links
As was announced by several SEM blogs and media, Google launched internationally the navigational links in their homepage. This was a feature previously only available in Google.com (US). The order of the links in the Portuguese version of Google (Google.pt) is now the following: Web | Images | News | Groups | Calendar | Photos […]
EURid suspends 10,000 .EU names squatted in China
The .EU domain registrar management organisation, EURid has suspended 10,000 EU domain names which have been apparently legally registered by a Chinese woman – reports out-law. EURid has the power to remove the domain names from the woman – but has said that it would prefer a court to do it. According to reports, the […]
Google webmaster tools starts to think international
At least two major new features are arriving in Google’s webmaster tools console according to information from the SES San Jose conference and the official Google webmaster tools blog. The latter has announced support for the Internationalizing Domain Names in Applications (IDNA) and a series of further enhancements are expected. IDNA enables webmasters to use […]
Portugal's Department of Justice launches arbitration centre in Second Life
It’s called e-Justice Centre and it represents a joint project of the Justice Department and Aveiro’s University, which already has a strong presence in Second Life. The Justice Department’s press release explains that the centre aims to be a place where Second Life residents can resolve conflicts that come about in the 3D world, such […]
AEIOU launches new Sponsored Links program in Portugal
There are not a lot of alternatives if you want to do paid search advertising in Portugal. Basically you have two big players – Google Adwords with the lion’s share and Anúncios Sapo a very distant second. Now AEIOU, a portal which was recently bought by one of Portugal’s biggest media groups Impresa, announced they […]
Portugal’s €430 million tech plan for schools
That will put Portugal in the top five best educational systems in the EU. Or at least that is the aim of Portugal’s Prime Minister José Socrates, for the next 3 years. Since taking charge of the Portuguese government, Socrates has pushed a 430 million euro technological update of the Portuguese educational system, by setting […]