Google or Yahoo or Ebay might buy worldwide publisher
According to Brand Republic the big online brands could well move into the traditional media by buying a firm called Trader Classified Media. Trader Classified Media (not ‘trade’ as reported elsewhere) owns 575 print titles and 56 web sites in 20 countries including the US, France, Spain, Italy, Switzerland and Russia amongst others. What could […]
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.
Spanish e-commerce: Grim or exciting? Which will it be?
Three weeks ago, Patricia Fernandez de Lis of El País, wrote a rather discouraging article on the state of E-commerce in Spain. Online sales “are stuck in Spain, where only 5% of the population buys on the internet.” The article stems from a recent study, eEspaña produced by the Auna Foundation, which paints a rather […]
The “Golden” Pages—Yellow Pages, Czech Republic and Growth
Yellow Pages—so familiar, so practical and SO trendy. Have you noticed? Yellow Pages have been in the spotlight now that local search is picking up speed. So much in fact that all the buzz has resulted in a very complete third edition of the Kelsey Group study on Yellow Pages, “Global Yellow Pages(TM) 2005: The […]
MSN Spain unveils a simplified makeover
Clearly the big news this week is PPC, all across the board (Ask Jeeves, Yahoo and MSN). The new products that will inevitably keep everyone busy adjusting and transforming their campaigns. But life goes on, and other news, although small and overshadowed, ought to be brought into the light, if only just for a moment. […]
AOL targeting Latino Market
Seems AOL is joining the popular push to attract more Latin traffic. They have announced a new TV and radio campaign whose goal is to draw more Latinos to AOL. The Spanish speaking market seems to very popular right now.
Technorati broadens their horizons
According to the Technorati blog, you’re all welcome to search for blogs in a total of ten languages (Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish). This new search addition is still in beta (ie. there are still some mixed language results coming up) and works only in keyword searches. But it looks […]
Interview with Miguel Acosta, Ask Jeeve’s Director of European Business Development: Opening alternative doors in Spain and Europe
There has been plenty of talk about Ask Jeeves’ plans and progress in the U.S., but Ask Jeeves is also keeping plenty of heads turning in the European market. Spain is a recent endeavor with plenty of action to this day to keep the interested on the ball. Recently, MSE covered Ask Jeeves’ strategic agreements […]
Yahoo and Antena3 in a convenient exchange
Today there is more news of strategic agreements in the Spanish market. This time Yahoo is in the picture. Yahoo Iberia will now be offering their popular email service, messenger and Kelkoo product search on the portal of one of Spain´s leading television channels, Antena3. In turn, Antena3 will become an additional well of information […]
The latest on domains in Spain and Europe: Improvements and Obstacles
Since the launch of the new and improved (or in more practical terms, cheaper and more accessible) .es domains, Red.es is happy to report that the number of registrations for .es domains in June was twice as much as in the previous month, reaching 3,348 registrations on June 30th and adding up to a total […]