25% of Belgian companies may switch to .EU domain
Proximedia of Belgium is predicting that 25% of Belgian companies are likely to switch to using a .be domain name. European businesses abuzz over ‘.eu’ domain names – INQ7.net
Germany
Warning: Mass local language inbound links can damage your health
Google on their web site say there is almost nothing you can do to harm a website through the building of links from external sites. I unfortunately came across the reason they say almost recently. To a major extent they … Read More
Online advertising sales drooping for loans in Western Europe
Trade Doubler reports a drop in online advertising sales for loans in July … Read More
Miva researches launching pay per call in Germany
Miva is conducting research on it’s customer base in Germany to guage the level of interest in the roll out of its ‘pay per call’ service which is due to launch in the UK during September. With ‘pay per call’, … Read More
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 … Read More
MIVA announces significant new channels in Germany
Miva has announced a deal with Quality Channel which means its sponsored links will be shown on www.spiegel.de; www.sueddeutsche.de and www.manager-magazin.de giving the network a signifcant and strategic boost in Germany. Spiegel has a wide reputation as the leading ‘serious’ … Read More
Web.de sale to United Media runs into problems in Germany
The sale of Web.de to United Internet has hit a snag with two shareholders objecting to the deal. The German federal monopolies office had already approved the sale – as had the extraordinary meeting of the company. The board announced … Read More
Opodo moves into Spanish
Big brand Opodo has moved into its ninth European market with the launch of www.opodo.es. Opodo is already well established in the UK, Germany and France – and already entered the Italian, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, and Finnish markets in early … Read More
Google's desktop tool goes multilingual
The Google blog has announced that the desktop search tool is now available in a wider range of languages comprising of French, Italian, German, Spanish, Dutch, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Japanese and Korean. Google Blog: Speaking of search
Belgian web connections too expensive, says Belgian study
Belgian web connections are more expensive than those in the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, France, the UK, Germany and Italy, says a study by Belga’s Test Achat. Reported by Expatica
Worldwide broadband penetration shows Netherlands romping ahead in Europe
The far east still heads the league table of most broadband connected countries with South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan all in the top 6. The far east will overtake North America and Europe in the next few years … Read More
Big Clique African-American search engine launches in 17 languages
Mr. Olu, the Will Smith of search engines, has created a new search engine for the world – Big Clique – in fact covering 17 languages from day one an amazingly ambitious undertaking! Big Clique claims to offer ‘Just search…’ … Read More
Seekport continues its European roll-out with launch in the UK
The German search engine Seekport has moved its UK search engine out of Beta. Seekport launched in the UK in December and claims to offer more UK-oriented results – partly thanks to a team of editors who quality check the … Read More
German search engine Web.de to be bought by United Internet
Web.de signed up to an acquistion by United Internet on Friday for 200 million Euros and a 5.8% shareholding in United Internet. The deal can’t go ahead until it’s been approved by the German monopolies office – it also still … Read More
Ask Jeeves to conquer Western Europe!
CEO of Ask Jeeves has revealed to Reuters plans to roll out the butler throughout western Europe. Following the IAC acquisition, Ask certainly has more capital at its disposal so it is not surprising to read speculation of a buy-out … Read More
