The SEO Show – 1st March 2016 robots.txt files can now be updated faster on Google Webmasters can now ask Google to index and process updated robots.txt files. Previously, if webmasters changed their robots.txt file, they had to wait until … Read More
Global Marketing News – 1st March 2016 79% of European online shoppers abandon ecommerce purchases Research by B2C Europe has found that a staggering 79% of European online shoppers have abandoned an online purchase in the last 6 months. When … Read More
Global Marketing News – 29th February 2016 Google faces further blow in Europe France has announced that it wants Google to pay 1.6 billion Euros, equivalent to 1.76 billion US dollars, in back taxes. Google stands accused of using legal … Read More
Global Marketing News – 26th February 2016 Baidu exposed for mobile user surveillance An online security firm has found that thousands of apps using code written by the Chinese internet giant Baidu are sending unencrypted sensitive data to the company. … Read More
Global Marketing News – 25th February 2016 Paytm to launch luxury ecommerce platform Anasa The Indian mobile payments and ecommerce company Paytm is allegedly planning to launch a luxury ecommerce platform, according to an anonymous source close to the deal. Paytm … Read More
If you work at all in international SEO, you will definitely have come across the hreflang markup. Implementing it correctly can hugely improve the performance of global sites, yet getting it wrong can have the opposite effect and cause huge … Read More
Global Marketing News – 24th February 2016 In which country is Twitter more popular than Facebook? Twitter has more monthly active users than Facebook in Japan. The social networking companies have just released their user figures for the end of … Read More
Global marketing news – 23 February 2016 Wikipedia to create its own search engine Wikimedia Discovery The online encyclopaedia Wikipedia has announced that it is going to build its own search engine. It intends to spend 2.5 million US dollars … Read More
Global Marketing News – 22nd February 2016 Businesses eye up Africa for international expansion opportunities Many businesses are missing out on international expansion opportunities by dismissing the African market, which holds a lot more potential than many companies give it … Read More
Global Marketing News – 19th February 2016 Ecommerce has limitations warns international retailer The German electronics retail company Media-Saturn Group has said that it wants to expand its network of physical stores after admitting that ecommerce has its limitations. 8% … Read More
Global Marketing News – 18th February 2016 Study predicts shocking global smartphone numbers by 2020 A study by Baidu has predicted that there will be 6.1 billion smartphone users worldwide by 2020. The predicted rise means that marketers must increasingly … Read More
Global Marketing News – 17th February 2016 Google wins court case against UK competitor Streetmap The online maps company Streetmap has lost a court case against Google. Streetmap had accused Google of abusing its dominance in the search market by … Read More
Global Marketing News – 16th February 2016 Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba takes new musical direction The Chinese internet giant Alibaba has bought a 4% stake in the South Korean music company SM Entertainment for 30 million US dollars. SM Entertainment … Read More
Global Marketing News – 15th February 2016 New search engine launches targeting Albania A new search engine has just launched in Albania. Gjirafa has been created specifically with the Albanian language in mind, and its creators want it to grow … Read More
Global Marketing News – 12th February 2016 Amazon steps up global retail domination The international ecommerce giant Amazon is rumoured to be planning to launch a global distribution network called Dragon Boat. The scheme would help facilitate cross-border ecommerce on … Read More
