The Middle East is one of the major growth regions for the internet, and a study released this week revealed that web users in the region spend more time online than many of their Western counterparts. Here, Omar Khaled, Partner … Read More
Eugene Lomize, Head of Advertising Technologies at Russian search engine Yandex was voted the Medallion Speaker at the International Search Summit in Seattle. The award is voted for by delegates at the event, and is designed to recognise the speaker … Read More
On October 6th, the Bell Harbor Conference Center in Seattle will host the the firstInternational Search Summit in North America – but what is special about this event and why should people attend? Michael Bonfils, CEO of WebCertain US and … Read More
DeNA and Yahoo’s social gaming platform for PC, “Yahoo! Mobage” launched its β version. It is available for free of charge. “Yahoo! Mobage” is a social gaming platform, which lets users play games that are linked PCs and mobile. It … Read More
‘The WebCertain Search and Social Report’ has been published today and gives an insight into the search and social media trends in over 20 global markets. It looks at which search engines and social media sites are popular with users … Read More
Google is the most popular search engine in most countries, Facebook is overtaking all other local networks to lead the way in global social media and Twitter is gaining new followers from all corners of the globe in their droves. … Read More
Blekko is an interesting new search engine currently in Beta. As there will be plenty of people doing general reviews, I thought I would concentrate on looking at what Blekko can offer in terms of links. Link builders in particular … Read More
For any organisation targeting a Russian audience, knowing and understanding Yandex is key to success in the country. The homegrown search engine is the clear market leader in Russia, and is showing little sign of relinquishing any of this share … Read More
In a research done by Nordic eMarketing in cooperation with the eNewsPR network, journalists are found to use less than 2.5 keywords most of the time. In the same research Nordic eMarketing found that French journalists are lazier than the … Read More
Facebook is now the most popular social network in India, having overtaken Orkut for the first time ever. The latest comScore figures show that Facebook has grown by 179% in the past year, and boasted 20.9 million visitors in July. … Read More
We all know Twitter is a global tool and an essential part of any international social media strategy – but how should we use it for maximum effect? John Yunker is the co-founder of Byte Level Research, a company dedicated … Read More
From 2011, Webcertain will be partnering with SMX (Search Marketing Expo) to run the International Search Summit at SMX events across the US and Europe. The International Search Summit will continue to be programmed and hosted by Webcertain, however will … Read More
China Mobile, the world’s biggest cellphone carrier and Xinhua, China’s official state run news agency, signed an agreement to establish a new Internet search engine and international media company, “Search Engine New Media International Communications Co.” It was not immediately … Read More
Indonesia, Brazil and Venezuela are nations with the most tweeters, according to a comScore report which shows that global Twitter usage has increased 109% in the past year. While Indonesia recorded the most monthly visitors to the site, Latin America … Read More
In a Wall Street Journal interview, Baidu CEO Robin Li stated that international expansion will be a key revenue driver for the Chinese search engine in the coming years. Baidu launched a Japanese version of its site in 2008 and … Read More
