Last year has been quite a busy one for the Portuguese stock market, mainly because of the takeover bid of Sonaecom over PT Telecom, the Portuguese main Telecom operator. In a very small market like Portugal this may have impredicable … Read More
“25 editors around the globe at the beginning of 2007 – 50 by the beginning of 2008!” As we start 2007, I reflect on a superb year for Webcertain Blog where we have broken new ground and new territories around … Read More
The Business Standard of India reported that Yahoo! was opening a research lab in Bangalore, India. Yahoo is also starting their “Big Thinkers” lectures in India in January 2007.
According to Analysys International, an Internet based provider of business information, the China search engine market will see a compound annual growth of more than 30% from 2006 to 2010 based on its recently released report “China Search Engine Market … Read More
Yahoo! China sued Qihoo back in late September of this year for unfair competition. The lawsuit claimed that Qihoo software, known as “360safe”, prompts users to de-install the Yahoo! Toolbar. The prompt made users believe that the toolbar was “malware”, … Read More
The Australian Federal Court ruled against a web site that provided links to illegal download sites and the ISP that provided hosting for the site. The Associated Press reported the court’s ruling could have impact on search engines like Google, … Read More
A typical middle-sized company in Portugal has a website on the Internet, 85% of big companies do. That’s the good news. The bad news is that the website has probably never been updated since 1998, it’s in flash, you can’t … Read More
Yahoo Answers was launched less than a year in Brazil, but the country already accounts for second largest number of answers in the world.
After a year full of controversies due to Orkut, Google opened its new office to celebrate the first anniversary. 2007 may be a new begining for Google, since there are some important changes in its team: Google Brasil #1 employee … Read More
Het Financieele Dagblad, the leading financial newspaper in the Netherlands, reports that a study by CoolBranding has given Google top spot for being not only the leading site in the Netherlands – but also the ‘strongest’ brand. Second was Ipod … Read More
US based online auction company EBay Inc. is exiting the China market. eBay said its China-based subsidiary, eBay EachNet, and TOM Online will enter into a joint venture. where eBay will take 49 percent stake and Tom Online Inc., an … Read More
Heavier users of the internet are switching to Firefox in greater numbers in the UK, says Nielsen//NetRatings. According to their latest report, by September 2006 almost 12% of UK users had adopted Firefox. Whilst for web marketing campaigns, 12% isn’t … Read More
The NY Times is carrying an article on Google’s lack of progress in Russia to date. Like the Chinese market, this is area which is dominated by the local players. “Google promised they would destroy everything, but look at where … Read More
Heise.de brings us the news (in German) that the German Government will be moving away from co-operation with the French over the search engine research project ‘Quaero’ even creating their own new project with a new name ‘Theseus’. The announcement … Read More
Chinese search site Baidu.com has signed a deal with Microsoft to sell advertising for MSN in China. Baidu’s paid search ads will appear on the Chinese versions of MSN, Live Search and other Micrsoft web properties. Baidu who recently announced … Read More
