Comscore has released its May data showing the popularity of various European websites for the month of May 2011 in Europe which provides some interesting findings, including the fact that Facebook now beats Google sites in Europe for number of … Read More
Baidu has announced a deal with Microsoft’s Bing to power its English language results within China. Baidu’s Kaiser Kuo explained, “We have an increasing number of people entering English-language queries on Baidu, and that has never been our strong suit. … Read More
According to a study done by BITKOM on the German online market around 55% of German Internet users don’t think that their data is safe and 16% feel that their data is not safe so do not use the Internet … Read More
There were many great sessions and speakers at the International Search Summit Seattle earlier this month, but the standout speaker for many of the delegates was Bill Hunt, and he was nominated the Medallion Speaker on the day. And not … Read More
150 million European citizens shops over the internet. 30 million of them shop cross border online in the EU. European cross border shoppers spend on average €800 a year, i.e. a total of €24 billion. What rights do European consumers … Read More
Russian search engine Yandex is not resting on its laurels following its successful IPO last month but continuing to consolidate its leading position in the Russian market through a collaboration with fellow Russian engine Rambler. From 23 June, Rambler will … Read More
Finally, since last week people in The Netherlands (and the rest of Europe) can add the Google +1 button to their website. Also, Twitter has released their Follow-button, and Bing and Facebook are continuing their partnership. And with all this … Read More
Whilst everybody knows about “Russian Google” Yandex, today I want to talk about another big player in Russian online advertisement market – Mail.ru. Mail.Ru Group Limited is one of the biggest Internet company (more than 1800 employees) in the Russian … Read More
Microsoft Advertising is a brand that takes customer engagement seriously and values building relationships with its audience. However, as a global brand this engagement needs to be tailored to each market and each audience – no mean feat! Jenny Leahy, … Read More
RIF+KIB 2011, the biggest Internet event in Russia I just came back from Moscow after spending three days at the RIF+KIB 2011, the biggest Internet conference in Russia. I decided to attend this event to use this opportunity to promote … Read More
In February Google officially announced that the Google Merchant Center will launch in Spain, Italy and the Netherlands. Google Shopping is the vertical search engine from Google where visitors, as you’ve already guessed, can search for products. As a company, … Read More
Nielsen reports that 41% of Malaysians accessed the Internet in 2010, a 15% increase over the previous year. People in the younder ranges of 20-24 were the highest users with 57% of them using the internet for just over 22 … Read More
You may never have heard of Neelie Kroes but now is the time to change that – she has the most profound influence over the future development of the global web of any human on the planet. How come? Neelie … Read More
Social Media has now reached 96% penetration in The Netherlands, with global sites Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn all growing rapidly in the country. It is still one of the few markets where a local social network is the most popular … Read More
Kakao Talk, a Korean Mobile Messaging App, is to launch an aggressive international campaign to grow its subscriber base and compete with global giants Facebook and Twitter. The free messaging service, which currently has 9 million subscribers in South Korea, … Read More
