Articles

Domain names are immune to the crisis

  • 12 March 2009
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VeriSign announced that in 2008, 24 million new domain names have been registered worldwide. By the end of December, there was a total of 177 million domain names among TLDs,...

Belgique.com was sold for 25,000 euros

  • 10 March 2009
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The fact that geodomains (top level domains composed of geographic entities) are very popular is again proved by a number of sales made through the online marketplace Sedo.com. Last month,...

Combell at the Microsoft Techdays

  • 9 March 2009
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Microsoft Techdays will take place on March 11th and 12th, in Antwerp’s Metropolis. This trade show is a must for everyone who is interested in Microsoft’s new and future products...

Toys.com sold for 1.2 million $

  • 20 February 2009
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Domain name trading remains a flourishing business. This week, toys.com sold for 1.2 million $. Last week, fly.com got a new owner for 1.4 million $. The owner of those...

Online stores are booming

  • 20 February 2009
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One of the main reasons why some Internet users once did not purchase goods online was the (supposed) lack of security when making payments via the Internet. However, most large...

The crisis promotes Software As A Service (SaaS)

  • 4 February 2009
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According to IDC, the world's economic crisis makes companies choose more and more Software As A Service (SaaS) solutions. By doing so, they choose a hosted solution for a fixed...

E-commerce keeps growing: 42% more transactions in 2008

  • 4 February 2009
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Ogone, one of the leading European Online Payment Service Providers, has announced its financial results for 2008. And considering that the company's Belgian customers represent no less than 85% of...

1,000,000,000 Internet users

  • 31 January 2009
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According to Comscore, there are currently over a billion Internet users. Most of them come from China (18%, that is 180 million Internet users). The Netherlands ranked 15th, with 11.8...

17% more .be in 2008

  • 24 January 2009
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DNS BE, the official authority that manages .be domain names, has announced that in 2008, the number of .be domain names has achieved a growth that was less fast than...

Shipping free of charge to attract customers – a good strategy?

  • 24 January 2009
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Certain web stores hit hard by shipping free of charge, while others charge shipping costs. But what is the best strategy? Let us face the facts: users are not happy...

Internet users are banner blind

  • 17 January 2009
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A study conducted by research firm Jungle Minds using eye tracking techniques reveals that banners are barely seen by Internet users. They do not see the banner space as part...

COMBELL nominated for the Best Finance Team of the Year award

  • 17 January 2009
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COMBELL’s finance team is one of the candidates that could win the Best Finance Team of the Year Award in the category of SMEs. After having presented COMBELL’s case, the...