Articles

Online ads experience slower growth in the US

  • 13 October 2008
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The stagnating economy also takes its toll on the Internet, mostly on the level of ads. Consequently, Imran Kahn from JPMorgan has lowered his expectations with respect to the growth...

COMBELL at Digital Marketing First 2008

  • 1 October 2008
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On October 23rd 2008, COMBELL will be at Digital Marketing First 2008, the foremost interactive marketing trade show. Just like the two previous editions, this new one will also take...

Digimedia.be’s new look

  • 22 September 2008
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Since 2002, Digimedia has been the news resource for anyone who is interested in modern marketing and communication. The website welcomes about 20.000 visitors per month and its newsletter is...

An increasing demand for .eu domain names

  • 22 September 2008
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EurID, the .eu registry, has reported an increase in the number of requests for .eu domain names. Currently, there are a total of 2.8 million .eu registrations. Germany owns the...

Niche website trading is very lucrative

  • 21 September 2008
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A new phenomenon appeared on the Internet: niche website trading. There is a large amount of small blogs that address a very specific public, such as e.g. bonsai cultivators. Often,...

Landrush .tel domain names

  • 21 September 2008
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Click here to register your .tel domain name. The registry of the .tel announced the launch information for the .tel domain names. Concretely, these domain names contain “business cards” that...

99% of B2B websites lack efficiency: there is still work to be done

  • 8 September 2008
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A study just published by Identy indicates that a huge amount of B2B websites lacks efficiency. Numerous websites are designed according to B2C marketing principles, which are very different. Indeed,...

Think Media hosts “heavy” websites at COMBELL’s

  • 5 September 2008
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Since recently, all Think Media websites are hosted by COMBELL. Think Media is the publisher of P-Magazine, Ché, Menzo, Motoren & Toerisme/Moto & Loisirs, Motorwereld, Officieel Playstation Magazine, Chief, Modelspoormagazine/Train...

Cybersquatters exploit hurricanes in America

  • 5 September 2008
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SANS Internet Storm Center noticed that, the past few days, numerous domain names have been registered containing Gustav and Hanna, often completed by the words “help” or “foundation”. These 4...

A Dutch company buys printer.com for no less than 800,000 $

  • 27 August 2008
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The prices of generic domain names are still on the rise. This week, the Dutch IT company Treasuron purchased the domain name printer.com for an astounding 800,000 $. On September...

Dutch politicians want measures against domain names with typos

  • 25 August 2008
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The CDA member of the Lower House Mirjam Sterk wants measures that will protect people from those who are called typosquatters and who register one or several domain names containing...

Knol.com suddenly worth a lot of money

  • 25 August 2008
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You should be so lucky as to be the owner of the domain knol.com, on the glorious day that Google decides to launch an encyclopaedia (comparable to Wikipedia) that will...