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Customers prefer a Web 2.0 web shop

  • 24 April 2008
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A study conducted by Internet Retailer showed that Internet users will more readily return to a web shop that contains Web 2.0 elements. Web 2.0, also referred to as the...

The ten most expensive domain names

  • 24 April 2008
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You could already read previous that it pays to invest in domain names. This week, the domain name dollars.com was sold for no less than 500,000 EUR. Below, you’ll find...

The European Commission’s i2010 report on ICT in Europe

  • 24 April 2008
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The European Commission published a few interesting numbers in its new progress report “i2010”. The average broadband penetration in Europe totals 20 % (25.6 % in Belgium and 34.2 %...

A new spam page every 3 seconds

  • 17 April 2008
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A study conducted by Sophos revealed that a new spam page is placed on the Internet every 3 seconds. This adds up to 20.000 new spam pages per day. These...

The 12 millionth .de domain name has been registered

  • 16 April 2008
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Yesterday, the 12 millionth .de domain name has been registered. According to DENIC, the instance that manages the German ccTLD, this confirms that .de domain names are the Germans’ first...

The 100 first domain names

  • 16 April 2008
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Let’s take a dip into the history of Internet for a moment. The first domain name was registered in 1985. The first DNS was indeed launched in 1984 and in...

Nearly 3 million .eu domain names

  • 8 April 2008
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The 2.8 million threshold for .eu domain names has been crossed. 81.714 (3%) .eu domain names have been attributed to Belgians, about 378.289 (13.5%) to Dutch people and over 870.000...

COMBELL at Ondernemen/Entreprendre 2008

  • 7 April 2008
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On the 19th and 20th of March, the annual trade fair Ondernemen/Entreprendre 2008 took place at Tour & Taxis, in Brussels. Nearly 10.000 professionals visited this fifth edition, which featured...

The landrush for .my domain names has started

  • 5 April 2008
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The landrush for domain names from Malaysia (.my) has started. Not only Malaysian companies can register a .my domain; any company conducting business in Asia can. The attribution happens according...

The landrush for numeric .nl domain names will be partially reorganized

  • 25 March 2008
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Following the investigation conducted by ISPconnect and an in-house investigation, the SIDN has decided to partially reorganize the landrush for numeric .nl domain names. The reason to this is that...

Google as a marketing tool

  • 22 March 2008
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Google is popular. According to the Dutch National Search Engine Monitor, more than 93 % of Internet users frequently use Google. This means that, when writing content, one should take...

There are more .nl than .eu domain names

  • 21 March 2008
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At the present time, there are more .nl than .eu domain names. As a matter of fact, there are 2.824.391 .nl domain names versus 2.819.673 .eu domain names. This leap...