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From E-commerce to We-commerce

9 May 2009
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Seeing is buying. Maybe it works online too? Internet consultancy bureau Jungle Minds noticed that an increasing number of web stores offer the possibility to go shopping with friends. Social...

Call to action

9 May 2009
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Surfing is a passive occupation; making people who visit your website perform an action – like e.g. ordering a brochure, watching a video or even checking out the details of...

PHPBelgium organises a user group meeting in the new COMBELL offices

7 April 2009
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On Wednesday April 22, PHPBelgium, the Belgian user group for PHP development, organises a user group meeting, as it always does on a bimonthly basis. This spring edition will take...

Blogs and social networks are increasingly popular

26 March 2009
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A study published by Nielsen reveals that 2/3 of Internet users visit social networks such as Facebook. As a consequence, e-mail dropped from fourth to fifth in the ranking of...

Erfgoeddag hosted by Combell… again!

23 March 2009
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Just like last year, Erfgoeddag (Flanders’ Heritage Day) chose Combell as its reliable partner to host its website. The 2009 edition will take place on April 26. During a whole...

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...

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...

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...

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