Flash Player is an extremely popular plugin for web browsers, that's obvious. What I find amazing about it isn't that its on nearly every computer that connects to the Internet, but that it gets updated so quickly. Recent stats show that about 80% of users update to the latest version of the Flash Player within 6 months of release.
According to a recent study by the University of Udine and Gorizia, 80% of internet users find online ads an obstacle to their navigation, reducing ease of use of the web. The results presented in the study are based on a survey conducted in the north east of Italy:
Source: ANSA
According to a new study by Visa Inc. “B2C Electronic Commerce in Latin America and the Caribbean: Beating All Odds.”, retail e-commerce in Latin America, including travel and tourism, rose to nearly $11 billion in 2007, up from about $5 billion in 2005 and $7.78 billion in 2006, and is expected to surpass $16 billion this year and reach nearly $30 billion by 2010.
Sales figures for leading Latin American markets, with sales in millions of dollars for 2007, 2006 and the percent change:
Online sales in Italy on the rise showing robust double digit growth in 2007 (+42,2% from 2006).
E-commerce sales totaled € 4,868 Billion with tourism and travel the leading market segment (+ € 800 million over 2006), followed by, consumer electronics and free time activities.
The results of the study were presented in Milan by Casaleggio Associati and Expedia.
Source: ANSA
Hospitality eBusiness Strategies specializes in direct-to-consumer online distribution and eMarketing strategies, published the The 2nd Benchmark Survey on Hotel Internet Marketing Budget Planning and Best Practices.
The survey results clearly show the website is a major revenue driver requiring online marketing budgets to support the activity.
statistics, web marketing hotels, web marketing travel
According to recent statistics released by Banca d’Italia credit cards and similar electronic payment cards are present in more than 50% of Italians wallets and are unused, preferring cash at the check-out counter.
According to BankItalia, in 2006 Italians spent € 943,00 and paid by cash, approximately 48% of monthly expenditure. Electronic cash suffers slow growth and online shopping is estimated to be present in about 9% of households. Prepaid cards are used by 2,2% of families.
B2C E-commerce volume exceeded US$ 4.87 billion in Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and UAE in 2007.
Total number of e-commerce users in these four countries exceeded 5.1 million people in 2007.
Full report available at zawya - Middle East Business Information
What started out as a dare has now become the proverbial center of the universe for seniors seeking to fulfil their innermost sexual desires. Yes, Ireland now has its very own senior porn kingpin. He commands a media empire visited by tens of thousands of seniors-porn thirsty fanatics each month. All run from a tranquil village called ——-. [Update: Apparently the village got slammed with 80 seater buses pulling trailers full of walking frames.]
Just pure speculation on my part, but given that they reportedly paid ???50m to buy myhome.ie back in August 2006 I wonder what the valuation would be today?
Daft.ie Vs MyHome.ie - Page Views on Alexa
And before anyone jumps on me about Alexa data - yes I know. But for trending it can still be useful.
I doubt anyone who works in the Internet industry needs any evidence of the huge surge in activity over the past year. Virtually everyone I speak to these days is reaping rewards.
We all need figures to back up our assumptions and budget proposals. Here’s a handy prediction from IAB Europe which shows that Europe is fast catching up with our North American counterparts when it comes to advertising spend online:
I’ve more or less come to the conclusion that SEO is now a commodity. It seems that just about everyone in the web design / web marketing industry is now also an SEO. So the obvious move is up the value chain. For me that means Conversion Optimisation and Analytics .
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