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What do people say on the web about your company? Google Alerts keeps you updated

  • 29 April 2008
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You are probably familiar with Google’s “Google Alerts” service. Upon request, Google notifies you by e-mail when a new article is published on a given subject. But did you also...

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 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...

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...

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...

Thanks to COMBELL free tips from Google

  • 8 March 2008
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Your website, a success story As a hosting provider, we intend to support you on as many levels as possible in order to help your website become a success. COMBELL’s...

HEROES happen {Here} in Ghent

  • 23 February 2008
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This March 11th, Windows Server 2008 will be launched. After almost 5 years, a worthy successor for Windows Server 2003 has arrived. In its capacity of Microsoft Gold Certified partner,...

Dutch online advertising expenditures for 2007 increased with 12.2 %

  • 23 February 2008
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A study conducted by the IAB reveals that in the Netherlands, online advertising expenditures increased with 12.2%, reaching 153.8 million €. 85% of this sum was spent through buttons, banners...

Twice as much computer viruses in the space of one year

  • 13 February 2008
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Several media have mentioned today that the amount of computer viruses has doubled in the space of one year. Nowadays, the objective of many virus designers is to access critical...

Local hosting becomes more and more important

  • 11 February 2008
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Last month, the connection of 100 million Internet users broke down. Three undersea cables had suddenly been broken. As a consequence, a great part of India, Saudi Arabia and Egypt...

875 000 000 online shoppers

  • 11 February 2008
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A recent study conducted by Nielsen Media Research reveals that over 875 million consumers shop online. That is over 85% of the worldwide population with an Internet connection. Most of...