ADVERTISERS spent $1.87 billion last year vaunting their products and services online, a rise of 9.4 per cent on the previous year, according to figures from PricewaterhouseCoopers, confirming the medium is on track to break the $2 billion mark this financial year.
Earlier forecasts had predicted that ads on banners, around videos and in search engines would be a $2 billion medium by the end of last year, so cementing its position as Australia's biggest medium after newspapers and television.
SAO PAULO, BRAZIL--(Marketwire - February 4, 2010) - OLX, already present online in 90 countries, has announced the opening of a new office in Brazil.
OLX.com.br has grown by 450% in the last two years and already counts 14 million visits per month in Brazil, with more than 1 million published items. The online classifieds company expects continued strong growth, aiming for 20 millions visits per month in 2010.
To help IT job seekers to search for jobs conveniently while on the move, the IT Job Board, a prominent IT job website in the UK, has launched an iPhone application for IT job search.
The unique job search application can also be used on the iPod Touch.
Telstra will float its booming Chinese real estate classifieds business, SouFun, but will then sell down its stake.
It made the surprise announcement last night, giving scant detail except to say the process of preparing the business for an initial public offering was under way.
Clickindia Infomedia Pvt Ltd, which owns and manages www.clickindia.com - India's leading free classifieds website, has been announced a Red Herring 100 Asia 2009 Winner. The award recognizes the 100 "Most Promising" companies in Asia driving the future of technology.
SÃO PAULO, Brazil -- OLX today announced the appointment of Rodrigo Ribeirão as Country Manager of OLX Brazil. In his new role, Ribeirão will lead all OLX Brazil operations, including both the internet classifieds site (www.olx.com.br) and the mobile classifieds site (http://m.olx.com.br/).
San Francisco (PRNewswire) -- When iPling Inc.'s Anunciate al Instante! (Instant Classifieds!) mobile-phone-based classified advertising service launches in Mexico City this month, it will be the culmination of a dream for Manuel Monroy, a Mexican entrepreneur working in Silicon Valley. Monroy's vision is to provide simple yet revolutionary tools wherever mobile technology can be leveraged to connect and empower people.
Connecting employers with job-seekers in their own community is easy and effective with the recruitment experts at LocalWork.ca. Working close to home boosts work-life balance, the environment and the local economy.
The newly launched LocalWork.ca draws on the time-tested recruitment knowledge of Metroland Media Group Ltd.'s network of more than 100 local community newspapers and websites to be the premier source for linking local employers with the talent they need.
Christchurch, New Zealand -- With purse strings easing, smart, forward-thinking companies will be looking to capitalise on the prospect of new opportunities. This means the labour market is about to heat up. And from the perspective of students, the timing couldn’t be better. The key then, is finding these opportunities and seizing them.
With used vehicle transactions predicted to account for nearly 70 per cent of total sales by 2013*, Kijiji Canada is making it even easier for Canadians to find a used vehicle online by rolling out significant upgrades to its Cars & Vehicles category.
Following a year of growth as the most visited used autos website in [...]
Simply Hired, the largest job search engine, today announced a new localized destination website for Japan (www.simplyhired.jp).
With more than 200,000 available local job postings at launch, Simply Hired's expanded presence in Asia will directly benefit job seekers-who anticipate a worsening in the job market toward the end of the year-and bring a wealth of opportunity to local recruiters, employers and Web publishers. The new job search engine for Japan joins localized Simply Hired websites in 14 other countries on five continents and in eight languages.
Shopping for a vehicle in Edmonton just got easier.
Autonet.ca, a Canadian automotive leader in print and online, is partnering with the Edmonton Sun to launch a local site featuring exclusive vehicle news, reviews, comprehensive used and new car listings, and extensive new vehicle information.
The new site -- at edmontonsun.com/autos -- is part of a national plan that will see exclusive and extensive automotive content in six of Sun Media's major urban markets including Edmonton, Calgary, Toronto, London, Ottawa and Winnipeg.
In the latest confirmation of changing times in traditional publishing, the Trading Post is dumping its weekly print edition to move online.
The classified advertising icon, which was immortalised in the hit film “The Castle” will publish its final print edition at the end of October.
The job market is a competitive place, and it gets no more competitive than among the many online job search websites available for job seekers.
In Atlantic Canada, a clear frontrunner has emerged as the place to go if you're searching for a new career.
Singapore -- Websites of Singapore Press Holdings Ltd ("SPH") took 30 top spots in the Hitwise Top 10 Rankings in the first 6 months of 2009.
AsiaOne.com, zaobao.com, ST701.com, and hardwarezone.com were once again ranked Number One in their respective categories.
Friday, February 19, 2010
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