http://blog.daype.com The latest about classified ads: industry news, social media, research data, market trends, start-ups, partnerships, web tips etc. Compiled by Daype Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:55:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/newspapers-feeling-the-pinch.html http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/newspapers-feeling-the-pinch.html#comments Sun, 14 Aug 2011 15:50:32 +0000 Editor http://blog.daype.com/?p=9063 http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/newspapers-feeling-the-pinch.html/feed 0 http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/boatsplus-used-boats-classifieds-launched.html http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/boatsplus-used-boats-classifieds-launched.html#comments Wed, 25 May 2011 06:35:11 +0000 Editor http://blog.daype.com/?p=8594 Australian online marine trading site, BoatsPlus, has traditionally focused on showcasing new boats and motors, but in a bid to offer an affordable alternative to those wishing to buy and sell used boats]]> http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/boatsplus-used-boats-classifieds-launched.html/feed 1 http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/job-ads-growth-continues.html http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/job-ads-growth-continues.html#comments Fri, 13 May 2011 18:00:26 +0000 Editor http://blog.daype.com/?p=8434 Job advertisements edged up again in April, marking a year of consecutive monthly increases, according to a leading survey. The ANZ survey showed newspaper and internet job ads rose by one per cent during the month, and 20.5 per cent year-on-year. ]]> http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/job-ads-growth-continues.html/feed 0 http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/video-and-mobile-capture-market-share.html http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/video-and-mobile-capture-market-share.html#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2011 13:15:38 +0000 Editor http://blog.daype.com/?p=8015 Online advertising revenue will account for 25 per cent of the total advertising market by 2014, according to a recent research report. Overall online advertising expenditure will tip $3.6 billion in 2014, and will fall just shy of $4 billion by the end of 2015. Frost & Sullivan Australia and New Zealand senior research manager Phil Harpur told an audience at a conference this morning that growth will continue to be driven by directories, search, display and classifieds. However, he also said that the market will see exponential growth in video and mobile advertising.]]> http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/video-and-mobile-capture-market-share.html/feed 0 http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/classifieds-online-advertising-growth.html http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/classifieds-online-advertising-growth.html#comments Tue, 09 Nov 2010 14:55:10 +0000 Editor http://blog.daype.com/?p=7548 Revenues were up by 23 per cent to $572 million compared with the same period last year. The increase puts internet advertising on track to reach $2.2 billion in 2010, ranking it the third-biggest medium by spend after television and press. ]]> http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/classifieds-online-advertising-growth.html/feed 4 http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/australian-males-outside-australia.html http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/australian-males-outside-australia.html#comments Fri, 17 Sep 2010 17:52:46 +0000 Editor http://blog.daype.com/?p=7414 Gumtree is a popular free classifieds advertising site largely operating in the UK, Australia and elsewhere for "buying, selling, jobs, property and more...". In the terms of service, the site says that you have to agree not to violate any laws when posting to Gum Tree.]]> http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/australian-males-outside-australia.html/feed 0 http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/carsales-buys-online-auction-site-oztion.html http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/carsales-buys-online-auction-site-oztion.html#comments Thu, 26 Aug 2010 05:52:09 +0000 Editor http://blog.daype.com/?p=7274 Australia's second largest online auction site, OZtion, has been sold for the second time in just over two years, with online classifieds giant Carsales.com acquiring the business for $1.1 million.]]> http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/carsales-buys-online-auction-site-oztion.html/feed 0 http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/secrets-four-fastest-growing-online-stars.html http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/secrets-four-fastest-growing-online-stars.html#comments Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:25:06 +0000 Editor http://blog.daype.com/?p=7271 http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/secrets-four-fastest-growing-online-stars.html/feed 2 http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/internet-advertising-industry-cracks-billion-mark.html http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/internet-advertising-industry-cracks-billion-mark.html#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2010 11:25:54 +0000 Editor http://blog.daype.com/?p=7216 http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/internet-advertising-industry-cracks-billion-mark.html/feed 0 http://blog.daype.com/articles/amazon-and-ebay-the-most-visited-shopping-websites.html http://blog.daype.com/articles/amazon-and-ebay-the-most-visited-shopping-websites.html#comments Sun, 01 Aug 2010 15:20:51 +0000 Editor http://blog.daype.com/?p=7023 Online auction and retail site eBay is the most visited shopping website in the United Kingdom, Australia and Singapore while Amazon takes the top spot in the US and comes a close second in Singapore and the UK.]]> http://blog.daype.com/articles/amazon-and-ebay-the-most-visited-shopping-websites.html/feed 0 http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/car-ads-take-media-sites-2.html http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/car-ads-take-media-sites-2.html#comments Fri, 18 Jun 2010 07:49:48 +0000 Editor http://blog.daype.com/?p=6721 http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/car-ads-take-media-sites-2.html/feed 0 http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/global-financial-crisis-and-market-maturity-slow-growth.html http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/global-financial-crisis-and-market-maturity-slow-growth.html#comments Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:36:57 +0000 Editor http://blog.daype.com/?p=5996 http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/global-financial-crisis-and-market-maturity-slow-growth.html/feed 3 http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/lessons-from-the-dotcom-bust.html http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/lessons-from-the-dotcom-bust.html#comments Wed, 14 Apr 2010 07:12:18 +0000 Editor http://blog.daype.com/?p=5902 MARCH marks a decade since the beginning of the end for the dotcom bubble. On March 10, 2000, the technology-heavy NASDAQ sharemarket index peaked at 5048.62 – double its valuation of a year earlier – with a slew of highly speculative public offerings for web-based businesses inflating the index well beyond reason. ]]> http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/lessons-from-the-dotcom-bust.html/feed 0 http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/telstra-to-float-then-sell-soufun.html http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/telstra-to-float-then-sell-soufun.html#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:35:36 +0000 Daype http://blog.daype.com/?p=5413 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.]]> http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/telstra-to-float-then-sell-soufun.html/feed 0 http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/trading-post-dumps-print-edition.html http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/trading-post-dumps-print-edition.html#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:30:46 +0000 Daype http://blog.daype.com/?p=5199 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.]]> http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/trading-post-dumps-print-edition.html/feed 0 http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/newspapers-too-slow-to-compete-with-online-ads.html http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/newspapers-too-slow-to-compete-with-online-ads.html#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 07:42:35 +0000 Daype http://blog.daype.com/?p=5064 Newspapers are now struggling because the revenues they used to receive from classifieds have shifted to the internet (ABC News: Giulio Saggin, file photo) The head of online classifieds company carsales.com.au says newspaper publishers are suffering because they have been too slow to react to the growth of the internet. The online company, which was founded nearly 15 years ago, was floated on the share market last week. Newspapers are now struggling because the revenues they used to receive from classifieds have shifted to the internet.]]> http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/newspapers-too-slow-to-compete-with-online-ads.html/feed 0 http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/worst-case-fears-forgotten-as-ads-send-seek-higher.html http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/worst-case-fears-forgotten-as-ads-send-seek-higher.html#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:16:07 +0000 Daype http://blog.daype.com/?p=4951 AUSTRALIA'S internet job classifieds leader Seek said yesterday the fall-off in employment ads in 2008-09 had not been as pronounced as expected, prompting a re-rating of the company that triggered a substantial rally in its shares. Seek's shares yesterday rose 71c, or 15 per cent, to $5.35 on their biggest single day of volumes since May. The rise pushed Seek's share price to its highest level in almost a year.]]> http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/worst-case-fears-forgotten-as-ads-send-seek-higher.html/feed 0 http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/carsales-classifieds-leader-ready-for-812m-float.html http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/carsales-classifieds-leader-ready-for-812m-float.html#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:33:30 +0000 Daype http://blog.daype.com/?p=4840 The largest sharemarket float since the global financial crisis -- that of the country's online car classifieds leader, Carsales.com.au -- is set to be launched to the public today in an initial public offering that values the company at $812 million.]]> http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/carsales-classifieds-leader-ready-for-812m-float.html/feed 0 http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/trading-post-may-quit-print-edition.html http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/trading-post-may-quit-print-edition.html#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:52:28 +0000 Daype http://blog.daype.com/?p=4726 Iconic classifieds publication The Trading Post may cut its weekly printed edition in order to focus on its online operations. According to a report in today's Australian, the Telstra-owned newspaper could be shut down as early as October after 40 years in print.]]> http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/trading-post-may-quit-print-edition.html/feed 0 http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/ebay-makes-changes-to-fees.html http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/ebay-makes-changes-to-fees.html#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:06:01 +0000 Daype http://blog.daype.com/?p=4473 Online marketplace eBay says its Australian website is experiencing a similar downwards trend in sales as its other sites worldwide and has cut fees to bolster its local listings. Managing director of eBay Australia and New Zealand Deborah Sharkey said eBay.com.au averages around five million visitors each month.]]> http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/ebay-makes-changes-to-fees.html/feed 0 http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/australian-online-real-estate-market-poised-for-battle-as-google-moves-in.html http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/australian-online-real-estate-market-poised-for-battle-as-google-moves-in.html#comments Sat, 11 Jul 2009 04:07:52 +0000 Daype http://blog.daype.com/?p=4439 It's shaping up as a battle of the online giants. In one corner are the current champions of Australia's online real estate classifieds, realestate.com.au and Domain, and in the other corner is the challenger Google. And there's no need for introductions. While more than 90 per cent of Australians online use Google, the popular search engine is now looking to enter the property search market.]]> http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/australian-online-real-estate-market-poised-for-battle-as-google-moves-in.html/feed 0 http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/bottom-in-sight-for-classified-ad-market.html http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/bottom-in-sight-for-classified-ad-market.html#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:44:56 +0000 Daype http://blog.daype.com/?p=4398 http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/bottom-in-sight-for-classified-ad-market.html/feed 0 http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/ray-white-group-sells-stake-in-rea.html http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/ray-white-group-sells-stake-in-rea.html#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:01:20 +0000 Daype http://blog.daype.com/?p=4362 Leading real estate agents, the Ray White Group, has sold its entire $80 million-plus holding in online property classifieds leader REA Group to a range of existing and new shareholders.]]> http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/ray-white-group-sells-stake-in-rea.html/feed 1 http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/outlook-for-online-classifieds-isnt-all-rosy.html http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/outlook-for-online-classifieds-isnt-all-rosy.html#comments Fri, 22 May 2009 17:24:03 +0000 Daype http://blog.daype.com/?p=4010 It seemed a statement of the obvious when Rupert Murdoch recently observed that classified revenues are undoubtedly migrating to the web, probably not to return to traditional media. Classifieds migration, an issue that has been confronting newspapers since home broadband became ubiquitous, is one of the most talked about themes among media analysts.]]> http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/outlook-for-online-classifieds-isnt-all-rosy.html/feed 0 http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/online-classifieds-advertising-to-see-weaker-growth-of-18-percent-in-2009-and-2010-down-from-26-percent-last-year.html http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/online-classifieds-advertising-to-see-weaker-growth-of-18-percent-in-2009-and-2010-down-from-26-percent-last-year.html#comments Mon, 18 May 2009 11:23:20 +0000 Daype http://blog.daype.com/?p=3933 Sydney, Australia (NewswireToday) -- The online classifieds advertising market experienced 26 percent growth in 2008 to finish the calendar year valued at AU$498 million finds Frost & Sullivan.]]> http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/online-classifieds-advertising-to-see-weaker-growth-of-18-percent-in-2009-and-2010-down-from-26-percent-last-year.html/feed 0 http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/fairfax-woes-a-sign-of-the-times.html http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/fairfax-woes-a-sign-of-the-times.html#comments Thu, 14 May 2009 17:31:46 +0000 Editor http://blog.daype.com/?p=3881 The Fairfax newspaper group, whose mastheads date back to the 19th century, is finding itself coming to grips with 21st century reality. Already hit by a slump in circulation and profits, Standard and Poor's thinks Fairfax's advertising revenue is in for a tumble and has downgraded its credit rating as a result.]]> http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/fairfax-woes-a-sign-of-the-times.html/feed 0 http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/fairfax-classifieds-nearly-halved-year-on-year.html http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/fairfax-classifieds-nearly-halved-year-on-year.html#comments Tue, 12 May 2009 19:35:50 +0000 Daype http://blog.daype.com/?p=3780 http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/fairfax-classifieds-nearly-halved-year-on-year.html/feed 0 http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/west-press-warns-of-profit-slump.html http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/west-press-warns-of-profit-slump.html#comments Wed, 06 May 2009 06:38:57 +0000 Daype http://blog.daype.com/?p=3517 http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/west-press-warns-of-profit-slump.html/feed 0 http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/petfetchcomau-offers-australians-a-new-way-to-find-pets-online.html http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/petfetchcomau-offers-australians-a-new-way-to-find-pets-online.html#comments Sat, 02 May 2009 11:16:36 +0000 Daype http://blog.daype.com/?p=3370 http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/petfetchcomau-offers-australians-a-new-way-to-find-pets-online.html/feed 0 http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/australian-job-site-seek-taps-market-for-cash.html http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/australian-job-site-seek-taps-market-for-cash.html#comments Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:45:38 +0000 Daype http://blog.daype.com/?p=3103 http://blog.daype.com/international-news/oceania/australian-job-site-seek-taps-market-for-cash.html/feed 0