GlobalThoughtz.com this past week featured the top web properties in Japan, Blogging Stats in Russia, Google Finance in Canada, MySpace Widgets and much more, read below...

Top Japan Web Properties December 2007
Source comScore: Yahoo! Sites continued to lead the market in Japan with more than 42 million visitors in December. Google Sites captured the second position with 32 million visitors, followed by Microsoft Sites with 30 million visitors. The top 25 properties held relatively constant in their…

Mobile Local Search: Moving Away from Early Adopters
We all know that Mobile Search is the next big thing. Frankly I’m surprised that it’s not bigger than it is right now. New devices and apps are starting to bring mobile local search beyond just an early adopter medium. Mobile Search is starting to catch on in North America…. you might want to…

Media in Russia - Blogging Stats for Russia
There are a lot of great resources about Russian Media. One such resources is Johnson’s Russia List which contains a variety of categories from media to politics to business and economics. I was going through the media section and noticed a number of great stories related to the online space. Some…

Using QDOS to Find Your Digital Status
QDOS (pronounced like Quodos) is currently being beta tested in the UK. For those not familiar, QDOS is a new way to manage your digital status and manage how you look online. It’s designed to give you a starting point for managing and taking control of your online status. Be seen how you [...]

Google Finance Canada
Just a reminder for our Canadian readers. Google Finance Canada is a great resource for finding out information about the markets and business in Canada. Google Finance Canada is a great tool for finding items such as: Top financial news from Canadian sources Search with a preference for…

Baidu is officially open in Japan
Chinese search engine Baidu, which has 74% search share in China, has officially open its service in Japan. The Japanese version of Baidu offers web search, image search, video search and blog search services.Baidu’s CEO Robin Li said, “We are going to add the services and the functions that…

MySpace Widgets Reach Largest U.S. Audience
In November 2007, nearly 148 million U.S. Internet users viewed widgets, representing 81 percent of the total audience. MySpace.com widgets had the widest audience, reaching more than 57 million Internet users, while Slide.com ranked second with 39.2 million viewers. Google.com has the sixth widest…

Do NOT use banners on your own web pages
It’s a BIG difference in how you should use banners for external marketing and banners on your own web pages.On other people’s sites you don’t really have to worry that much about it, just measure and optimize and you’re good. But if you forget that effect and use banners on your own sites,…

Search Engines in Finland
Google dominates the search engine market in Finland. According to my own little research with IndexTools web analytics system and TNS Gallup ’s national interviews, Google’s market share is approximately 95 % in Finland. So, if you plan to do some search engine marketing here, Google is…

More than 200 people interested in web analytics gathered in Oslo yesterday
I had the pleasure to be attending and speaking at the gathering yesterday. WebTrends had invited their clients to a user forum, and more than 200 people showed up. It’s the first time in Norway that I have seen more than 10 people, all interested in web analytics, in the same room. And this…

Russian Investors Inject $30 Million into Badoo
According to Tech Crunch UK , Russian investor Finam has purchased 10% for $30 million. Finam estimates the number of social network users in Runet to grow 5-fold over 2007. Russian IT review site, CNews writes “Finam does not plan to expand its share in Badoo.com. However, the company does not…

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