APPROVAL FOR 2007 RESULTS
Consolidated results
Net revenues: €4,082.1 million
Operating profit: €1,149.0 million
Net profit: €506.8 million
Proposed dividend of €0.43 per share
Italy
Advertising revenues grow: +1,1%
Television costs: -0,8%
Mediaset Premium: revenues more than double
Ratings: Mediaset confirms leadership
in the 15-64-year-old audience
Canale 5 Italy’s most popular channel
Spain
Operating profitability: 44.9%
Ratings: Telecinco Spain’s leading channel
The Board of Directors of Mediaset, which met today under the Chairmanship of
Fedele Confalonieri, has approved the annual report for 2007 of Mediaset SpA and
the consolidated annual report of the Mediaset Group for the year ended 31
December 2007.
MEDIASET GROUP: CONSOLIDATED RESULTS
• The consolidated net revenues of the Mediaset Group grew by 8.9% to reach
€4,082.1 million, compared with the €3,747.6 million of 2006.
• The group’s EBIT rose to €1,149.0 million, an increase of 10.8% compared with
the previous year (€1,036.6 million).
• Operating profitability rose to 28.1% from the 27.7% of 2006 and is, at a
consolidated level, the best performance among listed continental broadcasters.
• net profit attributable to the Group, after taxation, came to €506.8 million (€505.5
million in 2006) despite marked non-recurring increase in the tax rate, resulting
from the introduction of new fiscal norms.
• the Group’s consolidated net financial position went from -€568,3 million at 31
December 2006 to -€1,208.9 million at 31 December 2007. The increase in
indebtedness was mainly the result of investments made in the third quarter (of
€628 million) for the acquisition of the Medusa Group and the capitalisation of the
investment vehicle established for the acquisition of Endemol, as well as the
distribution of dividends by the parent company and the Telecinco subsidiary (for a
total of €644.7 million).
• During the period the group’s net cash generation came to €666.0 million, up
from the €363.6 million of the previous year.
It should be noted that companies acquired during the year have been consolidated
from July 2007. The companies of the Medusa Group have been fully consolidated
while the 33.3% stake held in the consortium that controls the Endemol Group,
through Mediacinco, is consolidated on a net equity basis.
A BREAKDOWN OF RESULTS BY GEOGRAPHIC AREA
Italy
• consolidated net revenues in 2007 came to €3,002.1 million, an increase of
9.1% on the previous year (€2,751.5 million). The increase is the result of a
positive contribution by Publitalia, increased revenues from the pay-per-view
activities of Mediaset Premium, network operator activities and the consolidation
of the revenues of the Medusa Group.
Gross television advertising sales came to €2,880.6 million, an increase of
1.1% on 2006 at the end of a year that saw a constant progression, culminating in
the extraordinary performance of the last three months in which there was doubledigit
growth in advertising revenues.
Mediaset Premium generated revenues of €225.9 million more than double
those of 2006 (€107.8 million). During 2007 more than 2.3 million new rechargeable
cards were sold, as well as 6.3 million re-charges. Mediaset
Premium’s revenue from the sale of encrypted football rights to other platforms
amounted to €94.3 million.
• EBIT rose to €663.8 million, compared with €597.1 million in 2006 (+11.2%).
• Total television costs saw a fall of -0.8% compared with 2007.
• Pre tax profit rose from €569.1 million in 2006 to €608.0 million for 2007.
• Net profit came to €330.8 million, down from the €347.2 million of 2006 due to
the abovementioned non-recurring effect of the tax rate.
• The economic impact of the recent acquisitions (Medusa and Endemol) have
already proved positive, net of acquisition costs.
Ratings: in 2007 Mediaset channels confirmed their national leadership across all
time bands among viewers in the 15 to 64 year-old age range (the commercial
target): Mediaset recorded ratings of 42.9% in prime time and 43.0% across the 24-
hours.
Canale 5 is Italy’s most popular channel in the commercial target with a 23.5% share
in prime time and 22.6% across the 24-hours.
Spain
• during 2007 the consolidated net revenues generated by the Telecinco Group
grew to €1,081.6 million from the €997.6 million recorded in 2006.
• operating profit (EBIT) rose to €485.2 million from the €439.6 million of 2006
(+10.4%).
• operating profitability increased to 44.9% (44.1% in 2006).
• pre-tax profit rose to €487.4 million, from the €450.6 million of the previous year.
• net profit came to €353.1 million, an increase on the €314.3 million of 2006.
• Ratings: Telecinco consolidated its position as Spain’s most popular channel with
a 20.9% share in prime time and 20.3% across the 24-hours.
RESULTS OF THE PARENT COMPANY: MEDIASET S.p.A.
The parent company Mediaset S.p.A. ended the year 2007 with a net profit of €481.6
million, after making amortizations and depreciations for a total of €14.1 million.
DIVIDEND PROPOSAL
The Board of Directors agreed to propose to the Company’s Annual General Meeting,
to be held on April 15, on first calling, or, if necessary, on second calling, on April 16
2008, a dividend of €0.43 per share, the same as that for the previous year
The dividend will be payable from 22 May 2008, with coupons detachment from 19
May 2008 (Coupon N°. 12).
FORECAST FOR THE YEAR
For the current year, the company expects to be able to improve its consolidated net
profit with respect to 2007. The scale of the improvement will mainly depend on the
rate of growth in advertising revenues in the two main markets, and the effects of
higher financial charges and an improvement in the tax rate, following a reduction in
rates in both Italy and Spain.
Italy
• In the first two months of 2008, gross advertising revenues for Mediaset’s
channels confirmed the positive trend that began in the closing months of 2007,
with an increase of around 5% compared with the same period of the previous
year.
• At the end of the first two months of 2008, Mediaset channels confrmed their
leadership position in the commercial target (15-64 year-olds) with an average
share of 42.7% across the 24-hours and 42.5% in prime time. Canale 5
remained Italy’s most popular channel with a prime time share of 23.3% and
Italia 1 remained in thrid place with 11.8%.
• The excellent performance of Mediaset Premium continues and as of 5 March
active clients had grown to 2,420,000, compared with 2,067,000 on 31
December 2007, an increase of 353,000 clinets in just two months.
Spain
• In Spain, Telecinco maintained its position as the most popular channel in the
first two months of the year, both in the daily average and in prime time,
consolidating its undisputed leadership in the commercial target across all of
the time bands.
SHARE BUY BACKS
The Board of Directors of Mediaset will ask the forthcoming AGM to renew authorisation to effect share buy backs in order to pursue, in the interests of the company, the aims foreseen by relevant regulations, including:
a) the availability of shares to be sold to employees of the company, its subsidiaries and
holding, as part of the Stock Option Plan for 2003-2005 and 2006-2008;
b) to conduct operations for trading, coverage or arbitrage purposes.
c) conduct investment operations in liquidity.
Given the importance of operating in the company’s shares, the Board of Directors has agreed that it will ask the shareholders for the cancellation of shares in the portfolio only when the total reaches 10% of the share capital, Buy back operations will be conducted in accordance with Artt. 2357 ff. of the Civil Code, Art.
132 of D. Lgs. 58/98, Art. 144-bis of the Consob Regulations implementing the legislative decree of 24 February 1998, n. 58, regarding the regulation of issuers and all other applicable norms, including those of the Directive 2003/6 and relative national and European norms.
The company’s current share capital of €614,238,333.28, is divided into 1,181,227,564
ordinary shares and, on 11 March 2008 the company had in its portfolio. 44,825,000 shares, corresponding to 3.79% of the share capital; Mediaset’s subsidiary companies do not hold shares in the parent company.
The proposal foresees the attribution to the Board of Directors of the power to buy, also through options trading or financial instruments and derivatives of Mediaset stock, up to a maximum of 118,122,756 and, in any case, within the legal limit, of ordinary company shares with a nominal value of €0.52 each (equal to 10% of the company’s share capital), in one or more operations, up until the approval of the Company’s Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2008, and, in any case, for a period of not more than 18 months from the date of Shareholders’ approval. The above sum is guaranteed by existing reserves from the last approved balance sheet.
Buy back operations will follow the following procedure:
i) buy backs destined to facilitate the Stock Option Plans for 2003/2005 and
2006/2008, must be made on the listing Stock Exchange at a price that is not
greater than the reference price of the stock on the day prior to each single
operation and not less than 20% less than the price recorded by the stock on the
day prior to each single operation.
ii) any other eventual buy backs must be made on the listing stock exchange
according to the procedures foreseen by Art 144- bis b) and c) of the Regulations
for Issuers at a price not greater than 20% and not less than 20% of the reference
price of the stock on the day before any such operation. Such parameters are
considered adequate to identify the range of value within which any acquisition is in
the interest of the company.
iii) The Shareholders will also be asked to authorise, as per Art: 2357 ter of the Civil Code, the Board of Directors, within the terms of the law and norms that may be introduced from time to time, and the regulations issued by Borsa Italiana and in conformity with relevant European norms, to:
a) transfer company shares acquired on the basis of the present authorisation, or already
held in the portfolio, to employees of the company, its subsidiaries or holding, for the
exercise of options to buy such shares held by the said employees at the prices, on
the terms and in the manner foreseen by the conditions of each of the Stock Option
Plans for 2003/2005 and 2006/2008. The present authorisation applies to the period of
validity established by the stock option plans;
b) transfer company shares acquired on the basis of the present authorisation, or already
held in the portfolio, in the following alternative procedures:
i) in cash; in such cases, sales will be effected on the listing stock exchange and/or off
market, at a price of not less than 90% of the reference price of the stock on the day
before any such operation;
ii) by trading, exchange, contribution or other operations, in the context of industrial plans
or extraordinary financial operations. In such cases, the economic terms of the
transfer, including the evaluation of the shares that are involved in the exchange, will
be determined with the assistance of independent adjudicators, given the nature and
the characteristics of the deal, also taking account of the market performance of
Mediaset shares.
The authorisation as at b) above is agreed for a period of not more than 18 months from the
date of the resolution.
STATUTORY MODIFICATIONS
In order to bring the company statute into line with the Transparency Directive (legislative
decree n° 195 of 6 November 2007), the board of directors will propose to the annual general
meeting the completion of modifications to the statute relating to shareholders’ meetings and
the regulation of management and control boards.
Of note among the changes are the terms for the calling of shareholders’ meetings and the
harmonisation of the procedures for the presentation and voting of lists for the board of
directors with those for the board of statutory auditors.
The executive responsible for the preparation of the Mediaset S.p.A. accounts, Andrea
Goretti, declares that, as per para. 2 art. 154-bis, of the Single Finance Bill, that the
accounting information contained in this press release corresponds to that contained in the
company’s books.
Cologno Monzese, 11 March 2008
Department of Corporate Communications and Image
Tel. +39 0225149156
Fax +39 0225149286
e-mail: ufficiostampa@mediaset.it
www.mediaset.it/corporate/
Investor Relations Department
Tel. +39 0225147008
Fax +39 0225148535
e-mail: ir@mediaset.it
http://www.mediaset.it/investor
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Mediaset Board Meeting 11 March 2008 - Approval for 2007 result
Thursday, March 06, 2008
Dulce-Amargo: Jackie’s ode to the Mexican people
Over the two years, 2008 and 2009, Jackie Sleper will have various solo exhibitions at museums in Mexico, curated by Matty Roca.
At the beginning of 2008 Jackie Sleper , the winner of the section “Sculpture and Installation” at the Florence Biennale 2007, will go to Mexico for several solo exhibitions curated by Matty Roca, commencing with the Museo de la Cultura Maya de Chetumal. For these exhibitions, the Dutch artist has realized a series of works inspired by and dedicated to Frida Kahlo and to Mexico.
Jackie Sleper has always been fascinated by Mexico and it’s artist Frida Kahlo, for whom she has a profound admiration. In 2005, she received an invitation from Matty Roca, art historian and President of the Council for Arts and Culture in Cancun to depict her vision of Mexico. Over the course of two years Jackie Sleper, together with her husband and children, spent many months in the country, where she created many of her works. Jackie says: “Matty became a dear friend. She showed me Mexico. I took in everything around me, spoke with lots of people and, especially, got a sense of the country. My previous love of Mexico only grew stronger. In March my work will be travelling to various museums in Mexico – something I would never have dared dream of as a child. I feel like I am on top of the world. This is the link that completes the chain.’
Her modern works are at times reminiscent of Rivera, Orozco, Tamayo and Pollock. Jackie Sleper assumes absolute freedom in applying various techniques and introducing experimental elements: her work is characterised by combinations of photography and painting, and the use of mixed media. In addition to paintings, Jackie creates objects that incorporate a variety of multiple materials, which she transforms into wholly new and surprising concepts. The artist allows her work to be guided by a profound sense of humanism, and she’s depicted as an artist in the truest sense of the word: her work has always been grounded in her exploration of human existence and the significance behind it.
Matty Roca: “I have been able to witness Jackie Sleper’s development – as a photographer, painter and sculptor – at first hand. Every painting is an intensely personal creation and expression, presenting the world as she perceives it. She is sensitive, intense, mysterious and subtle, but also possesses a cast-iron personality. Above all, she knows exactly what she wants. She conveys her personality with exceptional clarity, so that she is comprehensible for one and all.”
Jackie Sleper was born in Amsterdam and studied at the Utrecht Academy for Visual Arts. Between 1988 and 1995 she spent time in Ireland, Spain and Prague for study purposes. Works produced in her home country, the Netherlands, include a tile plateau in honour of Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, commissioned by the municipality of Utrecht, and ‘light objects’ for the Kruisheren Hotel, a design establishment that opened in Maastricht in 2005. Outside the Netherlands, she has exhibited in Antwerp (Art-Event), Stockholm (Art Fair), Marbella (Marb Art – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo), Geneva (Europ’Art), Klagenfurt (Biennale Austria), Salzburg (Mozart Festival), Florence (Museo Diocesano and Biennale Internazionale dell’Arte Contemporanea), Milan (Studio D’Ars), New York (Carrozzini Von Buhler Gallery and CVB Space), and in Mexico. One of her works, Modestia, was exhibited during La Biennale di Venezia, at Open 2007. She won the 1st prize for “Sculpture and Installation” at the Florence Biennale 2007.
CALENDAR MEXICO 2008 (dates to be confirmed):
- 6 March - 30 April
Museo de la Cultura Maya de Chetumal
Av de los Héroes y Calle Mahatma Gandhi,
Chetumal , (Mexico) - 8 May - 20 June
Museo de la Isla de Cozumel
Av. Rafael E. Melgar entre 4 y 6 Ote.
Cozumel, Quintana Roo - 3 July - 25 August
Museo de Arte Moderno de Gòmez Palacios.
Londres y Lisboa
Col. El Campestre - 4 September - 23 October
Museo Palacio Pedro de Alvarado
Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua - 6 November - December (closing date TBC)
Museo del Aguacate
Durango
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
Jackie Sleper
website: http://www.jackiesleper.com
Images:
You can also see images of Jackie’s artworks at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dulceyamargo
For journalists only:
High resolution files of these images or other press related information can be requested directly from the press office:
Vito Abba, press officer
Studio Abba - Corso Italia, 6 - 50123 Florence, Italy
info@studioabba.com
www.studioabba.com
Other images and further information are available at:
http://www.dulceyamargo.com/
It will be possible to follow the various stages of “Dulce y amargo” thanks to the information and images that will be posted on www.dulceyamargo.com.
Visitors to Jackie’s exhibitions in Mexico, can also upload photos taken during the exhibitions on flicker and share them with
http://www.flickr.com/groups/dulceyamargo
At the end of the exhibition series, the authors of the three photos that Jackie likes most, will each receive a signed lithograph of one of her works.
For general comments contact:
dulceyamargo@yahoo.com
Monday, February 25, 2008
Barcelona hotels
Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia, is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Europe. In a privileged position on the northeastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula and the shores of the Mediterranean, Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain in both size and population. It is also the capital of Catalonia, 1 of the 17 Autonomous Communities that make up Spain. It combines modern and historic architecture like no other city. After a makeover lasting more than two decades, Barcelona has transformed itself into one of the most dynamic and stylish cities in the world. Summer is serious party time, but year-round the city sizzles - it's always on the biting edge of architecture, food, fashion, style, music and good times. Growing amount of visitors made Barcelona hotels to have an average year-round occupancy of 85% - the highest in Europe as a consequence rates have shot up recently. The issue of mushrooming Hotels in Barcelona construction has been hugely controversial in recent years, as Old City blocks of flats are cleared of any remaining tenants to make way for more four-stars, and towering business hotels spring up around the periphery. Amount of tourists is growing and it means Barcelona accommodation develops and improves.
http://www.barcelona-hotels-directory.com
Thursday, February 21, 2008
One gazebo for your next Summer
Summer is approaching fast and it is arriving also the moment to dinning outdoor, in backyard garden with parents and friends.
The best way to live your own garden or veranda is to prepare these spaces to host the people that we will invite during the hot season.
A good way is to set up aluminium gazebos, an opening tent or modular coverings in general. The today market offers several solutions of gazebos and modular coverings .
The gazebos are perfect to cover little portions of garden; made in anodised aluminium they can resist to all weather condition and they can last for years.
Often, the best gazebos, need no additional parts so anyone can open or close the structure.
It is better to chose a modular gazebo or modular coverings because they allow unlimited extensions so they can be modified according with our needs and with the dimensions of the area.
The hot season is approaching, let's start to prepare!
Friday, February 15, 2008
On a Growth Curve with Video Entertainment: Birthday child bendecho registers over 20 million page views per month
Exactly one year ago bendecho was launched as the first German speaking aggregator for entertaining video content. Ever since, the project has been elating hundreds of thousands of surfers with its clip selections from YouTube, Metacafe and Dailymotion month after month.
By now bendecho (www.bendecho.com) registers 1.5 million monthly visitors and over 20 million page views – a result that the creators mainly accredit to the innovative “best of” approach of the service. Instead of offering another platform for uploading videos, bendecho collects the audience’s favorites from the established portals. The decisive factor for the automatic content selection is the activity of the community, which has grown to 30,000 users. Hundreds more join daily, even though bendecho can be used to the full extent without registering.
In January 2008 it was „Roll the film!“ on the international stage: The English speaking offshoot started up successfully and is adding more and more to the 10 million video views per month. Dominik Hettich, CEO of the Munich-based Media agency iemotion, wants to use this momentum for additional localized versions, as well as placing the Web 2.0 features of the platform more in the foreground.
However, the self-financed project will remain independent, as Hettich continues: “Through the organic growth, we are able to develop the concept and the brand deliberately, and contribute to the qualitative selection of the internet’s video content more effectively”.
bendecho is not the first successful webvideo project by iemotion: With ZapArena (www.zaparena.com) the company already started one of the first search engines for entertainment content in 2006.
Press contact:
iemotion GmbH
Dominik Hettich
Joseph-Dollinger-Bogen 14
80807 Munich
Germany
phone: +49 (0)89/32356420
mail: presse@iemotion.de
About iemotion:
The Munich, Germany-based iemotion GmbH has specialized in interactive portal concepts on the German speaking internet since 1999. The company founded by Dominik Hettich established, among others, the student network “Studentum” (www.studentum.de) and “ZapArena” (www.zaparena.com), a search engine for entertaining web content.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
SEM Consultant.com Launching PPC, SEO services for Foreign Languages
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SEM Consultant.com Launching PPC, SEO services for Foreign Languages
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Wednesday, February 06, 2008
New York, the italian Master "Massimo Taccon" will be listed at the "Moma" - The Museum of Modern Art.
Object: The italian Master "Massimo Taccon" will be listed at the Moma of New York.
New York - MoMA -; in date January 31, 2008 it has been sent the whole documentation of the italian Master "Massimo Taccon" requested by the curatorial staff of the "Department of Painting and Sculpture" of the largest and important Museum of Modern Art of the world: the MoMA (New York - USA).
The Moma is certainly the Museum of Modern Art most important with the largest art collection of the world, with artworks of Cézanne, Van Gogh, Matisse, Picasso, De Chirico, Léger, Brancusi, Mondrian, Dalí, Miró, Alberto Giacometti, Jackson Pollock, Barnett Newman, Robert Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol, Eva Hesse and many other artists.
The work, the monography and the artworks of the italian artist will be exposed at the viewing of the curatorial staff of "The Museum of Modern Art".
News and more informations about the work of the Master are available on the site Art List Journal and in the official site La Taccon Arte art studio & gallery created, in 2007, by the "Maestro" and the art director Fabio Taccon.
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
888.com Receives GamCare Certificate and Uploads the New 888responsible.com
888.com's new website, 888 Responsible was launched . The new website provides information and services regarding responsible gaming, problem gambling and more. 888.com was awarded with GamCare's Certification.
As global leader in online entertainment, 888.com contributes many resources for the benefit of society in general and issues that involve gaming in particular. The new site is the latest addition to this social involvement, which is one of 888.com's top priorities as a company.
Ruth Tanami, 888.com's Director of Responsible Gaming, says 888 Responsible offers comprehensive and easily accessible information about responsible gaming practices, dealing with problem gambling, preventing underage gambling, charity activity and more.
The new website provides tools with which to address online gaming. Parents can learn how to identify if their teenage son or daughter might have a problem related to gambling, while players can take the self-assessment to test to determine their gambling habits, learn how to keep out of debt and even how they can exclude themselves from playing at online casinos.
888.com has also collaborated with GamCare's Certification, the British National Association for Gambling Care Educational Resources & Training, and has received the association's Certification.
GamCare is one of the leading authorities on the provision of information, advice and practical help in addressing the social impact of gambling. 888 and GamCare now cooperate to keep a healthy gaming environment and to allow players to enjoy the game.
Andrew Poole, GamCare's Head of Online Services said 888.com deserve the organization's certificate for its high standards of social responsibility.
"We are delighted to award 888 with our Certification as a mark of their excellent standards of practice," Said
"GamCare recognises the good work 888.com has achieved in producing an informative site that aims to not only help people keep their gambling in control, but that also identifies how people can access support for themselves or someone else who may be affected by a gambling problem," added Poole. "Ensuring that gaming remains responsible and fun demands a collaborative effort from not only the gaming companies, but also from support agencies, governments and individual gamblers too. It is encouraging to see 888.com contributing in this way."
Musictrax and Trends Mobile Bring High Quality Digital Multimedia Streaming to South Pacific Rim.
Trends Mobile has chosen Musictrax.sg to power the popular Mitac Mio & Eten Glofiish mobile phones distributed in Singapore.
Yokohama, Japan (February 07, 2008) – Musictrax Ltd, a leader in Asia’s online digital content delivery platform industry, today announces its partnership with Trends Mobile Pte.to power the digital media content service to all WiFi or 3G supported portable or mobile communication devices. Trends Mobile is Singapore's exclusive distributor of Mitac's Mio PDA mobile phones and the leading distributor of the E-TEN glofiish mobile device, The Musictrax service will be directly integrated into the consumer’s handset for easy access to digital media content, as well as will be bundled with all aftermarket accessories or storage starting from February 15th 2008.
This service offering will also be made available to consumers throughout the neighboring regions such as Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand through Trends Mobile's distribution channels. "With Musictrax powering all of our mobile devices, this offers our customers a direct method to access and stream digital content with the push of a button, and our customers will experience a digital lifestyle like never before on their portable and mobile devices, said Benedict Paul, CEO, Trends Mobile Pte. Ltd.
"This partnership with Trends Mobile offers the mobile subscribers of Singapore an easy to access wide variety of premium local and international hits for a low monthly subscription fee. Our service catalog contains thousands of local bands and groups from all over Asia as well as the Top 100 tracks," said Paul Judd, Chief Operations Officer, Musictrax Ltd. With the ability to create and share playlists with other subscribers of the Musictrax service, people from all over Asia can unite to broaden their knowledge of the local music scene all throughout the South East Asia Region.
About Musictrax
Musictrax ( www.musictrax.com.sg ) is the largest uniformed digital content delivery platform throughout the Asian Pacific Region. With product service offerings ranging from embedded media applications to online service portals servicing Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea and Australia. The Musictrax content catalog comes from a variety of premium content aggregators, as well as local independent artists all throughout Asia and the South East Rim.
About Trends Mobile
Trends Mobile (www.trendsmobile.com) is the leading distributor of Mitac's Mio PDA mobile phones as well as E-TEN's glofiish mobile devices in Singapore. With multiple partners across the region, Trends Mobile extends its offering to South Pacific Rim region, including countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand.
Trends Mobile also distributes Trek Thumbdrives and develops the Addisk technology (www.addisk.com) to enhance the usage of USB flash memory devices as the definitive marketing tool.
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Musictrax Media Service to be Bundled with all TwinMask MP3, MP4 and GPS Devices.
Hong Kong (February 6th, 2008) – Musictrax, a leader in Asia’s digital content delivery platform industry, announces today that the company has reached an agreement with Megastek Technologies, owner of the TwinMask™ brand, to embed the Musictrax media service directly into 2 Million MP3 / MP4 and GPS Devices to be sold throughout the 2008 year. Megastek Technologies is a leading supplier of Personal Media Players and Soundcards for the PC and Mobile market throughout Russia, Brazil and the Asia Pacific Region.
“As a leading supplier of MP3, MP4 and GPS Devices in Asia this agreement is an important step in showing our continued commitment to support the latest emerging digital media technologies made available to the consumer public, said” Alex Kong, Chairmen , Megastek Technologies “In the search to find a solution that met our needs for the integration into a wide range of Portable Media and Communication Devices supported in the emerging markets of China and Southeast Asia, the Musictrax Media application came out as the clear winner enabling exceptional performance over a wide range of connectivity and usability tests for the end users.”
This partnership allows Megastek Technologies to offer a complete digital multimedia service to all purchasers of the TwinMask™ portable media players as well as offer its consumers a cheaper option to stream media to their portable devices supported in the market place." said Tre Zimmerman, Representative Director, Musictrax Ltd. "with this arrangement Musictrax will be able to promote a true digital lifestyle to a sizable new market that has long yearned for a low cost solution."
About Musictrax
Musictrax (www.musictrax.hk) is the largest uniformed digital content delivery platform throughout the Asia Pacific Region and globally distributed by leading hardware manufacturers, international distribution partners and 3rd party web sites, and can be accessed directly via any of our online portals. With product service offerings ranging from embedded media applications to online service portals servicing Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea and Australia. The Musictrax content catalog comes from a variety of premium content aggregators, as well as local independent artists all throughout Asia and the South Eastern Rim. With worldwide coverage through Musictrax Ltd. based in Yokohama, Japan, and three subsidiaries: Musictrax Inc. in San Francisco, California, Musictrax Pte.in Singapore and Musictrax LLC in Hong Kong
About Megastek Technologies
Megastek (www.megastek.com) is a Hong Kong registered company with our own 2400sqm factory in Shenzhen China. With more than 200 employees, Megastek devotes its efforts on R&D, marketing and manufacturing of add-on cards and consumer electronics products, such as MP3 , MP4, GPS, Sound Cards, Webcam, USB Bluetooth adaptor etc. And according to market trend, Megastek now is also devoting to some networking products, such as ADSL modems, wireless routers etc. Backed up by our ISO9001 factory, we are manufacturing our products by 3 complete SMT machine lines. With widely spread customers in Europe, North and South America and Asia, we are promoting our own brand name TwinMask™ and accepting OEM/ODM orders and providing the total solutions to all our customers.
Sunday, February 03, 2008
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Wednesday, January 30, 2008
AnalyticsEye.com, Analytics Consultancy Services Launched by SEM Consultant
Web Analytics Consultancy division named as Analyticseye.com (http://www.analyticseye.com/), formed by experts and professionals in India with over 6 years of experience in analytics & search engine marketing is launched by SEM Consultant one of leading Search Engine Marketing Companies.
Analytics Eye offers services in managing, monitoring, testing, validation of Web analytics data and helping businesses to understand their data and extract relevant information.
Analytics Eye looks into the Omniture, Google Analytics, Web Trends & other such metric tools which is designed to collect and report relevant data & information about your website. However, the actual key is to extract learning, information capable of decision making & actionable inputs to businesses, which can only be provided by a knowledge people who are willing to mine data and retrieve relevant information useful to your business.
Almost all businesses need Analytics, consider for example, a business puts its 20% of its revenue into marketing & advertising activities, the business will definitely benefit from analytics if they are able to achieve the same ROI from marketing channels in 20% lesser investment.
In similar situation, an online business such as ecommerce website would benefit from knowing what are its online users actually performing on their site, do their online users finding the information what the business want them to see.
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Monday, January 28, 2008
Compensator (cross over) for Moto Guzzi Breva 850, 1100 and Norge 850
Easy to fit, eliminates the heat of the catalyser and increases
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The Agostini Mandello cross over (2 into 1) for the Breva,
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Norge 850 and Breva 1100. It is a high flow, balanced exhaust system
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Riding pleasure is increased with faster engine response at all
speeds and a more comfortable ride and better control in sharp turns
thanks to increased engine torque. The compensator is sold complete
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If mounted in conjunction with the washable Sprint Filter and
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Thursday, January 24, 2008
Shopping and market in Rome
During X.-mas time Piazza Navona square is full of stands, street artists and gourmet stalls. The place to be for having a taste of the city life, and some fun.
Have your sit on a chair of a street portraits artist and get your fun profile in just seconds!! Close by Campo de Fiori will entertain your evening with outside café and bars where you can enjoy fresh beers, cool drinks and meet a lot of young people!
If you feel like shopping we do not recommend Piazza di Spagna and the adjacent streets running off. Shopping there could be frustrating if you do not have much money to spend and also why spending so much for any top fashion pocket or key holder while you can buy a load of things with the same amount of money?? Think better and consider these places also: Piazza Navona, Campo de Fiori, Trastevere and surrounding streets are full of very nice and original shops ( from book shop --see the Almost corner book shop located in Trastevere, Via del Moro, 45; ph: 06 583 6942 or The Lion Bookshop and cafè in Via dei Greci, 33/36-; clothing shops, gourmet shops, toy shops, etc..) or, close to Piazza di Spagna, Via del Corso offers a variety of megastores that sell everything from leather goods to athletic wear and casual clothing.
For antiques see Via Margutta. For chocolate specialties try the tiny Neopolitan chocolate shop that sells delicious chocolates in a charming interior.
We would also recommend some open air markets or flee markets in Rome. For example, in Piazza Campo de’ Fiori every morning you can enjoy one of the most picturesque market made up of fruit, vegetable and flower stalls.. There you can ask a ‘caffè al vetro’ (served on a tiny glass) just to fell like a local (any time of the day is fine) and ask for some ‘panna’ on top . You will be ready to sit and cherish some time looking at the people passing by.
Another authentic flee market is in Via Sannio, 8-13 (Mon-Fri; 8-1pm; 8-6pm on Sat): there you can still find seventies and eighties hippy clothes.
Another market is in Piazza Testaccio where you can find excellent objects on sale at reasonable prices.
At Porta Portese market every Sunday is a tresure hunt: they sell just about everything in a stylish organised disorder from clothes to shoes, furniture, bijoux, plants, piece of furniture, Russian cameras, posters.. Watch out fro your oods while there. Many rubber are just waiting for innocent tourist So, every Sunday in Via Portuense and Via Nievo from 6.30-2pm!!
If you have a passion for antiques a market fro you is held at Ponte Milvio along the banks of the river Tiber on the first weekend of every month. Myriad of stands specialized in antiques and collectors items.
How to reach Rome? Well, beside the 2 airports (now served by Ryanair) the cheapest way would probably be by train especially if you are a backpacker minding his budget, right?
Most trains travelling to Rome from other Italian cities and Europe terminate in Termini Station (ph:06 4775). It is right in the middle of the city centre. (National train tickets: ph: 06 47306250). If you arrive by night, do not worry: the area has plenty of youth accommodation to offer as hostels for backpackers, youth hostels for students and families and so on. If you travel with a laptop, or you are in a internet café the better thing (instead of knocking several doors for a hostel bed night) would probably booking directly online with a credit card. There are many bookers that provide cheap accommodation in hostels in Rome: among the others we mention Flashbooking.com.
While in Rome consider travelling by public transports as metro and
Buses (ATAC; Ph:06 4695 4444):easy to use and quite cheap. There are 200 different bus routes that criss-cross Rome from 5.30 am to midnight. Fast or express lines, electrical buses, night buses, disabled buses. Buy single, 75-minute multi-journey ticket (1€) or a day pass (4€) from automatic ATAC machines or tabacchi. Stamp upon boarding. All bus routes state clearly on the front where they are going.
This article was written by Michele De Capitani with support from http://www.flashbooking.com for any information, please visit backpackers in Rome or for travel insurance visit Hostels Rome.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Ggoal: the new web era bets on people
The software which has been developed in Italy emphasizes content inserted by users in order to make the search more “human”. Hold on! Is ready now the Beta version, with brand-new features, services and… surprises...
Now, a lot of people knows the new Web 2.0 search engine called Ggoal created in Italy and all rumours about it keeps on going on. After the public disclosure hinging on the issue of the Beta Version (2008 January, 19th), there has been a fully-fledged rush to the discovery of Ggoal that lead to a real increasing number of accesses which obliged his creators to announce on the Official Blog a temporary interruption of the service in order to upgrade it in terms of technological updates with the sole aim of allowing users to use a user-friendly tool. With an eye turned to the soccer metaphor and the other one fixed on Web 2.0, Ggoal aims to its users and to their ability to became a team in order to dodge and avoid the old methods of search that make them as mere "readers".
In fact, the Wishlist on the homepage is innovative and intriguing as it shows the rolling list of personal search carried out by each user. Therefore, this is a real invitation to visit the site addressed to users who apply the first rule of Web 2.0 , or rather involving web users asking them what they need and how they can contribute with their background and knowledge. This interactive system is able to converge more content in the search engine database and to increase demand and offer of qualified web addresses, but above all it is capable of introducing a new web sharing approach which has become a real trend.
In the Beta Version of Ggoal this sharing approach is optimized with RSS (Really Simple Syndication) that can be considered as the instrument that allows users to receive the content of their search directly by feeds.
All these functions of Ggoal base on the social value of sharing which is the true trigging force of this new web era. The results of this new approach can be observed in the user’s behaviour that pays more and more attention to the quality of its content. During this last week, we noted an increasingly search number on Ggoal about the urgency of waste treatment: a social topic that encouraged Ggoal users to obtain specific information using a Web 2.0-based search engine. The reason of this choice can be easily guessed. With the need of learn more information about this social topic, users searched reliable articles, reports and answers offered by other people and not by spiders even with the aim of giving their contribution.
Ggoal is really hinged on the spirit of the new Web era as it involves people who want to share their knowledge background on the Internet now and in the future. During the Alpha phase, users judged Ggoal that filled Italian bloggers with enthusiasm, registering new online accesses every day and estimating suggestions coming from every sector and activity. The Beta version comes from this synergy. It is online now, and now it’s up to you… to take the floor!
Buddy G - Guest Blogging at Family Equality Council
January 23, 2008 Family Equality Council Blog
a guest post by the producers of Buddy GDavid on Jan 23rd 2008
We’re thrilled to bring a guest blog from the producers of Buddy G, My Two Moms and Me - a cartoon starring a kid with 2 moms. A special thanks to Margaux Town-Colley, Executive Producers of Us2 LLC, for putting this post together.
Things have been moving fast and furiously with Buddy G, My Two Moms and Me. It feels good to take a breath and reflect on how and why we made Buddy G and what we see for the series’ future. Thanks, Family Equality Council for this opportunity to write about the cartoon series.
How did we make Buddy G? We closed our eyes and ears to those who said we couldn’t do it, and we threw our caution and money to the wind. [The Animation Business Handbook is a good source if you’re curious about the cost/process of producing animated cartoons.]
The why? We made Buddy G for our son, Grayson. We were watching him watch cartoons one Saturday morning when he was only 2. (Yeah, like none of you have ever done it).
“My world is turning, Changing each day, With Mommy and Daddy, Finding my way!”
Wait… Stop… Watch… Listen.
Caillou is telling our son that Mommy and Daddy help you find your way.
We started talking about other cartoons that he watched: Stanley, Dora, Little Bill… no two mom or two dad families there. “Wouldn’t it be better if he had at least 1 cartoon with 2 moms or 2 dads?”
There was no such a cartoon so we visited Two Lives Publishing again and bought a few more books. Yet, the issue kept nagging at us and so we’d talk about it.
“Check the Internet maybe a company is making one.” …There are millions of kids like Grayson.….Surely a company is making one. …What if there was a cartoon with a little buddy like ours? …Hey, we could call him Buddy G.… Wonder how much it would cost? …Maybe we could get investors and really make a cartoon?”
Feeling as if time was running out for our family (Grayson turned 6 in October), we invoked the time-tested generational superpower of Moms and made it ourselves. And, we’re so happy we did. The feedback has been more then we’d hoped for. We’ve heard stories of kids jumping for joy, yelling “he’s got 2 mommies like me,” and wanting to call grandma or their friends or show their classmates.… Yes, all well worth it.
The bigger question to us is “How do we keep it going, making it bigger and better?” The answer to that lies with wonderful organizations like Family Equality Council who support all of our families and help spread the word about Buddy G. However, individuals like you who are buying the first DVD have brought the true success to Buddy G.
We’re also encouraged by another mom-powered entertainment option for our kids, Dottie’s Magic Pockets. We’ve never met Tammy Stoner over at Pink Pea productions but we’ve read her story and we know first hand the time, money and effort that it takes to bring these products to our kids.
So, spread the news and buy the DVDS. In return we hope to offer more diversity, longer episodes, and a theme song that doesn’t mention the word “normal.” (There is a funny story here but we’ll save it for another day.)
Our short-term plan - sell enough of the first DVD to produce more episodes and another DVD. Our long-term plans - dolls, parade balloons, and a 3 day Buddy G’s tree house/pumpkin patch event in the Heartland.
Bottom line – buying the DVD not only helps grow Buddy G and Dottie’s Magic Pockets into the mainstream of entertainment, you also send a message to the entertainment industry… Our Kids Have Been Ignored for Too Long… Get Busy!
Fun New Videos at www.BuddyG.tv
Check out this great song and video on my website showing that "It's All Because the Gays are Getting Married." Buddy G, My Two Moms and Me
Watch The "It's All Because the Gays are Getting Married" song on BuddyG.tv
And, while you're there - buy my DVD. It's only $10 and you help us make more episodes for kids like me!
Oh, one last thing . . . ask your friends to go to my website and buy the DVD.
Thanks
Hugs,
Buddy G
Have a great day!
Monday, January 21, 2008
Buddy G in the News and Blogs
Lesbian Lounge - Jan 16, 2008The Lounge welcomes Margaux from the new children’s cartoon: BuddyG TV, about an adorable little boy and his two MOMS. Now available on DVD, this new children’s cartoon teachs tolerance and understanding, while keeping it real. Moms, your kids will love it!.....LinkListen now! MP3(120:00min / 71MB)
Mombian » Blog Archive » BuddyG: My Two Moms and Me: A New ..So out of that, “Buddy G” was born. It took longer, cost more and was way harder ... “Buddy G” has added incredible joy to our family and we hope he adds . . . Link
Joe. My. God.: Buddy G And His Two MomsIf you have any young kids in your life, check out their new cartoon DVD, Buddy G - My Two Moms and Me. The movie is only $10 + $3 shipping. ... Link
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Instinct Magazine - The WatercoolerSources say Buddy G: My Two Moms And Me will include state-of-the-art animation on its DVD slated for release in time for holiday gift-giving. ...... Link
HRC - Equally Speaking - transcript The series, titled Buddy G - My Two Moms and Me, was created by Margaux and Donna Towne-Colley, who say it was inspired by the birth of their own son. ...... Link
PFLAG Akron, Ohio How to have aFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays. Akron, Ohio. December 2007. Vol. 37 No. 12. Buddy G ...... Link
PFLAG of Polk County FLBuddy G¦#x2014;My Two Moms and Me is about a five-year-old with two moms who loves ...... Link
365gay.comIn addition to Buddy G's 2 moms, the cartoon includes a 7 year old next door neighbor "Owen," who is fascinated with Elvis. In the premiere episode, ...... Link
Family Equality Council Blog » BuddyG: a cartoon for LGBTQ families.Really, BuddyG isn’t a cartoon for LGBTQ families - it’s a cartoon for all ... So out of that, “Buddy G” was born. It took longer, cost more and was way ...... Link
The Gay Guru: Pets Not Partners, My Two Moms, Out Top 100"Buddy G - My Two Moms and Me" a five year old boy named Buddy who loves science and solves daily problems with the help of his sidekick "Socrates," an ...... Link
After Ellen She Got Me Pregnant: Episode 5 AfterEllen.comBuddy G - My Two Moms and Me is a new 3D animated property from Us2 LLC. With the first title in the series set for release on DVD this holiday season, ...... Link
Worth the Trip LinkCheck out a new dvd series about a lesbian family, Buddy G: My Two Moms and Me. It looks promising, and Buddy has the cutest little voice since Trixie Willems, of Knuffle Bunny fame.
Gay Chicago Magazine Newswatch: NationalThe two women who created Buddy G - My Two Moms and Me say the arrival of their own son six years ago inspired them to create the cartoon they announced, ...... Link
Strollerderby I'll keep dreaming. And while I am, my daughter will be watching episodes of the newly-minted DVD Buddy G, My Two Moms and Me...... Link
That Lesbian Mom Next Door - Beren deMotier Sesame Street Didn't Do It First But it was long due. I was sure that same-sex parents would arrive first on Sesame Street, chatting up Big Bird and invading Oscar's trash can for a peek. Link
Dallas Voice :: Celebrity Watch“Buddy G — My Two Moms and Me” is about a 5-year-old with two moms who loves ... This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition November 30, 2007. ...... Link
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Chicago Free Press New cartoon features boy and two moms Chicago Free Press“Buddy G—My Two Moms and Me” is about a 5-year-old with two moms who loves science and uses a computer strapped to his arm to solve problems. ...... Link
Here! News Blog » New Cartoon Stars Boy With Two MomsBuddy G - My Two Moms and Me is a new straight-to-DVD cartoon, created by two moms who are parents of a young boy in Nebraska. The cartoon features a ...... Link
Oasis JournalsBuddy G my two moms and me. It looks soo adorable. I went to the website and surfed around it and watched the preview. It's such a good idea. ...... Link
Proud Parenting Groundbreaking animation and other trailblazing. The first cartoon ....Buddy G - My Two Moms and Me will premiere with the release of a DVD just in time for a holiday delivery this year. The star of the cartoon is "Buddy G," a...... Link
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The Advocate New Straight-to-DVD Cartoon Stars Boy With Two Moms ...Buddy G—My Two Moms and Me is about a 5-year-old with two moms who loves science and uses a computer strapped to his arm to solve problems. ...... Link
Camp Kansas City News Briefs - December 7, 2007A new children's cartoon on DVD, Buddy G - My Two Moms and Me, features Buddy G, a young boy being raised by two moms. An Omaha, Neb., company is releasing ...... Link
Forbes New Cartoon Stars Boy With Two Moms - Forbes.com"Buddy G - My Two Moms and Me" is about a 5-year-old with two moms who loves science and uses a computer strapped to his arm to solve problems. ...... Link
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Sioux City Journal New cartoon stars boy with two momsThe two women who created "Buddy G -- My Two Moms and Me" say the arrival of their own son six years ago inspired them to create the cartoon they announced ...Action 3 News - Omaha, Nebraska News, Weather, and Sports New ...She says the target audience for the cartoon "Buddy G - My Two Moms and Me" is gay and lesbian families. Towne-Colley says she wants children in those ... Link
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Topix Gay/Lesbian News for November 2007 - TopixA trailblazing cartoon series starring a character with same-sex parents has arrived. Buddy G - My Two Moms and Me will premiere with the release of a DVD ... Link
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Daegaz » Buddy Gbuddy-g.jpg “Buddy G - My Two Moms and Me”. Nos Estados Unidos, o estúdio de animação Us2 LLC lançará em DVD a primeira animação infantil com histórias ... Link
Digago / Busca de resultados por buddy g"Buddy G - My Two Moms and Me" será o primeiro desenho para crianças mostrando uma família homossexual,formada por um menino de cinco anos, e suas du mais. ... Link
Amy Bradshaw: Mais Visibilidade... a primeira serie de animações com personagens gays para crianças "Buddy G - My Two Moms e Me" - em português seria "Minhas Duas Mães e Eu". ... Link
Animation Insider - Huntington,NY,USABuddy G Has Two Mommies........ hopes to be the attractive nature of the computer animated production, Buddy G is being touted as the first cartoon featuring a kid with gay parents. ...... Link
Equality Fairfax Animated Series with Lesbian MomsThere's no evidence you'll be seeing this on Nicktoons or the Cartoon Network any time soon but it seems like a great idea. If you have an interest, you can order the premiere episode at buddyg.tv.If you do, let us know how it was! Link
SubtleKnifeHere's the intro to a new cartoon called Buddy G, it was made by his two moms . . . I've only seen the intro to "Buddy G, My Two Moms and Me", but it looks like a "regular" kids' cartoon about a boy having fun and discovering the world around him with the help of a pocket-, or rather, arm-computer of sorts, called Socrates. cuteness
Mister C's JournalEqual Time: Buddy & His Two Moms!In a previous episode, we talked (sang) about Terence & his two fathers. Today, we're introduced to Buddy, who is blessed to have TWO moms! Behind the cut you will find an article from the online edition of “The Advocate” about Buddy & his moms. There's even a "straight"-to-DVD animated feature about their family titled (what else??), "Buddy G-My Two Moms" and it only costs $10! The shipping cost for me (I live in Florida) is only $3. Link
Omaha PFLAG Monthly NewsletterAustin and Buddy G. Buddy G My Two Moms and Me released its first DVD in December. PDF file
Successful video aggregator from Germany is ready to entertain English speaking territories
Munich, 1/18/2008 – The German new media agency iemotion is ringing in the New Year with an English version of its video portal bendecho (http://www.bendecho.com). The Web 2.0 service positions itself as a global aggregator for the most entertaining clips from YouTube, Dailymotion, Metacafe & Co.
Through the community’s daily usage of the platform, bendecho is able to assort a qualitative selection of the total clip stock. This “social video sharing” concept has had a continuously growing fan base within the German speaking community since the beginning of 2007.
iemotion did not leave it at just a translation of the user interface: Users of the German version can upload their clips with local as well as English speaking description texts. The respective content is then automatically displayed with an English description on the international landing page. Therefore, numerous unknown clip treasures from the stock of the big German video portals, such as MyVideo, Clipfish or Sevenload, are opened up for video enthusiasts from overseas.
To date, the bendecho community has tagged, commented on and rated over 30,000 video clips. iemotion-CEO Dominik Hettich wants to duplicate the traffic growth, which was achieved by extensive Affiliate Marketing activities, abroad: “With bendecho we have built an innovative mashup concept, which can also work outside of Germany. The past year showed the especial need for qualitative selection in the excessively flooded international video portals. I believe, that our newly won users will quickly come to appreciate the disport provided by our service.”
iemotion is already planning further rollouts. With the progressive internationalization, there will be constant development of the platform’s features.
Press contact:
iemotion GmbH
Dominik Hettich
Joseph-Dollinger-Bogen 14
80807 Munich
Germany
phone: +49 (0)89/32356420
mail: presse@iemotion.de
About iemotion GmbH:
The Munich, Germany-based iemotion GmbH has specialized in interactive portal concepts on the German speaking internet since 1999. The company founded by Dominik Hettich established, among others, the student network “Studentum” (www.studentum.de) and “ZapArena” (www.zaparena.com), a search engine for entertaining web content.
Feel free to drop a line if you have any questions.
Kind regards,
iemotion GmbH
Dominik Hettich
Joseph-Dollinger-Bogen 14
80807 Munich
Germany
phone: +49 (0)89/32356420
mail: presse@iemotion.de
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Monday, January 14, 2008
Where is my website on Google? Probably overwhelmed by the waves
Exactly, after writing a lot about sinusoidal waves Google Serp that sometimes affecting websites of all sectors, I’m ready to go on about it, by providing a reminder of the current situation and some of my personal hypothesis.
- July 2007, Google, penalized or floating website?
- March 2007, Google: from dancer to surfer
But when started these fluctuations?
The first events were recorded at the end of February 2007 and completed by the 20th March, 2007. The second wave began in the last days of June 2007 and seems not to have arrested yet.
Let see point by point what connect websites victim of this particular swinging condition in search results of the Californian search engine.
How to understand if a website is in floating step?
1) Unfortunately, the easiest way, is the most "painful", in fact just look at the chart path from the site visits by our software collection of statistics web. In fact, this chart will be easy to focus all sine waves that the site has passed. For example, if we take this example:
In fact, here we can see the behaviour of visitors (then the Google access "unfortunately") over the past 5 months, with a down of the site initially for 1 day, lifts the next day, down to about 3 months, the up for 15 days and the phase fluctuation continues that characterizes daily this site.From this chart, you can also see and quantify the frequency sine wave, long since up to a week before the Pagerank export, but now closer in a few days.
2) the pages of the site is properly indexed in Google, to check do a search on site: www.nomesito.com
3) the site is not penalized. To check do use some small query listed in that other post (Understand if a site is penalized on Google)
4) the site is no longer present in the top positions of Google (first 2 pages) in the searches for keywords before fluctuation brought traffic to the site. Usually the site for these keywords is about 10-30 results of the first results omitted in the final page (around 950th position)
5) Not all keywords are vanished, but only those secondary and the long-tail (long tail, which means the combination / extension of multiple keywords for example, the long-tail "Rome hotels" can be "hotel in Rome near the station and a vista of the Coliseum").
6) The site for historical keywords or major ones does not seem to suffer "penalties" in SERP (search results) if not by some "natural" lowering of any position (maximum 5 or 6 positions). This allows the site to have a reduction of traffic generated by Google equal to 90% and not 100%.
7) The fluctuation is not made with regard to the site nor to the page, but precisely for each keywords. Indeed it is possible that a different page for keywords present in a natural way or fluctuation..
What is shown in SERP instead of the site?
Through a somewhat comparisons and analysis with colleagues and friends of the web, I can say that usually instead of "downgraded" sites are proposed search results rather unique, in addition to sites that "merit" in the engine ranking:
- List directory containing the backlink to the site in fluctuation (although this appears to be inserted in the directory)
- Sites SPAM (spam engine, sites that use black-hat techniques, etc.)
- Sites with duplicate contents
- Sites without valid content and concerned for the end user (for example, an e-commerce site that has similar materials but does not have those)
What kind of sites have been affected?
Unlike previous fluctuations associated with new sites with little popularity and low TRUST, the fluctuation of the end of June struck several very authoritative sites with hundreds of backlink, contents valid both at SEO level and users.
Moreover, it seems not to be no association between the nature of the affected sites. Indeed were downgraded websites:
- E-commerce
- Showcase / Institutional
- With / without Adsense
- From industrial to adult content
- Etc..
When you have these fluctuations?
The fate has it that the beginning or the end of fluctuations coincide with the Pagerank export/update. Much more difficult is to find the link between these two actions carried out "simultaneously" by Google.
Why these sites suffer such penalties?
Hard to say, but what I can say is that the idea of cleaning SERP is no longer reliable, given that times are too long and would not guarantee a good service to the end user.
Probably this is the fluctuations due to inclusion/activation of new algorithms that Google tests and try again and re-evaluate the results obtained from the SERP.
But how can a website resolve this situation?
My suggestion is always the same, continue the promotion of the site as if nothing had (I know it is difficult but now there are not immediate remedies) trying to create original content and collect spontaneous links even from sites with high TRUST (we will see later how to recognize and capture the trust of a site).
The ideal would be to became independent from Google, by creating a community always present on the site through a blog or a forum or other innovative services that provide users’ loyalty.
By Michele De Capitani
Prima Posizione Srl - Web Marketing e Articoli SEO
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Thursday, January 10, 2008
Live Rome as a genuine Roman
Rome is the eternal city, the legend says. Capital city of Italy in the present and the power centre of one of the major empire in history. Cradle of civilization, Rome has been maintaining his fascinating atmosphere through the centuries and it is one of most visited cities in the world by tourists.
A modern city enveloped by the dreaming landscape of monuments that have been witness of a glory story. Being a tourist in Rome means to walk side-by-side with the history, the glory, the battles.
Rome modern economy is strongly based upon the tourism; according with a recent research, September 2007, Rome is one of the four most requested destinations in the world with almost 25 millions tourist in 2006 (+23% respect 2005). The most part of these presences are foreigners (about 14 millions) that choose Rome in every season of the year, while the Italians prefer to visit Rome in Spring and in Summer. The tourists that like most Rome are: Americans, Germans, English and Japanese.
In the last years Rome has been offering several and more complete opportunities to better live the magic of the “eternal city”. In fact, has been emerging a new way to really appreciate Rome, it can be defined as “living Rome as a genuine Roman”.
It is the way to rent for short or medium term vacations B&B or apartments in the middle of Rome as Piazza di Spagna, Campo de’ Fiori, St. Peter, Fori Imperiali and Trastevere. In this way you can live in the middle of Rome and staying in an apartment with all the comforts of an house, you can request a dinner that will prepared and served directly in this house watching the sunset over Colosseum, you can taste the best Italian wines, request a baby sitting services or a tourist guide. Moreover you can rent a scooter to move through Rome, driving on the famous streets as Veneto Street watching the place where Federico Fellini used to drink his coffee. In this way you will be able to appreciate what it means being a Roman.
Choosing and booking a B&B or an apartment allows the tourist to save money in comparison with a regular hotel accommodation in Rome, to have the privacy that an apartment offers and the convenience of living a vacation like at home.
With these opportunities Rome becomes leader in tourist offer giving the possibility to the tourists to can choose a new way of living the city with a customizable service that allows to live, to move, to experience the city in real complete way.
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
ACCOSSATO PATENTED CLUTCH SISTEM
Saturday, January 05, 2008
Italy holidays summer 08 - Sorrento special offers
it's time to start searching holidays for next summer 2008, for anyone who is interested to come in sorrento and amalfi coast there are many special offers for summer holidays, one of these is by Hotel Residence le Terrazze.
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Architectural Lighting: dynamic Neon lighting begins
Time passes through various shades of light: For millions of years our bodies have been used to this biological clock.
Steady light is a result of modern technology to which man had to adapt until technology introduced new solutions of architectural lighting.
Elettronica per Luce has created a DMX system, which with a digital/analogue controller artificially reproduces the effect of natural changing light.
This six-channel system is easy to use and utilizes the basic colours: red, green, blue and one or two whites with high colour rendering. These tubes can be lit simultaneously according to scheduled programs in order to obtain standard settings i.e. Daylight 6500°K etc. - or different settings can be obtained.
It is not only possible to choose the most pleasant type of light, but it will also be possible to artificially reproduce the effect of natural changing light. In the morning it would be possible to start with a warm light going towards a full white light and ending at night with a comfortable light.
The applications of this DMX system are astonishing – the channels can control different modes aside from the lighting. A channel for example can be used for the gradual opening of the blinds at a particular time of the day. More sophisticated lightingcould be at night, i.e. around the house by switching on/off the light in the rooms by means ofsensors. This system could be easily used in ambient lighting situations where accent is needed such as a fashion shop to accentuate the colours of fabric, shoes or jewellery.Do you think it is complicated? Don’t worry; this technology is as simple as flicking switch!
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