lunedì 29 settembre 2008

A new list of B2B Online Marketplace for suppliers, manufacturers, importers and Exporters

http://www.embiz.net/ Electical and Mechanical
http://www.b2bfood.net/ Food
http://www.b2bchem.net/ Chemical and Industrial
http://www.wdbiz.net/ Industrial
http://www.timesfirst.com/ All Industrial Sectors
http://www.easytrade.com/ All Sectors
http://www.globalmarket.com/ All Sectors

domenica 28 settembre 2008

Will e-commerce marketplaces one day overtake search engines?

News From: http://aliblog.alibaba.com/

Alibaba.com ranks 5th in Asia search properties

Alibaba Group websites, mainly covering the B2B and C2C marketplaces of Alibaba.com and Taobao, ranked collectively as the 5th biggest search destination in Asia-Pacific.
Most people think of Alibaba.com as a website where small and medium buyers and suppliers from around the world meet and conduct business, but it’s really a place where people search and find stuff.
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Press release (latest release for July 2008 rankings + the April 2008 rankings)

comScore Releases Asia-Pacific Search Rankings for July 2008; More than 27 Billion Searches Conducted in July
17 September 2008
PR Newswire (U.S.)

TOKYO, Sept. 17 -- comScore, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its ranking of the top search properties in the Asia-Pacific region based on data from the comScore qSearch 2.0 service, revealing that Google Sites continued to lead the region with 33.5 percent of the more than 27 billion searches conducted in July. Baidu.com Inc. ranked second with 27.4 percent search share, followed by Yahoo! Sites in third with 19.7 percent share.

"Although Google leads the Asia-Pacific search market, powerhouse Chinese search engine Baidu.com follows closely on its heels with only a 6-percent difference separating the two," said Will Hodgman, comScore executive vice president for the Asia-Pacific region. "It will be interesting to watch Google and Baidu compete for the top spot in the region and the loyalty of the growing Asian population."
Google Leads Search Market in Asia Pacific
Google Sites led the search ranking with more than 9 billion searches conducted during July, followed by Baidu.com Inc. with 7.4 billion searches and Yahoo! Sites with 5.3 billion searches. Korea's NHN Corporation captured the #4 ranking with 1.2 billion searches (4.6 percent market share), while China's Alibaba.com Corporation ranked fifth with 823 million searches (3 percent market share).