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China is set to become the nation with the most Broadband connections by 2008.
“China added 4.5 million high-speed connections in the first three months of 2007 to 56.3 million, says research firm point 15pic. The U.S. ended the first quarter with 60.4 million.
“China still lags the U.S. and many other countries in broadband “penetration.” Just 4.3% of its 1.3 billion people and 14.3% of households have speedy Internet connections, says point 15pic.
“In America, 52.7% of households have broadband, less than most other rich nations and well below South Korea’s 90% penetration. via CNNMoney.com
The London Times takes a look at state of play for mobile access of the web.
Guy Kawasaki has an interesting post on his blog – How to build a Web 2.0 site with user-generated content, citizen journalism, long-tail and social media for $12,107.09. Even includes an overview by numbers so you can check you’re on target.
Check out the Web 2.0 site at Truemors.com
Internet display ad spending in the US jumped 17% in the first quarter while total ad spending fell.
CNNMoney.com reports “Online advertising is once again the brightest spot in an otherwise moribund advertising market, according to first-quarter figures reported by two prominent media research firms.
“TNS Media Intelligence said Tuesday that spending on online display advertising – which does not include search – jumped 16.7 percent in the first quarter from a year ago to $2.7 billion. By way of comparison, overall ad spending fell 0.7 percent.
Veni Markovski (ICANN Board Director) and Paul Twomey (ICANN CEO & President) are to attend and speak at the XIth St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. Other participents include Russian president Vladimir Putin, US vice-president Al Gore and former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder. More details in the ICANN Blog
In an interesting post on the Feedburner blogs.feedburner.com Feedburner outlines some of the synergies and thinking behind the acquisition. There is also an acqusition Feedburner FAQ
The BBC is reporting spending on UK television adverts fell last year fo the first time since 2001.
“I believe online spend could overtake TV within the next three to four years,” said Guy Phillipson, chief executive of the Internet Advertising Bureau, the trade association for the internet marketing industry.
GPM Group 