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“83 percent of Irish internet users turn to search engines in order to track down information they want, compared to 48 percent a year ago. In addition, 33 percent of search engine users said they clicked on sponsored listings, up from 15 percent in 2007. “

This would seem to suggest that traditional ways of getting new customers (print media, Golden Pages etc) will not yield the same results as in the past.

For full story see: http://www.enn.ie/article/10124120.html

Under the heading “The pain of commissioning a website” the survey asked small businesses about the experience of commissioning a website. The web design business did not emerge unscathed.
• 76% admitted that their site needed improvement.
• 44% of businesses agreed that ‘commissioning a website was a confusing and/or frustrating experience’
• 41% agreed that ‘Web designers try to confuse us with jargon’
• 30% agreed that ‘it was hard to find a web designer that understood their business’
• 23% were unhappy with the quality of graphic design on their site.
• 40% were unhappy with the level of business generated by their website.
• 36% did not find it easy to update their website.

For the full story see: http://www.isme.ie/press-page43023.html#Monday%203rd%20March%202008

Eoin Costello of Omniserve will be one of the speakers at the Online Edge conference to be held on May 22cd at leading broadband provider Digiweb’s national headquarters.

The theme of the conference is “Making the Most of Your Broadband” and will be addressed by a number of experts including:

Urban Schrott - Virus Threats and Tips - ESET Ireland - www.eset.ie
Eoin Costello - Making the most of your website - Omniserve - www.omniserve.ie
Kevin O’Loughlin - Backup for Business - www.nostrasystems.ie
Alan O’Rourke - Toddle Email newsletters & Spoiltchild Design - www.toddle.ie

It is open to all comers and is free of charge.

For full details see: http://media.digiweb.ie/news/2008/05/13/online-edge-making-the-most-of-your-broadband-may-22nd

The ESRI Medium-Term Review 2008-2015 released today says business services exports will account for 70 per cent of all Irish exports but are very sensitive to Ireland’s competitiveness.

According to Finfacts the ESRI says that Ireland’s recent performance shows that its comparative advantage on world markets is shifting towards the production and export of business and financial services. Major employment growth in the future is expected to occur in this sector, which is among the most human capital intensive in the economy. Services exports currently account for 43 per cent of total exports and by 2025 the ESRI projects that market services will account for 60 per cent of net output or value added in the Irish economy and in excess of 70 per cent of all Irish exports.

Full story available at http://www.finfacts.ie/irishfinancenews/article_1013564.shtml

RTE has aired a new series called “Where’s My Job Gone?”. According to RTE the series:

“Factory closures and lay-offs now dominating the news as multinational companies announce they are moving their manufacturing elsewhere, going east where the cost of production is cheaper.

Where’s My Job Gone is a two-part documentary series which looks at how job migration and globalization are effecting the daily lives of Irish people around the country  by following Irish workers to the countries where their jobs have gone, it discovers what these countries have to offer that we now longer have in Ireland.

Programme One deals with the pressures that have come to bear on labour intensive manufacturing industries which are having to compete with lower cost countries in Eastern Europe and beyond. Programme Two deals with Ireland and its ambitions with respect to creating a knowledge economy fueled by higher value jobs. ”

Some parts were very reminiscent of the 1980’s where in areas where there were factory closures interviewees saw little local opportunities and had to face the reality of moving to large urban centres in Ireland and abroad.

Full story available at: http://www.rte.ie/tv/wheresmyjobgone/