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Post Archive for October 2009

Trends from Google’s Keyword Tool
October 20, 2009 ♦ Comments Off on Trends from Google’s Keyword Tool
Trends from Google’s Keyword Tool

Did you ever want to know the monthly search volume for a particular term? The Google AdWords Keyword Tool is extremely useful for webmasters, but also shows monthly and annual trends in searches. In general, Google searches for African internet subjects are on the rise. The greatest number of searches …

Designing websites for low bandwidth
October 19, 2009 ♦ Comments Off on Designing websites for low bandwidth

The lowest common denominator is the first issue a web designer needs to address. The type of connection and the type of computer used to access a websit will dictate if a website can load at all. Such forethought is especially necessary for websites that target users in developing nations, …

OA News: October 19, 2009
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cheaper data, Algeria’s mobile market, North African digital gap

OA News: October 18-19, 2009
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Internet/bandwidth costs, home networking, telecom investement in Libya, fibre optics training

Twitter and Africa: A difficult relationship to track
October 18, 2009 ♦ 2 Comments

According to one source, only a handful of African countries had Twitter users in mid-2007, whereas all but three (Monaco, San Marino, and Vatican City) European nations had registered users on the site. Most African users were from either South Africa or Egypt, a statistic that mirrors Internet penetration rates …

OA News: October 17, 2009
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ICT mall to be built in Nigeria, parts of SA get inc. bandwidth, future of obstacles to telecom comp.