Over a third of all French web users visiting car sites
16.9 million visitors, or 37.3 per cent of all French web users visited car sites in March according to figures from national audience auditors Médiamétrie. Of the different categories of car sites (manufacturers’ own, information, and classifieds) it was the classifieds ads sector that got the biggest share. The car section of Leboncoin alone scored 7.8 million visitors, followed...
Read MoreMonster’s SeeMore rolls out in France
Monster Introduces SeeMore™, its Semantic Search and Analytics Recruiting Platform in France The first in a series of non-English versions to be rolled out globally MAYNARD, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Expanding its growing adoption in the U.S. among enterprise companies and staffing firms, Monster, the worldwide leader in successfully connecting people to job opportunities and...
Read MoreStock market hits Spir hard over profit warnings
Spir Communication saw its share price drop this week by 8.7 per cent on the announcement of profit warnings. The company seems to be struggling to convince investors about the speed of its evolution away from print and towards online. This despite new appointments at the top. The share price fall mirrors a quarterly fall in turnover of nine per cent with sectors such as its generalist...
Read MoreMeilleurtaux.com and SeLoger.com hook up for marketplace metrics
Meilleurtaux, the leading French online mortgage broker, and property portal SeLoger.com have joined forces for a regular quarterly survey of national property prices. For the moment the results suggest a largely stable market in terms of prices but the French press has jumped on the suggestion by Roland Tripard, head of SeLoger, that in certain parts of the country prices are falling and he...
Read MoreSpir Communication appoints new DG
Spir Communication, owners of car and property portals including Top annonces, Logic-Immo, Caradisiac, and la Centrale has appointed Jean-Michel Neyret as Director General. The company describes the appointment as “an expression of Group Spir’s determination to reinforce and accelerate its transformation notably in the area of digital”. It’s a statement seemingly designed to calm...
Read MoreEBay France pulls out of classifieds
EBay France is closing down the classifieds section of its site effective as of the 18th of March in what will be seen as capitulation in the face of arch rival Leboncoin. The announcement was made by video (NB French language) featuring François Coumau, eBay’s Director for Continental Europe. “We have decided to concentrate on what we do the best,” explained Coumau; “which is...
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