Your Internet homepage is a major part of your e-business strategy. It has been developed to support your sales and support and to attract new customers. A study done by the German researcher GfK has shown that 76% of purchasing decision makers in Germany rely primarily on Internet as a research tool in their purchasing process, 29% do research exclusively online.
With your homepage in place you would like to be found – and turn to the world of search engines, soon you find that it is a profession of its own to optimize and market your homepage on the Internet.
This e-business issue will give you an overview of what is required and some of the tasks needed to perform better in the searches.
Bjørn Borg Kjølseth, Innovation Norway
Karen Hynes, Enterprise Ireland