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The UK's Where It's At!

by LozJames
14 replies
Hi Guys

Just read this great post about the growth of the UK Internet economy on the BBC website.

Time to start snatching up those .co.uk domains methinks...

BBC News - UK internet economy 'worth billions'

Cheers!

Loz :-)
  • Profile picture of the author vok
    That's just the UK I think the internet as a whole is worth around $1 trillion a year atleast. That's just under 2% of the worlds Gross Domestic Product (GDP) I think that'll atleast double or triple in the next 10 years or so.
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  • Profile picture of the author jazbo
    The UK is punching above its weight as an internet adopter, but even with superfast broadband, we will eventually be a smaller player as the rest of the world catches up, and does things cheaper!
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  • Profile picture of the author VilPietersen@
    Nice one...
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    • Profile picture of the author Malphas
      Awesome news. I've just started a change of tact targeting smaller UK niches
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  • Profile picture of the author davewebsmith
    Be sure you find a good registrar ... Most need you to register for 2 years and most will charge £10 ($15) to make changes to whois / transfer / release domains (and no it does not include a renewal or extension thats another 2 years)
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  • Profile picture of the author osamabindrinking
    If you thing it will be easy, think again, most of the domains I go after are squatted from people from all over the planet, with a ton from the US!
    Better try developing markets...
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    • Profile picture of the author inter123
      I live in the UK and it is a nation on the decline, it has been the case for the last 50+ years. Yes the UK is punching its weight in the Internet sector at the moment but it will soon get overtaken by China, India, Brazil and the US as well.

      Personally I am learning Mandarin, Hindi, Spanish and American to enhance my future prospects.
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      • Profile picture of the author Beatrice
        Personally I am learning Mandarin, Hindi, Spanish and American to enhance my future prospects.
        Good luck with that! I have trouble with writing good articles in English
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      • Profile picture of the author PoweWhey
        Originally Posted by inter123 View Post

        I live in the UK and it is a nation on the decline, it has been the case for the last 50+ years. Yes the UK is punching its weight in the Internet sector at the moment but it will soon get overtaken by China, India, Brazil and the US as well.

        Personally I am learning Mandarin, Hindi, Spanish and American to enhance my future prospects.
        For Brazil, try Portuguese : )
        Add arabic and you be a truly rounded internet marketer
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        • Profile picture of the author inter123
          Spanish and Portugese are very similar but Spanish is more widespread throughout the world.

          Originally Posted by PoweWhey View Post

          For Brazil, try Portuguese : )
          Add arabic and you be a truly rounded internet marketer
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      • Profile picture of the author Richard Van
        Originally Posted by inter123 View Post

        I live in the UK and it is a nation on the decline, it has been the case for the last 50+ years. Yes the UK is punching its weight in the Internet sector at the moment but it will soon get overtaken by China, India, Brazil and the US as well.

        Personally I am learning Mandarin, Hindi, Spanish and American to enhance my future prospects.
        And to save a bit of time the Americans speak the same language as us, so that's one less to learn.

        Sorry, couldn't resist.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mangozoom
    Even though I am a brit I will be sticking with Global Niche marketing ... no borders.

    I have one UK targetted niche that has just as many members from the US ... apparantly we are quaint

    John
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  • Profile picture of the author davewebsmith
    English will always be the primary language of choice for internet ...
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  • Profile picture of the author John Henderson
    Innovation can't be outsourced... and historically, that's been a strong skill for the Brits.

    Check out what's been quietly growing at the junction of Old Street and City Road in Shoreditch, London...

    London's Silicon Roundabout

    Silicon Roundabout: Is this the heart of the UK’s new dotcom boom? | Tech Blog | FT.com
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