Hi chilebean-ga!
I have found that the five top websites with Google powered search
engynes in Argentina, (according to google’s “linking to” results),
are Ubbi (search engyne), Clarin (newspaper), Ciudad Internet (portal
and ISP), Ole (sport newspaper) and Uol-Sinectis (portal and ISP).
You should know that Grupo Clarin is a leading company in the country.
It owns Clarin Newspaper since 1945 with the highest circulation in
the Spanish language. Well, 4 out of the 5 (Ubbi, Clarin, Ciudad
Internet and Ole) are products of the Clarin holding. Argentinians may
not know that all of them are Clarin products, since there’s a
different marketing strategy for each one.
The other big website using a powered by Google search engyne is
Uol-Sinectis, an horizontal portal. Uol is based in Brasil, but
Uol-Sinectis is an Argentinian merge.
Buscador Ubbi, powered by Google
http://www.ubbi.com/
Searched for pages linking to http://www.ubbi.com (at
://www.google.com ): Results about 1,600.
“Clarín Digital, in its constant search for newer and diverse
contents, launched «Buscador Ubbi» in 1999 ( http://www.ubbi.com ). It
is an Internet search tool that makes surfing easy and fast. It gives
access to the most important web sites in every language, but it
focuses on those in Spanish and specially Argentine sites”.
Diario Clarin
http://www.clarin.com/
Searched for pages linking to “clarin.com” (at ://www.google.com
): results about 59,900.
“Clarín Digital ( http://www.clarin.com ) is the name of the newspaper
in Internet. It was launched in 1996 and was the Group’s first venture
into the Web. It quickly became one of the most visited sites by
Argentine people, both in Argentina and abroad. Users have access to
most of the articles published daily in the main section of Clarín
newspaper and its supplements. But it also offers other on-line
services, making the best use of audio and video options”.
Ciudad Internet
http://www.ciudad.com.ar/
Searched for pages linking to http://www.ciudad.com.ar (at
://www.google.com ): results about 2,190.
“Internet offers the possibility of accessing a market with unlimited
growth potential. Pre-empting the challenges brought about by the
digital revolution and the emergence of this «new medium» in
communications, in 1997 Grupo Clarín established PRIMA S.A. -Primera
Red Interactiva de Medios Argentinos- with a double aim: to become an
Internet Service Provider (ISP) and at the same time to develop a
gateway with contents in Spanish to act as a «virtual community». To
achieve both goals, PRIMA launched Ciudad Internet (
http://www.ciudad.com.ar ). In a very short time, «Ciudad», as it is
commonly known to its thousands of visitors, became the ISP with the
highest rate of growth in the market”.
Diario Ole
http://www.diario-ole.com.ar/
Searched for pages linking to: http://www.diario-ole.com.ar/ ( at
://www.google.com ): results about 1,620.
“Founded in 1996, Olé is the first and only sports daily newspaper in
Argentina. It was created to offer a wider and more comprehensive
coverage of every sports activity, with special reference to soccer,
which Argentines follow with passionate interest. Today it is one of
the newspapers with the highest circulation in the country”.
UOL-Sinectis
http://www.uol.com.ar/
Searched for pages linking to http://www.uol.com.ar ( at
://www.google.com ) results about 3,300.
UOL Inc. – owner of UOL Argentina – alter two years working in
Argentina, buys Sinectis, the third argentine ISP. The new company is
named “UOL-Sinectis”, one of the leading players of the local market.
According to IBOPE / Nielsen y Media Metrix, UOL-Sinectis is the
leading portal regarding number of visits.
Search strategy:
First I searched for all argentinians websites using a powered by
Google search engyne:
"Powered by google" site:.ar
://www.google.com/search?num=30&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&as_qdr=all&q=Powered+by+google+site%3A.ar
Then, using the Google Page-Specific Search for finding pages that
link to each website, I found out the top 5 list.
If this does not satisfy your question, please ask me for further
clarification.
Regards,
Lrargerich |
