SMEs with a website make an additional €24,000 a year, new survey finds Irish SMEs with a website receive an average of 22 additional jobs a year, with each job worth an average of almost €1,100, according to new IEDR research; 71 percent of consumers are more likely to purchase goods and services from an SME that has a website; Three-quarters of consumers think it is frustrating when [...]

  Regulation benefits reputation This very simple, and extremely effective, management and regulation of the top-level domain has qualified dot-IE as a respected and trustworthy domain in the eyes of Google and other online visitors. Google gives dot-IE addresses priority in the search results as there is understanding that behind the ‘.ie' is a valid organisation. Shoppers trust dot-IE as genuinely Irish because the international market wasn't flooded [...]