Annual Report 2007
Annual General Meeting (AGM)
The AGM of Getupdated Internet Marketing AB (publ) will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, 6 May 2008 at the companies premises at Brahe- gatan 10, Stockholm, Sweden.
Notification
Shareholders intending to participate in the AGM should firstly be in- cluded on the print-out or other summary of the complete share reg- ister as of Tuesday, 29 April 2008, and secondly, notify the company of their intention to participate at the AGM by no later than 4 p.m.
on Friday, 2 May 2008. The notification should be to Eric Forsner by mail to Getupdated Internet Marketing AB, Brahegatan 10, 114 37 Stockholm, Sweden or via e-mail to bolagsstamma@getupdated.
com. Notifications should state name, personal/corporate identity number, shareholding, address, daytime telephone number and in- formation on potential assistants, and where applicable, information on deputies.
Representatives
Shareholders intending to participate through representatives should issue signed and dated powers of attorney for such deputies.
If the power of attorney is issued by legal entity, a certified copy of the certificate of incorporation or equivalent documentation for the legal entity should be attached. Powers of attorney and certificates of incorporation may not be more than one year old. Original pow- ers of attorney and potential certificates of incorporation should be forwarded by mail to Eric Forsner at the aforementioned address in good time before the Meeting.
Nominee-registered Shares
In order to exercise their voting rights at the AGM, shareholders with nominee-registered holdings must temporarily re-register their shares in their own name with VPC AB (the Swedish Central Securi- ties Depository & Clearing Organization). Shareholders must inform their nominees thereof in good time before 29 April 2008, when such re-registration process should be complete.
Financial Reporting Schedule, 2008
Interim Report, January-March 2008 6 May 2008 Interim Report, January-June 2008 26 August 2008 Interim Report, January-September 2008 12 November 2008 This document is essentially a translation of the Swedish language origi- nal. In the event of any discrepancies between this translation and the original, the latter will be deemed correct.
Production: Getupdated/hkdesign • Photo: Janne Danielsson Print: Alfa Print
Translation: Turner & Turner, www.turner.se
Contents 1
Annual Report—Summary 2
CEO’s Statement 6
Business Concept, Goals and Strategy 8
History 9
Market 10
Acquisitions in 2007 14
Operations 16
Skills and Values 24
Share Capital and Ownership Structure 26
Directors' Report 30
Risk Factors 34
Summary—Financial Performance 38
Definitions of Key Ratios 39
Comments on Financial Performance 40
Consolidated Income Statement 42
Consolidated Balance Sheet 43
Consolidated Cash Flow Statement 45 Consolidated Statement of Changes in
Shareholders' Equity 46
Parent Company Income Statement 47
Parent Company Balance Sheet 48
Parent company Cash Flow Statement 50 Parent Company Statement of Changes in
Shareholders' Equity 51
Notes 52
Audit Report 71
Corporate Governance 72
The Board 76
Senior Executives and Auditors 77
Contents
2 Annual Report—Summary
Business Concept
Getupdated Internet Marketing assists corporations and other or- ganizations to operate and market themselves on the Internet to exploit the Internet's opportunities optimally to enhance profit- ability, efficiency and the resulting recognition.
Vision
Getupdated's vision is to be Europe's leading complete Internet marketing provider, with strong positioning in the US.
Operational Goals
• To be perceived by customers as an innovative and leading In- ternet marketing provider and be recognized for delivering in- novative solutions.
• To offer expert consulting services. Customers should perceive that the company contributes to creating customer benefit.
• To be perceived as an attractive employer—through the com- pany's professionalism, innovation and quality, working at Get- updated should be considered creditable.
Financial goals
• Getupdated will be a favorable long-term investment by com- bining high growth and good profitability.
• Getupdated will be ready for an IPO on OMX Nordic Ex- change within one year.
• For 2008, Getupdated expects sales of over SEK 400 m with an improved operating margin.
Operations
Getupdated is a high-growth total provider on the Internet marketing and online communication market. The company markets and supplies an extensive selection of Internet marketing products and services. The majority of the company's revenues are generated within Internet Marketing, which is also the seg- ment where the company anticipates the highest growth in the future. The Internet is now starting to secure the status of the predominant marketing and communication medium that many commentators anticipated a few years ago.
The company's operations are conducted through three busi- ness areas: Internet Media, Internet Solutions and Webhosting.
The Internet Media business area helps clients secure exposure on the Internet through search engine optimization (SEO), acquir- ing banners on various websites and media planning for Internet marketing campaigns. The goal of SEO is for the client's web or campaign site to feature in the top ten hits of independent search results on search engine homepages. By sponsoring keywords, In-
Annual Report—Summary
ternet Media helps customers pay for visibility when a user enters a designated keyword into any of the major search engines. Internet Media uses media planning to help corporations gain an overview of their Internet marketing and visibility, while the company as- sists them in executing their strategies. The Internet Media busi- ness area generates some 56% of the company's revenues.
The Internet Solutions business area offers products and serv- ices that meet customer needs to secure a presence and conduct marketing on the Internet. Internet Solutions helps clients meet their marketing needs by analyzing traffic on their websites, for- mulating strategies to realize marketing goals, building and en- hancing e-commerce solutions, portals, websites and intranets, and creating campaigns and communities on the Internet. The Internet solutions business area represents some 23% of Getup- dated's revenues.
The Webhosting business area provides web hotels and domain name registration for customers. These operations are conducted under the Crystone brand, currently one of Sweden's largest web hosts. Webhosting is the umbrella for all hosting services like web hotels, dedicated servers, colocation and domain name registra- tion. The Webhosting business area's revenues represent some 21%
of the company's total revenues.
In the year, Getupdated enhanced its offering by acquiring spe- cialist enterprises in a number of segments, and is now able to offer a fully comprehensive services portfolio across all segments the company needs to market itself and operate on the Internet.
A total of 13 acquisitions were consummated in 2007, the largest of which was completed in November 2007, when it acquired the UK entity Just Search.
Through these acquisitions, Getupdated is now one of the leaders in the organic search marketing segment. The company now has some 340 employees and operations in Sweden, the UK, France, Norway and the US.
Market
Getupdated is primarily active in two markets: Internet Mar- keting and Webhosting. The following summarizes the rapidly expanding market for Internet marketing.
Internet marketing is one of the world's fastest-growing mar- kets. The segment spans a broad palette of services and products—
from search marketing, banner advertising, mobile marketing, traffic analysis and e-commerce solutions to building websites and communities.
In Sweden, the market for Internet marketing expanded by over
50% in 2007, and was thus the third-largest marketing medium
(some SEK 4,100 m) after daily press (some SEK 9,100 m) and
Annual Report—Summary 3
0 5 10 15 20 25
2005 2006 2007 2008e 2009e 2010e 2011e European Internet Marketing Growth
2005-2010e (USD bn)
Internet and TV Advertising as a Percentage of Total Swedish Advertising Market 2003-2008e
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
Internet TV
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008e
Souce: IRM
Source: eMarketer
Shareholder
No. of Shares
Equity &
Vote Hol- ding, %
Mattias Kaneteg 4,239,361 21.0
Anders Varveus privately and
via companies 3,146,145 15.6
Åke Eriksson privately and via
companies 3,093,729 15.3
Angelizer Holding AB 683,736 3.4
Justin Yates 566,380 2.8
Paul Yates 566,379 2.8
Johan Kadar via companies 538,711 2.7 Danske Bank International S.A. 522,751 2.6
Dennis Haga 372,812 1.8
Nordnet Pensionsförsäkring AB 343,786 1.7 JRBM Fastighets & Invest AB 335,943 1.7
Fredrik Forssberg 329,975 1.6
PMG Media Group AB 263,138 1.3
Jimmie Pettersson 242,535 1.2
Caceis Bank Luxembourg, Cais
Bank, W8IMY 223,800 1.1
Other 4,699,175 23.3
Total 20,168,356 100.0
Shareholders as of 14 March 2008
TV (some SEK 4,700 m). The Swedish market is forecast to grow by some 20% in 2008 and would then be worth some SEK 4,900 m, according to IRM. This would mean the Internet overtaking TV in 2008, becoming the second-largest marketing medium after daily press. Please refer to the diagram on the next page.
The markets representing the majority of Internet marketing in Europe are the UK, Germany and France. These markets are sub- ject to consolidation among providers seeking to offer a broader range of services. In 2006, the UK represented 36% of Europe's total market for Internet marketing, with Sweden representing 5%. But in terms of its population, Sweden is at an advanced level compared to other European countries.
The US market for Internet marketing was worth USD 18.8 bn in 2007, equivalent to some 7% of total advertising spend. This was an increase from USD 16 bn in 2006. In 2011, the European market for Internet marketing is forecast to pass USD 20 bn. In Sweden, the Internet marketing share of total advertising spend in 2007 was some 12%.
Board of Directors and Senior Executives
Getupdated's Board of Directors has five members: Kjell Ormeg- ard (Chairman) Åke Eriksson, Johan Kadar, Johan Lenander and Paul Yates.
The senior executives of Getupdated are Johan Kadar, Chief Executive Officer, Mattias Kaneteg, Chief Operating Officer and Eric Forsner, Chief Financial Officer.
The Share and Marketplace
Getupdated's stock has been trading on First North, an alternative
marketplace affiliated to OMX Nordic Exchange, since 11 July
2007. The companies traded on First North are not liable to ob-
serve the same rules as listed companies. Instead, First North is
regulated by a less extensive framework mainly tailored to small-
cap and growth companies. All companies trading on First North
have a certified adviser, whose task is to ensure that the company
satisfies First North's regulations for communicating with the
market and investors. Certified advisers conduct initial reviews of
those companies whose shares are intended for trading on First
North, and OMX Nordic Exchange Stockholm AB then considers
applications to start trading.
4 Annual Report—Summary Financial Summary
SEK 000 1 Jan. 2007–
31 Dec. 2007 1 Jan. 2006–
31 Dec. 2006 1 Jan. 2005–
31 Dec. 2005
Net sales 214,024 68,097 33,018
EBITDA 28,830 –508 5,115
Operating profit/loss 25,080 –1,232 4,682
Profit after tax 15,825 –1,511 3,190
Total assetss 471,535 94,568 31,336
Shareholders’ equity 262,363 35,745 4,796
Interest-bearing net debt 82,551 20,812 8,795
Capital employed 358,255 57,959 14,735
Cash flow from operating activities –1,289 6,503 8,649
Cash flow from investing activities –99,105 –31,857 –16,260
Cash flow from financing activities 112,063 25,794 7,503
Sales growth 214% 106% 169%
EBITDA margin 13.5% neg. 15.5%
Operating margin 11.7% neg. 14.2%
Net margin 7.4% neg. 9.7%
Equity ratio 56% 38% 15%
Debt/equity ratio 0.36 0.61 1.98
Return on equity 10.2% neg. 62.2%
Return on capital employed 12.2% neg. 31.9%
Return on total capital 9.0% neg. 15.0%
Average no. of employees 184 83 37
No. of employees at year-end 303 108 54
Per Share Data, SEK 1 Jan. 2007–
31 Dec. 2007 1 Jan. 2006–
31 Dec. 2006 1 Jan. 2005–
31 Dec. 2005
Earnings per share 1.01 –0.34 2.82
Shareholders’ equity per share 13.01 3.28 4.53
Dividend per share 0 0 0
Year-end closing price 16.80 11.00 n/a
Market cap. at year-end, SEK m 338.8 120.0 n/a
P/E ratio, x 16.6 neg. n/a
Average no. of shares¹ 15,055,274 4,456,431 1,058,899
Free float¹ 20,168,356 10,908,731 1,058,899
¹Adjusted for reverse split 1:100 in July 2007
Annual Report—Summary 5
6 CEO’s Statement
We are now a leader in the Internet marketing segment in Sweden, and actually have world-leading positioning in the organic search marketing segment—where we help our customers secure top hits in search engine results.
Internet marketing is one of the world’s highest-growth markets.
Independent research indicates yearly growth of 20-50%, depend- ing on market segment and country. Internet marketing sales are expected to overtake TV spend as early as the current year. The seg- ment covers a broad palette of services and products—from search marketing, banner advertising, mobile marketing, traffic analysis, e-commerce solutions, to producing websites and communities.
There are a number of competitors in the various Internet marketing segments. What makes Getupdated unique, though, is that we cover the complete range. After our corporate acquisi- tions last year, we are now able to offer our customers complete solutions covering all their needs in the segment, and we think this will give us a competitive edge ahead. We offer our customers needs analysis, website design, optimization of e-commerce sites, design of marketing campaigns and measuring their performance.
We also ensure that our customers get top results in various search engines.
Ultimately, our assignments are about raising customers’ pro- ductivity. A public authority able to replace call centre services and physical form mailing with a user-friendly website, where cus- tomers print forms themselves, can make big savings. Similarly, a business that succeeds in increasing the number of tender requests from its website by 25% will quickly become a satisfied Getup- dated customer.
The strategy of being able to offer a range of complete solutions makes us unique, and creates big opportunities for cross sales. In my daily contacts with customers, I also note how they appreci- ate having Getupdated as a complete provider, instead of being forced to source services from multiple—and un-coordinated—
suppliers.
The strategy also brings us increased stability and risk diversi- fication, particularly in future, when competition in the segment
CEO's Statement is likely to increase. If we view last year as a breakthrough for our fundamental business concept, during the current year, I think we will demonstrate its considerable financial attractions. A signifi- cant share of our income is repeat revenues, from 12-24-month contracts. So far, over 90% of our customers have renewed their contracts—corroboration that we’ve succeeded in making our customers very satisfied. This will exert a positive impact on our profitability ahead.
The foundation of today’s Getupdated was laid back in 1999, and many of our group companies have a number of successful financial years behind them. Getupdated now has an employee headcount of some 340, and last year, we started our focus on the international market. Apart from Sweden, we can now offer local expertise on the UK, French and US markets.
We have focused especially heavily on the UK. The acquisi- tion of Just Search gives us a secure platform to grow on the UK market. The UK is Europe’s biggest market for Internet market- ing, with a share of some 36%, compared to some 5% in Sweden.
Obviously, strong positioning on the English-speaking market is a prerequisite for continued successful international growth. As early as this year, we expect a significant profit contribution from our UK business, in addition to the effects we saw in 2007. We will also maintain our focus on the US market, and will start this year as main sponsor of the keynote Search Engine Strategies event in New York. We will be assigning substantial resources to hiring professionals and sales in the US.
Our Webhosting business Crystone focused sharply on the consolidation and integration of previous acquisitions in 2007, to increase profitability in this segment. By closing five of seven data- centers and concentrating operations on Malmö and Stockholm, rationalizing our support and admin resources and downsizing headcount from 52 to 30, we are now in a position to exploit economies of scale and become profitable as early as the current year. Crystone now has some 70,000 customers, all on running contracts, with a 95%-plus renewal rate. We are also winning over 1,000 new customers monthly, through Crystone’s website alone.
I anticipate a really exciting year ahead. My main task is to en- sure the successful integration of our acquisitions. I want everyone that works at Getupdated to feel a sense of unity, and that we’re working together towards our vision of becoming one of the lead- ing Internet marketing providers in Europe, with strong position- ing in the US.
Johan Kadar
Chief Executive Officer
Stockholm, Sweden, April 2008 The year 2007 was something of a breakthrough
for Getupdated Internet Marketing. We com-
pleted 13 strategic corporate acquisitions, and
our sales grew by over 200%. Half of this total
was organic growth, which demonstrates that
our customers believe in us, and that we have a
successful business concept.
CEO’s Statement 7
8 Business Concept, Goals and Strategy
Business Concept
Getupdated Internet Marketing assists corporations and other or- ganizations to operate and market themselves on the Internet to exploit the Internet's opportunities optimally to enhance profit- ability, efficiency and the resulting recognition.
Vision
Getupdated's vision is to be Europe's leading complete Internet marketing provider, with strong positioning in the US.
Operational Goals
• To be perceived by customers as an innovative and leading Internet marketing provider and be recognized for delivering creative solutions.
• To offer expert consulting services. Customers should perceive that the company contributes to creating customer benefit.
• To be perceived as an attractive employer—through the com- pany's professionalism, innovation and quality, working at Get- updated should be considered creditable.
Financial goals
• Getupdated will be a favorable long-term investment by com- bining high growth and good profitability.
• Getupdated will be ready for an IPO on OMX Nordic Ex- change within one year.
• For 2008, Getupdated expects sales of over SEK 400 m with an improved operating margin.
Business Concept, Goals and Strategy
Strategy
• Complete solution—Getupdated will offer its customers the market’s broadest product and services offering without com- promising innovation and quality.
• Cross sales—by offering the market’s broadest product range, Getupdated will create the prospects for cross sales and in- creased profitability.
• Innovation—Getupdated will be at the leading edge with a range of products and services that can be rapidly tailored to changes on the market to meet customer needs.
• International platform—with a presence on several markets, the company will be able to attract multinational customers.
Because language is the only barrier on the Internet, a presence in the major language groups is a prerequisite for profitable in- ternational growth.
• High acquisition-led growth—Getupdated will grow organical- ly and via acquisitions. The company will enter new geographi- cal markets mainly by acquiring enterprises active in search optimization, to then create extra sales through the company’s other products.
• Success through volume—Getupdated will utilize its active ac- quisition strategy to grow and create volume barriers to com- petitors, mainly in the search optimization segment, where those companies with the greatest delivery resources achieve the most success for their customers.
• The best workplace—in a knowledge business like Getupdated,
staff skills and loyalty are prerequisites for sustainable profitabil-
ity. The company will offer a working environment that brings
development opportunities, remuneration on market terms
and the possibility of share price-related incentive schemes.
History 9
1985 Getupdated registered.
1998 Quotation on the former SBI list, now NGM.
1999 Eastpoint incorporated
2001 Launch of Informant, Getupdated’s web monitoring system.
2002 Getupdated’s main shareholder Parkerhouse BV sells some 25% of the company to Åke Eriksson, Lennart Andersson and Vencom.
2004/2005 Eastpoint acquires majority shareholding in Crystone and the assets and liabilities of Invit-Net.
2005 Eastpoint acquires DK Network and Azalea WebDesign.
2006 Crystone acquires Scandic Hosting Group with wholly owned Norwegian subsidiary Scandic Hosting Group AS (corporate name changed to Crystone Norge AS).
2006 Crystone acquires Enterweb AS.
2006 Getupdated acquires Eastpoint through a reverse acquisition. Getupdated is 90% owned by Eastpoint’s shareholders, and has its corporate name changed to Eastpoint.
2006 Acquisition of Addmind IT-Solutions.
2006 Divestments of the media monitoring business and Getupdated.com.
2007, January Acquisition of Affiliator.
2007, February Acquisition of Många Idéer Gruppen - MIG.
2007, February Acquisition of Neno.
2007, February Acquisition of MediaAnalys Trisodium (51%).
2007, March Acquisition of Ryce Holding/Media Operator Sweden.
2007, May Acquisition of Optiwords.
2007, July Change of marketplace from NGM Equity to OMX First North.
2007, July Acquisition of Cross Communication Holding.
2007, July Acquisition of eTrafficJams.com, Inc.
2007, August Change of corporate name to Getupdated.
2007, September Acquisition of SolarPlexus.
2007, October Acquisition of Trive.
2007, November Acquisition of Just Search Ltd.
History
10 Market
Internet Usage
In the last decade, the Internet has become an obvious me- dium for accessing information, communicating and shopping.
Internet usage and the number of websites has expanded briskly in this period. Estimates by SCB (Statistic Sweden) from spring 2007 indicate that some 75% of all Swedish citizens aged 16-74 use the Internet at least once a week. A significant share of usage is for information searches (some 70%) and communication (some 69%).
Among young people and young adults in Sweden, 97% now regularly use the Internet, according to Sweden’s biggest PC maga- zine PC för Alla. This level is high in international terms, with the corresponding share in Germany and the UK being 92% and 83% respectively. Swedish broadband penetration is also high, and now some 65% of Swedish citizens have broadband at home, an increase of 20% in just two years.
The need for businesses to be visible on the Internet and the search engines that are widely used to access information is rising with the expansion of Internet usage and the number of websites.
Google reports that over 2 million searches are made per second on this search engine alone, and some 70% of these searches are based on a desire to purchase. Accordingly, it is completely obvious that businesses want to encounter their customers on the Internet, and market themselves actively where their customers are.
The growth of Internet usage has also created a significant mar- ket for Internet-related services and products. As customers and suppliers progressively globalize, having a website that is attractive to customers and other observers, is flexible to changes and runs the company’s business cost-efficiently is increasingly significant.
Internet Marketing
The Internet has evolved into a powerful and vital instrument for advertisers to reach consumers. Investments in Internet marketing have grown significantly in recent years, amounting to some SEK 4,100 m in Sweden alone in 2007, according to IRM. Independent market researchers estimate that Internet advertising will remain in significant growth. Getupdated thinks that increased Internet- based marketing is due to factors including more widespread usage
Market
Getupdated is active on four markets: search marketing, affiliate marketing, Internet consulting and Webhosting. The markets reviewed in this section are search marketing, affiliate marketing and Webhosting in those countries where Getupdated has its highest sales and growth: Sweden, the UK and US.
of the Internet among consumers, cheaper and faster broadband connections, growing Internet sales via the Internet and the benefits of Internet marketing against traditional media. These benefits in- cluding greater ease in measuring consumer responses to marketing, and new ways to target marketing to various societal groups, such as tailoring campaigns and mailshotting with greater precision.
The market for Internet marketing can be divided into three segments: banner advertising, search marketing and affiliate mar- keting.
• Banner advertising is that portion of Internet marketing that is most reminiscent of traditional advertising, as it involves the placement of an advertising banner on a web page, with the advertiser paying for the banner being displayed for a certain period.
• Search marketing is the highest-growth segment, largely thanks to its control and monitoring capabilities. Search marketing can then be divided into two: sponsored links, which are purchased positions next to organic hit lists, where companies pay for each click generated to the website, and search optimization, which involves the optimization of a website to secure higher position- ing in organic hit lists.
• Affiliate marketing can be considered as an enhanced form of banner advertising, where a company associates with a network of publishers, who agree to remuneration via adverts on their websites against performance-related payment. This perform- ance-related payment can be based on the number of clicks, purchases, or customer or user registrations on a website as a result of clicking on the banner, for example.
The majority of the market for search marketing relates to spon- sored links and affiliate marketing.
The Swedish market for Internet marketing grew by over 50%
in 2007, and thus (at SEK 4,100 m) was the third largest medium
with a market share of 12% after the daily press (some SEK 9,100
m) and TV (some SEK 4,700 m) according to IRM’s figures. The
Swedish market for Internet marketing is forecast to grow by some
20% in 2008, to a value of some SEK 4,900 m, again according
Market 11
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
Internet TV
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008e
to IRM. This would mean that in 2008, the Internet will become the second- largest marketing medium after the daily press (see the diagram to the right and on the next page).
eMarketer estimates the US market for Internet marketing at USD 18.8 bn in 2007, or some 7% of total advertising spend. This is up from USD 16 bn in 2006.
eMarketer forecasts Internet marketing spend expanding by 21% yearly in Europe, and by an average of 18% in the US by 2011. In the US, search marking specifically is forecast to grow by 50% yearly until 2011, all according to eMarketer.
Geographical Progress
In Europe, the markets representing the majority of the Internet market are the UK, Germany and France. In these markets, suppliers are consolidating so they can offer a broader range of services. In 2006, the UK represented 36% of the total European market for Internet marketing, while Sweden was 3% (see diagram to right). However, in terms of population levels, Sweden is at a high level compared to other European countries.
Search Marketing
Search marketing means methods to enhance website positioning on the major search engines like Google and Yahoo. In 2006, the market for search advertising was some 41% of the total market for Internet marketing in Swe- den, the US and UK, according to eMarketer. In 2007, the search advertising share of the total Internet marketing spend in these countries is estimated at some 43%.
The market for search marketing is expanding robustly worldwide. On the Swedish market, investments increased by 288% from SEK 157 m to SEK 611 m between 2005 and 2006 according to IRM. Investments in search market- ing expanded to over SEK 1 bn in 2007. In 2008, sales are forecast to increase to some SEK 2 bn.
Search marketing can be divided into two sub-segments: sponsored links and SEO.
Sponsored Links
Sponsored links are purchased positions adjacent to organic hit lists where companies pay for each hit generated to their website. Google—the world’s most highly evolved search engine that has driven market progress in spon- sored links for some time—dominates the market for sponsored links. Most of the scale of the market for search marketing relates to the market for sponsored links, which accordingly, means Google controls a large portion of the market for search marketing.
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
SEO is the search marketing segment targeting businesses that want to optimize their websites to secure the highest possible results in search engine organic hit lists. SEO is an intensely competitive market with no single player dominant, unlike the market for sponsored links.
Getupdated is one of the world leaders in SEO in terms of employee head- count and customer base. Competitors on the Nordic market include Nota- bene.net of Denmark.
Italy 5%
Netherlands 6%
France 13%
Germany 20%
UK 36%
Spain 4%
Sweden 3%
Other* 13%
* Denmark, Belgium, Austria, Finland, Greece, Slovenia, Croatia, Norway, Ireland, Portugal and Switzerland.