Financial Times Publishes the Result of the H&H Webranking 2007

Financial Times publishes an article based on H&H Webranking European ranking 2007 in the section Companies and Markets. The results from the ranking are highlighted in the article which points out the improvements of Italian corporate websites. The top three companies of the H&H Webranking survey are Telecom Italia, Repsol YPF and UniCredit.

Stockholm, Sweden (PRWEB) November 13, 2007 -- Financial Times publishes an article based on H&H Webranking European ranking 2007 in the section Companies and Markets. The results from the ranking are highlighted in the article which points out the improvements of Italian corporate websites. The top three companies of the H&H Webranking survey are Telecom Italia, Repsol YPF and UniCredit.

Italian companies have some of the best corporate websites in Europe, a remarkably turnaround from five years ago when they ranked at the bottom. Sweden, traditionally the leader since the original survey began there 11 years ago - has fallen outside the top ten for the first time.

"These results reflect the creation of a culture in Italy where there is a big commitment to openness" says Marcus Eriksson, Head of the survey at Hallvarsson & Halvarsson.

*** EUROPE TOP 30 from the Europe Top 160 list ***

RANK    COMPANY        COUNTRY        SCORE

1    Telecom Italia    Italy        89

2    Repsol-YPF        Spain        88,75

3    Unicredito Italiano    Italy        87,75

4    TNT        Netherlands        87,25

5    Fortum        Finland        85,5

6    ENI        Italy        83,5

7    UBS        Switzerland        83

8    Deutsche Post    Germany        77,25

9    Swisscom        Switzerland        77

10    Danske Bank        Denmark        76,5

11    Atlas Copco        Sweden        74,5

11    Credit Suisse    Switzerland        74,5

13    Norsk Hydro        Norway        73,75

13    TeliaSonera        Sweden        73,75

15    Nordea Bank        Sweden        73,25

16    Siemens        Germany        73

17    Nestle        Switzerland        72,75

18    Roche        Switzerland        72,25

19    RWE        Germany        72

20    Deutsche Bank    Germany        71,25

21    Fortis        Netherlands        70,25

21    ThyssenKrupp    Germany        70,25

23    ABB        Switzerland        69,25

23    BASF        Germany        69,25

23    Cadbury Schweppes    UK        69,25

26    British American Tobacco    UK        69

27    AIB        Ireland        68,75

28    Sandvik        Sweden        68,5

29    BP        UK        68,25

30    E.ON        Germany        67,5

30    Ericsson        Sweden        67,5

The full list is available at H&H Webranking Europe Top 160 (http://www.webranking.eu/widepage.aspx?id=1215&csref=prweb_ftrelease)

The Financial Times article are available at http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/840238de-907b-11dc-a6f2-0000779fd2ac.html

In contrast companies in France and Russia had poorly performing websites. Only one French company, the aerospace group EADS, made it into the top 40, while no Russian company made it into the top 100 in Europe.

A smaller amount of English content on the sites and a smaller proportion of the population online compared to Western Europe is two of the reasons for the poorly result in the survey for Russian companies. "However, they will have to embrace it, if they want to attract foreign capital" Mr Eriksson says. "It is their window to the world".

Corporate websites are becoming an increasingly important source of information for investors, financial analysts and business journalists. About 80 per cent of the respondents to a questionnaire, the first step in the H&H Webrnaking survey, says that they worked constantly connected to the Internet. 90 per cent considered the corporate websites the most important source of financial information for listed companies.

Marcus Eriksson

Head of H&H Webranking

Tel: +46 8 407 22 17

Mattias Lindquist

Media & Press

Tel: +46 8 407 22 33

About H&H Webranking

H&H Webranking is Europe's leading survey of corporate websites. It has been conducted annually since 1997. Each year approximately 700 websites are reviewed. Results are published in financial newspapers around Europe.

Visit www.webranking.eu for more information

About Hallvarsson & Halvarsson

Hallvarsson & Halvarsson AB (H&H) is the leading corporate communications and financial communications agency in the Nordics with approximately 100 consultants. Through it's H&H Webranking survey and Online Corporate Communications research and advisory services a leader in Europe with a significant number of Euro Top 500 companies as clients.

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