about us

1997 - 1998

• Google open first office in California
• Pay Pal launches
• Clickthinking co-founders Peter Stewart and Dave Murray start working together on reverse engineering search engine algorithms

1999 - 2000

• Napster launched
• Viruses become prevalent on the web (notably the Lovebug)
• Clickthinking founded with 3 employees
• Clickthinking launch first online transaction reservation system.

2001

• Wikipedia is created
• Clickthinking launch emarketing campaigns for BNP Paribas & Mitsubishi
• Turnover grows by 395%, Clickthinking team go white water rafting in Namibia

2002

• Amazon turns a profit in the 4th quarter with 5 million net profit
• Clickthinking set up incubator fund and skills pool for web technology ventures. All ventures invested in are profitable within first 24 months.
• Turnover grows by 29%

2003

• MySpace launches
• Beta version of Safari released
• Turnover grows by 73%, Clickthinking team go on safari and white water rafting in Zimbabwe

2004

• Global online spend reaches $117 Billion
• Facebook is launched
• Firefox is released
• Flickr is born
• Itunes is released
• Clickthinking launchs into UK and European markets working on conversion projects in financial and social sector categories
• Turnover grows by 8%

2005

• You Tube launches
• Peter Stewart is invited to be part of Microsoft Search Champs in Seattle
• Turnover grows by 32%, Clickthinking team go on safari in KwaZulu Natal

2006

• Skype announces over 100 million registered users
• Clickthinking ventures into India
• Clickthinking judges at the Loeries
• Turnover grows by 68%

2007

• Twitter launched
• iPhone is released
• CC Africa reaches 10 million in web sales
• Niel Bornman nominated as chairman of the WAA Certification Committee
• Clickthinking judges at the Loeries
• Turnover grows by 15%, Clickthinking team go on safari in the Sabi Sands

2008

• Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo! For $44.6 Billion.
• Google's Chrome released
• Rani Resorts achieves ROI of 1000% on their web strategy for their 2008 financial year
• BEE Status achieved
• Clickthinking come 1st in global Web Analytics Association competition
• Clickthinking judges at the Assegais & the Loeries
• Turnover grows by 66%

2009

• Clickthinking receives Webby Nominee & Webby Honoree for work on &Beyond