Tag: "data"
Facebook Releases Their Second Government Requests Report, Detailing July To Dec 2013
In the past week we have seen Facebook release their second global Government requests report – showing the number of requests per country from Government Authorities, how many accounts were involved, and how many pieces of content were removed – reflecting data over the period of July 1 – December 31, 2013. Facebook have posted […]
Read More | ShareWhatsApp Sets The Record Straight – Your Data Is Secure And Separate From Facebook
Lately there has been a lot of speculation about WhatsApp after their acquisition by Facebook for $19 Billion USD. Particularly concern using data, security and how information will be shared with Facebook. WhatsApp Co-Founder and CEO Jan Koum posted a new blog post – “Setting the Record Straight” in which he details his thoughts and […]
Read More | ShareFacebook Settles with FTC
Facebook has today settled a dispute with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Facebook made a number of ‘privacy mistakes’ with its users such as: In December 2009 making your Friends list public without approval or warning. 3rd Party Facebook Applications were getting a lot more user data that specified on the site. Facebook has […]
Read More | ShareGoogle Plus Developer API released
Google has now released to the public their developer API for the Google Plus social network. This will allow developers to build applications on-top of the Google Plus social network and extract public user data. If you are a developer and would like to explore how to build an application, go here: https://developers.google.com/+/ If you have […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media sharing impacts Search Ranking
Ok, so this may not be new news to you that Social Media sharing impacts how a URL ranks in search engines. I was checking my rankings in Google today and wanted to make sure I was still ranking for previous keywords I noted down. One particular keyword search I’m interested in is: Social Media […]
Read More | ShareGoogle Plus traffic down
There have been several reports across the internet that the Google Plus social network has been dropping in traffic numbers. Experian Hitwise data reports a 3% drop in traffic for average daily visitor numbers. Whilst the site is still in beta mode, basically everyone can signup now if you get any invite from soneone already […]
Read More | ShareAlexa now ranking sites by Suburb
I was checking my Alexa Rank yesterday and noticed something new about the data summary that is displayed. When you look up your Alexa Rank you get a summary of broad demographic information about your users, such as gender, age, and salary level. I have noticed now that on my listing – Alexa is displaying […]
Read More | ShareAlexa updating your Site Details & Contact Info
If you are a webmaster and a regular user of Alexa.com you may find this article useful. As a website owner you can claim your site on Alexa and update your site/owner contact details, such as: – name – address – email – phone number – website description – further company information is desired or […]
Read More | Share3 fundamental SEO tips
If you want to get any sort of traffic from the Search Engines, knowing how they work is extremely important. Sometimes we get too consumed in the finer details we forget about the basics. Here are 3 fundamental and simple SEO tips you should take note of: 1. Relevancy If you talk about a particular […]
Read More | ShareHow Accurate is the Alexa Toolbar
I was having a look at how accurate the Alexa Toolbar is when viewing their public website information. For example you can use the Toolbar or visit Alexa.com to view basic traffic stats on any site in the world. Fact is many webmasters, SEO professionals and web developers use this tool everyday to check website […]
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