David Correll
Editor and Founder of SocialMediaNews.com.au. I also run a Social Media Agency where I do consulting work and Social Media Management. Connect with me: Twitter | LinkedIn | Facebook or contact me here. Alternatively, you can send me an email at david@socialmedianews.com.au
Google crowns Facebook 1st in page views, Yahoo 2nd
Google has recently released more internet traffic data from their Google Adplanner / DoubleClick system. According to Adplanner, Facebook is visited by 540 million people monthly – which is around 35% of the internet population. Yahoo network is visited by 490 million visitors per month – 31% of the internet population. On Facebook approximately 570 […]
Read More | ShareRUMOR: Google search to be replaced with Bing on iPhone
There have been many rumors amongst tech news publishers that Bing will replace Google as the default search provider on the iPhone once OS4 is rolling out to devices globally. This is kind of expected especially considering that Google’s Android has been stealing market share from the iPhone over the last several months. Apple apparently […]
Read More | ShareLinkedIn is Maturing
LinkedIn is known as the Facebook for professionals. B2B proffessionals from around the world have been engaging on LinkedIn to help meet new contacts, learn and teach in their own professions and most importantly increase sales leads. The below infographic shows the state of where LinkedIn is currently at with a breakdown of demographics, professions and geolocations of current LinkedIn users. With 1.2 […]
Read More | ShareThe End for Facebook?
May 31 has been labelled as ‘Quit facebook day’. Is this really the end for Facebook? There have been recent global movements to put an end to Facebook’s monopolising of the web, mainly because of their privacy policies. There are a couple of reasons why people are scared of what Facebook is doing such as making more information available […]
Read More | ShareDigg version 4 coming soon
In April 2009, Kevin Rose – Founder of Digg.com spoke of a major update of the site in an attempt to get more users/publishers back on the site sharing their viral content and news stories. The problem with Digg is that only the top 100 stories or so got font page exposure and high traffic. […]
Read More | ShareFoursquare reaches 10 check-ins per second
Checking my Twitter account i just noticed the below tweet by Foursquare. Globally Foursquare is now generating 10 check-ins per second. ie. – 600 per minute – 36,000 per hour – 864,000 per day Almost a million check-ins per day! I am sure they will reach that milestone soon. Remember when it was a big […]
Read More | ShareGoogle-AdMob Deal Approved
The Federal Trade Commission in the United States has finally approved Google’s purchase of mobile advertising company Ad-Mob. In a blog post Google wrote: ‘We’ll now begin the process of bringing our products and teams together in the best way, and building new products and features together,’ ‘We’re working to make this integration happen as […]
Read More | SharePrivacy search engine to launch in Australia
A new search engine is coming to Australia that focuses on the privacy of user searches – www.Startpage.com/au Startpage is made by a company in the Netherlands called Ixquick and several representative will be coming to Australia in early June to speak with Government officials and privacy advocates. Ixquick CEO Robert Beens commented: ‘The serious […]
Read More | ShareThe iPad Finally Launches in Australia
Well it has been a long time coming. The iPad officially launches in Australia tomorrow and some lucky reviewers have already got their hands on the device. Australian Macworld has covered both the 3G and wi-fi versions and to be honest I can’t wait. I believe the portability of the device will once again put social media […]
Read More | ShareNew Facebook privacy controls
Facebook is in the process of rolling out their new privacy controls. Facebook is simplifying their system so with a single click you are able to set the privacy option on various account and information settings. Mark Zuckerberg announced the changes yesterday and there has been positive comments from various Government officials, Senators and technology […]
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