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
Search Engine Market Share – July/August 2011
It’s been a little while since we looked at the Search Engine market shares in Australia. We reported some figures in April and wanted to check now and see if there has been any movement. According to the gs.statcounter website these are the Australian market share figures for July 2011: Google – 94.02% Bing - 3.87% Yahoo […]
Read More | ShareSteve Jobs quits as Apple CEO
It has been reported that Steve Jobs has quit as Apple CEO. It seems many national and international news sources are also reporting the news of Steve Jobs’ resignation. Apple have reported that COO Tim Cook will replace Steve Jobs as CEO. Steve Jobs has said when he can no longer fulfill his duties of […]
Read More | ShareUltimate Guide to building your RSS Subscriber List
As a blogger – building your RSS and Email Subscribers is an important aspect of blog promotion and getting repeat visitors to your site. Having a big list of RSS subscribers can bring constant repeat traffic, and also additional revenue opportunities as a blog owner. On this blog my second largest source referring traffic is […]
Read More | ShareGoogle Plus, Celebrities, Verified Name/ Profiles
Just a quick update to let you know that the Google Plus social network has released a feature similar to Twitter, whereby ‘Celebrities’ and Public Figures can verify their profile and get a Verification badge. This is an interesting movie, I think Google needs to be careful it doesn’t become too much like ‘Twitter’. However […]
Read More | ShareAustralian Google Plus User Numbers – August 2011
It has been widely reported across the internet (ComScore data) that Google Plus now has 25 million registered users. Basically anyone can get into the system now if someone else using the site invites them. If you are looking for a Google + invite, leave your email in the comments field below (in the email […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Optimisation
Today I was doing some work for a client and I wanted to look over how to optimise your Social Media Profiles. Social Media Optimisation – the term is fairly self-explanatory. How can we optimise and improve our Social Media profiles to gain even more social traffic? which we can then refer onto our website […]
Read More | ShareFriday Follow – 19 August
TFIG! It’s that time of the week again for our Friday Follow. Commonly hash-tagged on Twitter as: #fridayfollow #followfriday #FF We look at cool people in the Australian Twitter-sphere whom deserve a shout out. Here is our list for this week: @elliot_mist @Patrick_Davey @Local Tag @Pete Nicholls If you think you are exceptionally cool and […]
Read More | ShareFoursquare now lets you check-in to Events
Foursquare has updated their system to allow users to now check-in to major events. Often you will goto the movies and check-in and type in what movie you are seeing, or you may check-in to a park with 50 other people, why? because you are at a big music festival. But if you didn’t know […]
Read More | SharePage rank Vs Alexa Rank
If you are a webmaster, what is more important to you – a good Google Page Rank or Alexa Rank? Page Rank depends on the level of incoming links your site has, where as your Alexa rank is determined by the amount of traffic you are getting (from users with the Alexa toolbar installed). Google […]
Read More | ShareFacebook Deals come to Australia
Facebook Deals have come to Australia and Commonwealth Bank, KFC, 7 Eleven, and Westfield are the first major brands to offer deals. With these deals you generally need to Check-in via Facebook places to the appropriate venue, then you are eligible for a special Facebook Deal. Getting Setup Firstly you want to make sure your Facebook is […]
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