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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

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How to Write Quality Web Content – 12 Tips to improve your Blog posts

How to Write Quality Web Content - 12 Tips to improve your Blog posts

We all want to find new ways to write better content and engage our readers – and we have all heard the age old saying ‘Content is King’. This is certainly true and coupled with a good blog design you should be able to attract, retain and grow your online audience.  If you let one […]

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Google Plus iPhone App now available

Google Plus iPhone App now available

Google has released their Google Plus iPhone application into the App Store. Here is the link to the iTunes website: http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/google/id447119634?mt=8 I was thinking since I didn’t have an invite maybe the mobile app would let me get around this, but nope – still can’t get in Google + For the app to work you […]

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Google Updates PageRank again, 18 July

Google Updates PageRank again, 18 July

Google has updated their PageRank algorithm last night Australia time and it seems to have made a correction in it’s ranking algorithm. I have noticed many times that previously had a drop in PR have had this increased. And some sites that increased in PR in the June updated have been dropped back. It seems […]

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Google Launches Chrome TV ads in Australia

Google Launches Chrome TV ads in Australia

Google has now released TV commercials showing off their Chrome web Browser. The ads use Lady GaGa as the main inspiration of using the web, connecting with people and finding your latest content. This is an interesting move by Google to further promote Google Chrome. According to statcounter.com, Chrome has a 16.5% market share in […]

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Foursquare integrates with LivingSocial

Foursquare integrates with LivingSocial

Geolocation application Foursquare has released version 3.3 of their iOS app and this includes some big new features, mainly integration with deal-a-day websites LivingSocial and GiltCity. LivingSocial has deals for the Australian market, whereas GiltCity is only servicing the US at the moment – however international expansion is probably high on their list. Another handy […]

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Global Switch Data Centre Power Outage 14/7

Global Switch Data Centre Power Outage 14/7

The Global Switch Data Centre in Pyrmont, Sydney is probably the best data centre in Australia in terms of specification, size and performance. I actually host this site in the Global Switch Data Centre + a many others. I have always been impressed by their professional attitude, tight security and quick acting remote hands if needed. […]

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10 Tips to Overcome Writer’s Block

10 Tips to Overcome Writer's Block

If you are a regular blogger (or trying to be), one of the problems you will face sooner or later is writer’s block. This used to be an age old term for people writing books or newspaper journalists, but now writers in the online world are often facing the doomed writer’s block. The problem with […]

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Free Facebook Likes

Free Facebook Likes

Do you want free Facebook likes to your Facebook Fanpage? Of course you do….. Follow the below steps exactly, and you can start getting Free Facebook Likes today. 1. Click the following link to signup to YouLikeHits (page will open in new window): www.youlikehits.com (This site allows members to get Free Likes, Twitter Followers, Digg […]

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Social Media News Australia Twitter Infographic

Social Media News Australia Twitter Infographic

If you love Infographics as much as I do, then you will appreciate a new tool by http://visual.ly/ that can automatically build an Infograph of your Twitter account and usage stats. You even have the option compare your account against someone a friend/ colleagues or acquaintance. Visual.ly is building web based tools for designers to manipulate […]

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WordPress releases version 3.2.1

on July 13, 2011 | WordPress | Comments (0)
WordPress releases version 3.2.1

WordPress has released version 3.2.1 of their Blogging software to fix minor bugs and inconsistencies in their bigger 3.2 update. Fixes include: – better JSON support – corrections in 20-Eleven theme and several other maintenance fixes. The update button should appear in your WordPress dashboard shortly. Make sure you make up a backup of your […]

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