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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

Managing your Social Media Policy

We previously wrote about creating a social media policy for your organisation. This is always an important aspect of any businesses social media activities so all ‘rules and procedures’ are understood and followed by staff and outside agencies. Today we will look at effectively managing your Social Media Policy. 1. Don’t simply outsource your Social […]

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WordPress releases version 3.1.4 – Security Updates

Hi All – just a quick update to let you know WordPress has released version 3.1.4 of their popular blogging software to feature a number of security updates. Specifically the update addresses Database and Editor level vulnerabilities that could allow deeper access into the site beyond assigned user roles. So go in into your WordPress dashboard and […]

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Best Tip to increase your Alexa Rank

David Correll on June 30, 2011 | Alexa | Comments (0)

These-days many webmasters use Alexa.com to check traffic stats of a particular site they are visiting. This is done by having the Alexa Toolbar installed in your web browser, or looking up the URL directly on the Alexa website. Whilst the Alexa ranking system is not all that accurate – it is an ‘ego boost’ […]

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Google launches Google+ Social Network

David Correll on June 30, 2011 | Google Google + | Comments (0)

Google has launched a new social network/ social media site called Google + https://plus.google.com The product is in Beta mode and only available for selected people with an Invite from Google. The tool is to rival other social media sites, mainly Facebook. The product has a couple different features: Circles Circles allow you to share […]

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MySpace sells for $35 million USD

David Correll on June 30, 2011 | MySpace | Comments (0)

MySpace has been sold for $35 million USD to US company – Specific Media (www.specificmedia.com) According to the press release MySpace is attracting 70 million users to the site, and 20 million of via a mobile devices. News Corporation purchased MySpace in 2005 for $580 million USD, so this has been a total failure that […]

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Social Media Statistics Australia – June 2011

David Correll on June 30, 2011 | Australia Social Media | Comments (4)

It’s that time of the month again where we collate our Social Media Statistics for the most popular social networking websites in Australia – June 2011. Please note I used checkfacebook.com for the Facebook stats, and for all other sites I use the Google Adplanner tool, which allows you to view Australian unique visitor stats […]

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Alexa.com now selling Web Stats – AWIS

David Correll on June 29, 2011 | Alexa | Comments (1)

Many of you may not know this, but Alexa.com has a program called the Alexa Web Information Service (AWIS), which sells historic and detailed web stats about any site in the Alexa index. You only pay something like $0.15 to view detailed stats of up to 1000 sites. Alexa which is owned by Amazon.com – […]

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Social Media Icons

David Correll on June 29, 2011 | Social Media Web Design | Comments (4)

If you are looking for high quality Social Media Icons we have compiled a list of top quality Social Icons. Many of these are Royalty free and your can use them on personal or commercial projects. Many of these are also in 16×16, 32×32, and 64×64 pixel sizes. If you know of any further quality […]

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Google +1 launches in Australia

David Correll on June 28, 2011 | Google Google +1 | Comments (0)

Google +1 has now been launched to some Google account users in Australia, with complete rollout due by the end of the week. The Google +1 button could be considered, in my opinion a ‘Social search recommendation engine‘, as the button allows user to ‘vote’ for a particular piece of content/brand/identity in Google Search results, […]

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Social Media Tools

David Correll on June 28, 2011 | Social Media Social Media Tools | Comments (0)

There are many Social Media tools out there that help you monitor multiple social media sites from a single interface. We have been looking at various free tools and wanted to post a list of what we have found useful. 1. Social Mention www.socialmention.com Social Mention is a search engine that index multiple social media […]

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