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
Best Tip to increase your Alexa Rank
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’ […]
Read More | ShareGoogle launches Google+ Social Network
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 […]
Read More | ShareMySpace sells for $35 million USD
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 […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Statistics Australia – June 2011
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 […]
Read More | ShareAlexa.com now selling Web Stats – AWIS
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 – […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Icons
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 […]
Read More | ShareGoogle +1 launches in Australia
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, […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Tools
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 […]
Read More | ShareCommon mistakes Businesses make on Social Media
Social Media has given businesses in Australia and around the world new opportunities for connecting with its customers, clients and users. Unlike traditional media business need to take a different approach with communicating on Social Networking sites. Here are some common mistakes business make when using Social Media platforms: 1. Non-personal Hiding behind a corporate […]
Read More | ShareGoogle PageRank Update today 27 June
It looks at though, today 26 / 27 June, Google PageRank has been updated on a number of websites around the world, when viewing the Google PageRank Toolbar. I checked my site yesterday, and was only PR2, and today PR3. So I’m happy with that. Many webmasters these-days try to predict when the next update […]
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