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
Yahoo to release Instant Search Feature
Yahoo is looking to rollout a new Instant Search Feature similar to Google Instant Search – called Yahoo Search Direct. Search Direct will show you the latest trending topics on the internet, and also pre-fill the search form to predict and displaying common search queries. The product is currently in Beta and can be accessed […]
Read More | ShareLinkedIn passes 100 Million Users
A recent announcement from LinkedIn reveals the company has passed 100 Million registered members. The site is getting around 1 new user registration every second. Just under half the total users are located inside the United States. See the below Infograph from LinkedIn showing their growth and expanding markets.
Read More | Share.xxx Domains are coming!
The ICANN Board (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) has approved .xxx domains to be released later in the year. This is considered a top level domain and will be used by pornographic websites and a company called ICM Registry will have these domains for sale. This an interesting move and one I think […]
Read More | ShareFacebook deletes 20,000 ‘underage’ accounts every day
For a user to join Facebook they must be a minimum age of 13 years old. This however doesn’t stop alot of underage users who signup to the site everday. Facebook has a fairly advanced reporting system whereby friends, teachers, parents, friends of parents etc can report underage users to Facebook. According to ABC reports […]
Read More | ShareSick of people stealing your content? Don’t be!
You would have to be blind to not realise that in the world of blogging stealing content is getting more and more common (some would say out of control). People can take your RSS link and repost all of your content whenever they like. This in turn may hurt your Google ranking as Google doesn’t […]
Read More | ShareWordPress releases update 2.7 for iOS devices
WordPress has update their iOS application to version 2.7. The latest release coming with over 100 bug fixes, which i must say did get very annoying at times with repeated crashes and functionality inconsistencies. The beauty of this WordPress app is it lets you manage multiple blogs right from your iPhone / iPad / iPod […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Raffle, win advertising!
Hi All, Just a quick note to let you know I am holding a special Social Media Raffle – and it costs nothing to enter! 🙂 Competition details: – To enter: Simply like our Facebook page – click the ‘Like’ button to right —> Prize: I will select one winner who will get 2 weeks […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Statistics Australia – March 2011
Earlier in the year I reported the Australian Social Media statistics for January, detailing the largest and most popular social networking sites and the amount of traffic they are attracting. I thought it would be a good idea to do this again and every month moving forward. As per my previous article – I think […]
Read More | ShareFacebook for BlackBerry 2.0 now available in beta
BlackBerry has just announced that version 2.0 of the BlackBerry Facebook application is now available. This is a siginificant step forward as the previous version was missing some key features according to user reports. The new layout is much close in terms of functionality to what iOS and Android apps have. New features include: – […]
Read More | Share‘Mark and Zoe’ teams up with ‘The Creative Collective’ to sponsor our Social Media Events section
Hello All, I would like to take this opportunity to welcome a new sponsor to the site. Internet Marketing Expert / Home Business Mentor, Zoe deLuca (http://markandzoe.com) is sponsoring the events section of the site. Zoe is one of the speakers at events held by The Creative Collective, a digital agency on the Sunshine Coast […]
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