How To Setup Twitter Cards for WordPress
As Twitter becomes one of the main content distribution platforms many of us now use to consume media on a daily basis – publishers and marketers should look at every possible avenue to give their content the highest chance of success and share-ability. One way to give your content extra prominence on Twitter is by […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Statistics Australia – January 2013
It is now time to report our Australian social media statistics for January 2013. Summer holidays in Australia has a significant impact on the social networking sites we use. Generally over the December holiday period we see some business networks drop in user numbers, then regain as everyone comes back to work in January. The […]
Read More | ShareFacebook Reports Q4 and Full 2012 Year Revenues
Facebook has just reported their Q4 financial results and full 2012 year revenues. The results are interesting and Mark Zuckerberg says more people use Facebook everyday on their mobile compared desktop computers. In the 4th Quarter Facebook achieved: Revenues: $1.59 billion versus $1.53 billion expectations 618 million daily active users For the first time ever, […]
Read More | ShareFijian Activist Harassed at 4am over Facebook Post
In the early hours of New Years Eve morning, Fijian Activist Pita Waqavonovono was woken by police strongly advising him to delete a post he made on Facebook. “Living in a military dictatorship sucks”, was what he wrote. Though his status update that he had posted on his personal facebook page, he says that “we […]
Read More | ShareTwitter Acquires Short Video Service – Vine
In an interesting move, Twitter has acquired a short video service application called Vine. Vine is an iOS application and allows you to embed a short 6 second or less video in your tweets, and also the option to send to Facebook. The app is also integrated with Foursquare so you can check-in with any […]
Read More | ShareFoursquare Shows Us What 500 Million Check-ins Look Like, Australian Usage Still Significant
Over the last 3 months, Foursquare users have checked in 500 million times all around the world. The team at Foursquare have put together this neat infographic showing a world map with the check-ins, giving us an interesting visual on where the service is most used. Lets look at Australia: We can see users are […]
Read More | ShareInstagram Reaches 90 Million Monthly Active Users
Instagram has updated their press page recently to release a number of new statistics to the public. Here are the important numbers you need to know about Instagram: 90 million Monthly Active Users 40 million Photos Per Day 8500 Likes Per Second 1000 Comments Per Second Even after all the (over-hyped) backlash about Instagram changing their Terms of Service, […]
Read More | ShareLinkedIn Answers To Be Retired January 31
In a surprising move for many, LinkedIn has decided to retire their Q&A product – LinkedIn Answers on January 31, 2013. This feature has been on the site ever since 2007 and whilst has always got use from users it’s clear not enough to satisfy LinkedIn in keeping this product alive. One of the issues for many […]
Read More | ShareCase study: The Power of Facebook Mobile App Install Ads
Facebook mobile install ads push MiiBrand to number 8 Australian lifestyle app in the iTunes App Store. Digital agency Inlight Media ran a Facebook mobile app install campaign for their client MiiBrand over the Christmas holidays which resulted in the app skyrocketing into the top 10 lifestyle apps in Australia. The campaign ran from 22nd […]
Read More | ShareFacebook Launches Graph Search – Their Answer to Social Search
Facebook have just held a press conference at their Menlo Park headquarters and announced a new (search) product, Facebook Graph Search. This is Facebook’s answer to social search. You will be able to ask Facebook questions and instead of getting a load of links like regular web search – Facebook will present you with the […]
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