Bing Search out of Beta
Microsoft’s search engine, Bing, is now out of beta. Bing and Yahoo7 have struck a deal to power Yahoo Searches in Australia – if you run a web search on Yahoo.com.au (au.yahoo.com) this is now powered by Bing. Therefore your Bing SEO is more important than ever. If you visit www.bing.com it is now localised […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Fashion
How is the fashion industry using Social Media? Leading fashion and luxury brands are positioning themselves online by showcasing their products to the masses. Whilst such brands are only affordable to a small segment, the branding opportunities from social media is well worth the time and investment for these companies. So lets look at various […]
Read More | ShareNew Foursquare Badges
Foursquare is revamping their badge system over the next couple of weeks. Specifically there will be 24 new badges across a number of categories and the implementation of “levels”. Showing how active you are amongst a particular category, eg coffee stores, pubs, art galleries, shopping centres etc. The way these new badges work is as […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Reviews
Do you have a social media product or gadget you would like us to review? You may have a cool iPhone app, social media website, online tool, gadget, tablet, phone, PC etc and are looking to get more exposure in mainstream media. At SocialMediaNews.com.au we are looking forward to reviewing new products in the industry. […]
Read More | ShareTelstra and BlackBerry Integrate Billing
In an interesting move that has been rolled out today – BlackBerry users on Telstra no longer have to setup payment details with Research In Motion (RIM) for purchasing games and applications in the BlackBerry App World. Instead BlackBerry users can get all their app purchases added directly onto their monthly Telstra bill. This is […]
Read More | ShareGoogle+ Competition Fail
We recently reported that competitions were not allowed on the Google+ social network. We thought this was a little strange as both Facebook and Twitter have a lot of competition activity and surely Google want to compete in attracting users this way. So Android (Google owned mobile operating system software) is holding a competition on […]
Read More | ShareiOS 5.0.1 update released
Apple has now released iOS update 5.0.1 This fixes a number of bugs, but most importantly for Australian users: – battery draining problems – better voice recognition for an Australian accent. I’m hoping it also fixes the SOS only problem many of us have been experiencing, but I can’t find much information on this. This […]
Read More | ShareAbove the Fold
Often in online marketing you may hear the term – above the fold, but what does it actually mean? Good question. Definition – Above the fold: the content shown to a user when they view your webpage, without scrolling down the page. So generally this would be the header of your site and some space […]
Read More | ShareTwitter Activity Feed
Twitter has created a new section on their website, showing the activity and actions that the people whom you follow are taking. This is done via a Tab inside Twitter, next to other tabs like timeline, @ mentions, searches, lists – and the tab is simply called Activity. It looks to have replaced the ReTweets […]
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Thank your Blog commenters
Blog commenting is an important aspect in determining how active your blog is, and how well you are engaging your visitors. Over the past couple of years as blogging has become so popular and with so many blogs now, many have speculated that blog commenting is dead. Whilst I don’t necessarily believe this it is […]
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