Tag: "Australia"
Facebook Deals come to Australia
Facebook Deals have come to Australia and Commonwealth Bank, KFC, 7 Eleven, and Westfield are the first major brands to offer deals. With these deals you generally need to Check-in via Facebook places to the appropriate venue, then you are eligible for a special Facebook Deal. Getting Setup Firstly you want to make sure your Facebook is […]
Read More | ShareCensus Australia goes Social Media
Australia is getting ready for Census night on Tuesday August 9, 2011. This year the Australian Bureau of Statistics has utilised Social Media channels to spread the word and get the community further engaged. The ABS has released some interesting facts about the census on Twitter, such as: – 29,000 volunteers helping distribute census forms. – […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Statistics Australia – July 2011
We have collated our monthly Social Media statistics showing the most popular social networking sites in Australia. These stats show average user numbers over the month of July. UAVs / mo = Unique Australian Visitors Per Month visiting the site. Social Media Statistics Australia - July 2011 1. Facebook – 10,436,860 users in Australia 2. […]
Read More | ShareGoogle Plus traffic down
There have been several reports across the internet that the Google Plus social network has been dropping in traffic numbers. Experian Hitwise data reports a 3% drop in traffic for average daily visitor numbers. Whilst the site is still in beta mode, basically everyone can signup now if you get any invite from soneone already […]
Read More | ShareGoogle Updates PageRank again, 18 July
Google has updated their PageRank algorithm last night Australia time and it seems to have made a correction in it’s ranking algorithm. I have noticed many times that previously had a drop in PR have had this increased. And some sites that increased in PR in the June updated have been dropped back. It seems […]
Read More | ShareGoogle Launches Chrome TV ads in Australia
Google has now released TV commercials showing off their Chrome web Browser. The ads use Lady GaGa as the main inspiration of using the web, connecting with people and finding your latest content. This is an interesting move by Google to further promote Google Chrome. According to statcounter.com, Chrome has a 16.5% market share in […]
Read More | ShareGlobal Switch Data Centre Power Outage 14/7
The Global Switch Data Centre in Pyrmont, Sydney is probably the best data centre in Australia in terms of specification, size and performance. I actually host this site in the Global Switch Data Centre + a many others. I have always been impressed by their professional attitude, tight security and quick acting remote hands if needed. […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media News Australia Twitter Infographic
If you love Infographics as much as I do, then you will appreciate a new tool by http://visual.ly/ that can automatically build an Infograph of your Twitter account and usage stats. You even have the option compare your account against someone a friend/ colleagues or acquaintance. Visual.ly is building web based tools for designers to manipulate […]
Read More | ShareHow I use Social Media to keep connected with my Family
Back in 2003, my mother got a job as a nurse at Frankston Hospital in a little suburb of Melbourne called Frankston. Always being a tight knit family, my dad and I left South Africa with her to settle down in Australia. It was an exciting adventure on one hand (especially since we were experiencing […]
Read More | ShareGoogle+ V Facebook
Google’s new social networking product, Google+ has been released in ‘limited’ beta mode where only a handful of people (ie prob a couple hundreds of thousands of people) got an invite. I did put my email in the signup area but didn’t get an invite. Google’s Vice President of Social, Vic Gundotra has come out […]
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