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Google Plus User Numbers Australia – October 2011
We recently reported that Google Plus reached 40 million users around the world, as reported by Google CEO Larry Page. According to checkbook.com, Australia has 1.44% of the global Facebook population. My Estimation for Australian Google Plus users – October 2011 Therefore to work out the Google Plus stats for Australia, 1.44% of 40 million […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Marketing tips for Google Plus
How do we make the most out of Google Plus? Whilst still a relatively new website in the social media arena, I’m looking to utlise Google Plus for Social Media Marketing as more and more users from Australia and around the world sign-up. So how can we get the most out of Google’s social network? […]
Read More | ShareBret Taylor on Facebook Mobile
Bret Taylor, Facebook CTO has had a video interview with TechCrunch, giving some great insights into Facebook’s mobile platform. Recently Facebook launched a suite of new mobile products – an iPad application, Facebook Messenger, and also totally revamped their Mobile Site to match their application layout. Bret goes on to say of Facebook’s 800 million […]
Read More | ShareGoogle’s Sergey Brin and Vic Gundotra at Web 2.0 Summit
A very interesting aspect of the Web 2.0 Summit has been the discussion between host Tim O’Reilly with Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin and VP of Engineering Vic Gundotra. They go on to discuss Google Plus, social networking in general, Facebook and what the future holds for Google products and services. One of the funny aspects […]
Read More | ShareFacebook CTO Brett Taylor at Web 2.0 Summit
It’s a shame that Mark Zuckerberg couldn’t go along to the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco but one of his technology leaders, Chief Technology Officer at Facebook, Brett Taylor has sat down with Tim O’Reilly to discuss Facebook, Social networking and Google Plus. You may not be aware but Brett Taylor is the founder […]
Read More | ShareGoogle to close Google Buzz
Google has decided they will be shutting down their older social network, Google Buzz which was launched last year. Google Buzz is somewhat similar to Twitter by users being able to post short status updates. This has been expected for sometime as they focus their efforts on the Google Plus product. When Buzz was launched […]
Read More | ShareGoogle Plus hits 40 Million Users
Google has just announced their Q3 Financial Results, and Larry Page CEO of Google has said that their social network, Google Plus has now reached 40 million users worldwide. Other interesting figures released by Google include: – Revenue for Q3 2011, $9.72 billion USD – up 33% – Net Income for Q3 2011, $2.73 billion […]
Read More | ShareGoogle’s Schmidt talks FTC, Social Media and Facebook
Google’s Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt has talked to US Media about their possible FTC investigation, Social Media and how Google Plus and Facebook will compete. Google is currently being investigated by the FTC to see if they have violated anti-trust laws in the way Google ranks websites when users run web searches. Here is the […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Statistics Australia – September 2011
It’s nice to end the month on a Friday and we have collated our monthly Australian Social Media statistics for September 2011. We are again reporting Google Plus user numbers in Australia by using global estimates – but please do remember this is very much an accurate assumption at this stage. Google haven’t been releasing […]
Read More | ShareGoogle Plus User Numbers Australia – September 2011
We previously reported Australian Google Plus user numbers for August – and I’ve been keeping track of global stats going around. Paul Allen has been analysing Google Plus user numbers since the launch of the site, and his recent analysis (https://plus.google.com/117388252776312694644/posts/EwpnUpTkJ5W) puts Google Plus at around 50 million users globally. Now in my opinion the […]
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