Pandora. The Internets Answer To Radio.

Date: July 11, 2012 Author: Jess Categories: For Fun, Internet Marketing Blog, Social Media Tags: Internet marketing, Social media, social network, web marketingComments Off

Pandora is the latest online music platform to land on Australian shores. Similar to Spotify it gives listeners the chance to listen to the music they want for free, Pandora however takes on more of a radio feel. One of Pandora’s exclusive features is its Music Genome Project. The MGP is considered the most sophisticated taxonomy of musical information ever collected. But what does that mean for you? Pandora boasts that it will deliver a “great radio experience to each and every listener”. Pandora achieves this by having each and every song categorised by not only genre but also the beats, instruments, melody rhythm and vocals so when you type

Google+ Just Makes SEO Sense

Date: July 10, 2012 Author: Samuel Junghenn Categories: Internet Marketing Blog, SEO Tags: Google, Google Reader, search engine optimization, social network, YouTubeComments Off

We’re active members in multiple forums and over the last few weeks forum members have been posting about how Google+ is increasing the SEO rankings on their site. Obviously Google hasn’t come out an explicitly told us that using their social network will boost rankings but it seems a small algorithm change has occurred and it’s starting to affect rankings. Now one of the major reasons that Google+ is helping with search engine rankings compared to other social networks is Google actually indexes Google+ posts. This means content posted on Google+ with links can help to increase web property profiles with Google. Google does take into account in their algorithm

What’s The Big Fuss About Pinterest?

Date: June 8, 2012 Author: Samuel Junghenn Categories: Internet Marketing Blog, Social Media Tags: Google, LinkedIn, Pinterest, social network, Twitter9 Comments

Unfortunately Australian businesses tend to be a little slow when adopting and embracing new social networks. One to look out for, and set to be the “social network story” of 2012 is Pinterest. In just a few short months it went from virtually unknown social network to a viral success, they’re doing something right! What Is Pinterest? If you haven’t heard of Pinterest then you’re probably wondering what all the fuss is about. Pinterest is a social networking and social publishing site based on photos. Basically the idea is that each user has a “theme board” where they can pin stuff they like from around the web. Each item “pinned”

Will Facebook’s IPO Lead To PAID User Accounts?

Date: June 6, 2012 Author: Samuel Junghenn Categories: Internet Marketing Blog, Social Media Tags: Facebook, IPO, Mark Zuckerberg, social network14 Comments

While Mark Zuckerberg and his investors are out celebrating their $100 Billion Dollar valuation Facebook users like us are left wondering… ….With all this pressure of being a public company now, is facebook going to break their promise and start charging for user accounts? It’s a valid question considering the fact that Facebook recently launched a new money making enterprise, where users can pay as much as $2 to highlight a post. The idea of this highlighted post is that more users will get to see it and as a result you would get greater results from your post. Now in a business context this isn’t a bad idea, but

Attention Seeking Facebook Status- Can they harm your career?

Date: May 17, 2012 Author: Jess Categories: Internet Marketing Blog, Social Media Tags: Facebook, facebook status, Funny, social network10 Comments

We’ve all done it at one point in our life. I know I have, in particular my high school years were filled with attention seeking facebook status’s (ASFS). At the age of 16 I definitely wasn’t thinking about prospective employers surfing through my facebook page and reading through my status updates, thankfully I grew up and very smartly removed any such posts. Unfortunately ASFS have become somewhat of a trend, particularly for women. That’s right I said women, not girls. It seems that my news feed is suddenly inundated with the moans and groans of these women I know and to tell you the truth I don’t care and

Google Plus Hits 90 Million Users

Date: February 7, 2012 Author: Think Big Online Categories: Internet Marketing Blog Tags: Google, Google Plus, social network2 Comments

It looks like Google Plus is gathering momentum with Google announcing last month that their version of a social network has reached 90 Million users with it expected to hit 100 million this week. Google plus is starting to have an affect on search engine results with as many a 4 listings out of the top 10 results in Google now being results that friends have plus oned. Mashable has the full report at Analyst: Google+ Hits 100 Million Users (mashable.com)