Sydney, NSW – January 14, 2009 – Promoting a new business in an economic crisis isn’t easy. Chris Sharkey, a self proclaimed “digital entrepreneur,” decided the best approach was to fall from his office roof. The stunt was captured on video and posted on the Sharkey Media web site (www.sharkeymedia.com/impact). The video promotes the agency’s ability […]
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Many in the tech world are conjecturing the demise of Google’s highly acclaimed link-based algorithm, thanks to the growing prominence of Facebook’s universal “like” button. However, now that Facebook “liking” is taking starting to take over traditional links in many cases, Facebook has a new issue on its hands – one which Google is all too familiar[…..]
Facebook an indispensable tool in today’s social media driven age of marketing – perhaps it’s due to a 500 million strong user-base, or maybe it’s the fact most people spend more time on social media sites than search engines. Whatever the lure, Facebook certainly holds plenty of promise, and it’s not about to stop. We[…..]
The sudden success of Android phones seems to have inspired something new in Russia: trojans. Security firm Kaspersky was the first to discover the malware named “TrojanSMS.AndroidOS.FakePlayer.a”, a phony media player app which sends SMS messages to premium rate numbers without the phone’s owner suspecting a thing. The scammers on the other end of the premium[…..]
In the last week, Google has abandoned development on Google Wave due to underwhelming user adaption rates. The social collaboration tool promised big things: like aggregating your email with real-time chat and collaborative documents – but in the end, the idea may have simply been too ambitious and complex for most people to bother with, given the[…..]
Following our latest report on Google’s changes, todays news concerns the “Yelpification” of Google Places. Verified Google Places business owners can now reply to user reviews on their businesses’ Place page – which is a great opportunity for business owners to engage with their customers and promptly react to any negative issues. Yelp introduced a similar[…..]
You probably know about the huge leak of secret information pertaining to the failing war in Afghanistan last week, which uncovered civilian killings, efforts to eliminate Taliban and al-Qaida leaders, and the involvement of Pakistan and Iran in supporting insurgents. Instead of releasing a statement or holding a press release, the US military’s public relations team have[…..]
Do you remember going to Ask.com in the oldern days long before Google started playing god with the interwebs? I do – but yes, that was a long time ago. Now Ask.com has reinvigorated its service by introducing a new focus on the social. Along with a new interface and improved semantic searches, Ask.com will offer a[…..]
Search engine optimisation (SEO) is a complex game of tiny, interrelated factors which can either make or break a website in the eyes of important search giants. While SEO companies are great at getting your website to page one, there are a few decisions which need to be made by you – like which web[…..]