On Wednesday we were featured on Techcrunch and we just wanted to share some of the traffic stats so as we could give some perspective into the amount of traffic you can expect from one of the biggest blogs in the world. The important thing to do is not just accept the spike of traffic but try to optimize your site so as you can catch RSS readers, new Facebook fans or whatever other goal is best for you. You won't get covered that often so make sure you get it right when you do. Read More »
Sydney Police Force are ramping up their use of social media, in a bid to help catch more criminals. They're using youtube and Twitter to help distribute wanted criminals and spread awareness. Read More »
Twitter is a great way of consuming news but there is a lot of noise on the service and it can be hard to filter all the good quality content but the new service from Twitter time.es aims to eliminate that by delivering you a copy of a newspaper based on all the news in your stream. Itbrings the freshest and most relevant content based on what your friends are reading and it is well worth checking out. I just had my first paper delivered and I must say it is very good indeed... Read More »
Having dreams and ideas is one thing but to actually execute them is another as they take a lot of hard work and effort on your behalf. I constantly see people I meet every single day with ideas that are a hundred times better than anything I have ever had but the one thing that doesn't get that idea off the ground is the fact that they are not willing to put in the hard work and graft. Ideas are tough but of you do get them right they can make you very very happy, here is how... Read More »
We want to make a series of lists for every single county in America by using crowd sourcing to harness the power of Twitter and create an incredible free resource for people to use. The idea is that people tweet the hashtag of their twitter county and we gather them up and organize the lists into relevant American states. We have put a 72 hour time line on it so as we can crowd source the information as fast as possible and the lists will be going public on Friday afternoon. It is an interesting experiment and will hopefully show the true power of the new Twitter lists… Read More »
We want to make a series of lists for every single county in England by using crowd sourcing to harness the power of Twitter and create an incredible free resource for people to use. The idea is that people tweet the hashtag of their twitter county and we gather them up and organize the lists into relevant English counties. We have put a 72 hour time line on it so as we can crowd source the information as fast as possible and the lists will be going public on Friday afternoon. It is an interesting experiment and will hopefully show the true power of the new Twitter lists… Read More »
We want to make a series of lists for every single county in Ireland by using crowd sourcing to harness the power of Twitter and create an incredible free resource for people to use. The idea is that people tweet the hashtag of their twitter county and we gather them up and organize the lists into relevant Irish counties. We have put a 48 hour time line on it so as we can crowd source the information as fast as possible and the lists will be going public on Thursday afternoon. It is an interesting experiment and will hopefully show the true power of the new Twitter lists... Read More »
Creating a Youtube video diary may seem like a hard thing to do and you may be scared and not know where to start but this simple guide will have you set up with your own Youtube channel in no time. There are simple guides on style, content, the channel itself and how to build traffic and an audience for your videos. Youtube make it very easy for you with the tools they offer so there is no excuse for not starting your own channel today.
If you have always wanted to create your own video diary and build a community and increase your branding then this is the perfect moment for you to get off the couch and do it, go on give it a go... Read More »
A look at how difficult Facebook pages are to use and the barriers to entry Facebook put up for businesses Read More »
Twitter traffic has been growing for a couple of years like crazy but October 2009 has seen it drop for the first time and it comes hot on the heels of further bad news with Stephen Fry claiming that he has quit the service. The traffic reports comes from a variey of online services including compete, Quantcast, Alexa and Hitwise who all measure traffic online and although this is only traffic that reaches the Twitter website directly and doesn't include 3rd party apps such as Tweetdeck and Seesmic it does give a good overall indication of where things are headed.
Is this bad news for Twitter or is it simply a pause in growth before it starts another spurt? Have a look through the graphs after the jump and see what you think yourself... Read More »
