September 27th 2011 marks Google’s thirteenth birthday. The huge search engine has marked its special day by making its home page into a birthday party scene.
The founders of Google, Stanford University students Larry Page and Sergey Brin, created their first search engine in 1996. It was not, however until 1998, …
1 October 2011
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With Facebook now having 500 million active users there has never been a better time to get yourself involved by creating a Facebook page for your business. People are said to spend over 700 billion hours a month on the social media site so it would be wise to get …
19 September 2011
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Social network marketing is now considered essential for the majority of brands, and marketers are planning to expand their investment in social media adverts.
A survey carried out estimated that 80% of companies which have a minimum of 100 employees carried out marketing activities on social networks this year. Fewer are …
16 September 2011
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In today’s very competitive world of gaining rank and popularity through votes, likes, retweets etc, when it comes to creating a successful search engine marketing strategy, it is very important to consider how to make people like you and be interested in you. In order to keep ahead in the …
12 September 2011
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QR codes, one of the most popular two-dimensional barcodes, that were designed to be read by smartphones, are more useful than standard bar codes due to their ability to store much more data, including URL links, text etc.
During the month of June in 2011, 14 million mobile users in the …
7 September 2011
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The Many Uses Of QR Codes
QR (Quick Response) Codes are 2D barcodes which are currently appearing in an ever increasing amount of places, partly due to a rise in smartphone usage. Once QR codes are scanned they lead the user to websites or to send a text message etc.
Recent research …
2 September 2011
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When it comes to creating YouTube ads, it is important to remember that it is not enough to simply make ads that have views. It is also very important to create video content that will generate passion and conversions and motivate people to spread the ads on.
It is important to …
31 August 2011
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People make use of online social media communities for a number of different reasons. It is therefore very important to establish the categories of membership of each of the different users in order to recognize how to offer them ways to keep them engaged.
In general, there are four main kinds …
29 August 2011
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Daily “Deal Site” usage continues to rapidly increase according to recorded site rankings. These sites rely on consumers buying their greatly discounted local products and then hopefully sharing them with others. According to previous surveys, many web users are said to be doing both these things.
Findings have also showed that …
26 August 2011
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Customised Facebook tabs are not about technology or being able to display content after a fan has clicked that they “like” your page. They are used to encourage action. With this in mind, here are five tips to increase the effectiveness of your custom tabs and help to maximize the …
19 August 2011
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