How Google Sees Australia in Autocomplete

Recently Google has introduced a new feature in their search services. It is called Google Autocomplete. When you start typing your search words Google automatically and dynamically offers you some of the most popular options. So, for instance if you were to type into Google … >> Read more.

15 Disturbing Social Media Facts Of 2010

Social Media Websites Have Taken The World By Storm This Year! Facebook has now over 540 million users and Twitter has reached almost 130 million. People are spending more time online and in social networks than ever before. Here are just some of the strange, funny, … >> Read more.

Karri Ojanen Interview – Social Media for Business

Karri Ojanen

Karri Ojanen has worked as an interaction designer, user experience lead, concept designer and information architect as well as a visual designer on three different continents from Europe to the Middle East to North America. Currently, he is a Senior Experience Architect at Organic Inc. in Toronto, Canada. In his blog, Conceptology.org, Karri writes about user experience and interaction design and their role in advertising, social media, and mobile applications. Instead of strings of tactical solutions, he emphasizes the need for a holistic understanding of the increasingly digital world, and talks about a new way of creating advertising, services and communication.

Q1. What are the most important social media platforms at the moment?

Off the top of my head, Twitter and Facebook are my answers to this question. However, for a company wanting to use social media tools effectively in its marketing, it’s important to figure out the best combination of several social media tools and tactics that fit its strategy.

Q2. How do you see Social Media has changed the advertising communication?

People have always been social. We have always been talking about the products we buy, the brands we see with our peers, sharing information and comparing offers. But advertising, in the era of TV, radio and print, was always one way.

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How Many Users Does Facebook Have?

How big is Facebook really? September last year Facebook’s founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook had more than 300 million users worldwide but how many registered users does Facebook have today? Well, let’s put it this way: Facebook has become a massive social networking … >> Read more.