LBC
On the Clive Bull programme talking about online gambling addiction
Graham Jones
Doubt placed on value of online comments
Comments on blogs and other websites appear to suffer from a “herding” effect where people say what other people say
Search is for old people
Younger people are increasingly turning to social media as a means of finding things online, whereas older people prefer search engines
Forget the keyboard – handwrite your web content
Handwriting engages parts of the brain not used when we type on a keyboard. For better web content, start with handwriting
The Sun
Interviewed by The Sun newspaper about the 10th anniversary of Skype and what it has done for online communications
Do NOT sit down when shopping online
A heightened sense of balance makes you more cautious when buying because it encourages you to weigh up all the options.
Make it really hard for people to get links
Links on websites could be more dangerous than you think. They could be harming your search engine ranking, rather than helping it.
The Times
Helped with a feature article on the impact of social media on our sense of self and how to manage that
Facebook marketing is worse than old-fashioned mail
Statistics on Facebook marketing show it is achieving only very low rates of customer engagement for businesses. Don’t believe the hype.
10 ways to keep visitors at your web site longer
How to keep people on your website for longer – ten top tips
Company Magazine
Just done an interview with Company Magazine for a feature article on Internet trolling
Internet leaders show they have stopped thinking
Mark Zuckerberg, the creator of Facebook, is credited as being a “really smart kid”. His success with Facebook has meant that he has received adulation from his fans and other people in the industry agree – he is marvellous. Indeed, so powerful is this Emperor of the Internet that a …
Free products are more valuable than discounts
Consumers value a free item more highly than a discounted item. So when you want to sell a high priced item add a freebie.
Google failure shows how dependent you are
Google suffered a major outage leading to a massive drop in web activity. Almost everything we do these days depends on Google.