Internet Psychologist
Graham Jones Facebook users are better employees. According to new research from the University of Melbourne, people who are allowed to use Facebook at work are more productive than people who don’t have access to the social networking site. The study shows that in offices where people are allowed access to Facebook …
American psychologists working in London have teamed up with French educationalists to produce a new social network that understands your motives and intentions based upon what you type in. They hope to use the new system to eliminate the considerable amount of time wasting that goes on as a result …
Last year, in the USA alone, advertisers “invested” some $21bn in online advertising. No wonder we are in an economic mess – most of that money is being thrown away since almost no-one is looking at online adverts. Banner advertising has long been known to attract few people; current click-through …
Interviewed today for feature article on the psychology of Facebook. I’ll publish the link when it is published.
Twitter is full of liars; honestly. In fact, so is the big wide world. It may come as a shock to you, but people often don’t tell the truth. Twitter is no different – except for one thing. In the “real world” you are able to spot liars using subtle …
This is a short report detailing the latest social networking statistics. This covers usage of social networks, the demographics of users, as well as some basic business statistics.
I was asked today to appear on a satellite TV programme for the Sky package on the psychology of social networking. They want me to be a panellist in an hour-long studio discussion programme.
This is a White Paper on how marketers are using social media to grow their business. It is written by Michael A. Stelzner an expert in online marketing using reports and white papers. The report provides the details of research on almost 1,000 companies on their use of social media. …
Despite the fact that billions of pounds worth of business is done each year online, it’s still pretty apparent that many companies don’t exploit the Internet to make even more money. Indeed, a quarter of British companies don’t yet have a web site and now it seems that the FTSE100 …
I am in the July issue of “Sugar” a magazine mostly read by teenage girls….! The article is about online teenage role playing, such as in Second Life.
Facebook is to be used by the British Government in a bid to deal with terrorism. People often ask “who is looking at my Facebook page?” – well now we know, Gordon Brown’s henchmen. They plan to monitor every conversation on Facebook because it is “needed to tackle crime gangs …
Internet marketing “experts” are fond of telling us about certain “systems” that work. They show us page after page of PayPal histories confirming that they have been paid tons of money for their work. And they tell us – “it’s easy” – all you have to do is follow their …
By John Cassidy An image is a powerful tool and a great one can really make a website. Just as an eye-catching photograph in a newspaper or magazine entices you to stop and read more, professional images on your website will immediately demonstrate to your clients that you are serious …
Flyp magazine just interviewed me about life tracking online.