Internet Psychologist
The latest articles from Internet Psychologist and Business Academic, Graham Jones
Political bloggers are a happy bunch of people. At long last the Internet gives them a means of venting their spleen. Beforehand, they could only moan to their mates down the pub. Now, thanks to blogging software, they can get their ideas to a wider audience. Some, like Guido Fawkes, …
In a blaze of headlines Google has launched Buzz, its much-hyped “status” application. Let us set aside, for the moment, that Yahoo also has a service called Buzz and consider what the Google service is all about. It is no more than an “integrator”. And it is only doing that …
Top cop Ali Dizaei is now a disgraced officer languishing in jail. His conviction for perverting the course of justice has raised the whole issue of who can we trust. If we can’t trust senior police officers, who can we trust? In short, of course, there are a few police …
How much do you like being called “traffic”? For that’s what most website owners think you are. To them you are just a number. They can look at their analytics and go “wow, traffic is up year on year; excellent”. You can find all sorts of information across the web …
Customers can either help you or hinder you. They can, for instance, let other people know about how wonderful you are, merely because they want to do that. On the other hand they can write negative reviews or blog posts saying how appalling your customer service has become. Clearly you …
Throughout the world there are people sitting right at this moment, scratching their heads and wondering “Should I use Twitter?”. Every day people ponder over joining up with Twitter; yet each day people stop using Twitter as well. There is a never ending revolving door of people joining and then …
Teenagers are losing interest in blogging, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project. Media coverage of the report – released yesterday – suggests that teens are more interested in short items, such as texting, status updates and so on. However, like much of the discussion about blogging we …
What does Amazon sell? OK, books, DVDs, shoes – in fact almost anything. But everything they sell you can also buy down your local High Street. And that’s where most people go to get the stuff that Amazon sells. In spite of Amazon’s significant online success, they are a minnow …
Go on, have a guess…what do you think the three most profitable words in the history of marketing are? These words allow companies to sell TWICE as much product as we actually want. And the words are used to sell product we don’t even need in the first place. What …
As predicted, Apple’s Steve Jobs yesterday proudly announced the company’s latest invention, the iPad. Whether or not you think this is a great idea, whether or not you want one and whether or not you think it’s going to be too expensive, there is little doubt that Apple will eventually …
Friends are important; they support you, listen to you, laugh at your jokes and have fun with you. Online they share information with you, point you in the right direction to useful material and support you with their feedback. There is little doubt that both online and offline friends are …
Partners at Goldman Sachs are going to have to “make do” with just £1m for the past year. Their pay has been capped at this seven-figure sum, reducing their take-home income by almost two-thirds. That’s a big hit for a multi-millionaire. But compared with David Beckham, who’ll earn an estimated …
People access your website through a variety of means. They might read your material directly on the site itself. Or they may get an RSS feed of your articles. Perhaps, they even receive your information via email. Your content might appear in other people’s sites who load up your RSS …
Shoppers are never the same; anyone involved in retail knows that everyone is different. What appeals to one person, does not attract another. What some people see as a bargain, others find too expensive. What some people buy every week, others only get occasionally. It never ceases to amaze shop …
Your mouth is a fantastic tool. It enables you to stay alive as it gets fuel and water inside you. Your mouth lets you breathe when your nose has given up. And it lets you kiss the ones you love, helping form a bond between you. Not only that, it …