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Google creates Pandemonium

By Patrick Gordon , Account manager at DUO Marketing + Communications
Google has made its biggest change to their dynamic algorithm with the integration of the Panda update. The update has had major impact on US based search results with some websites experiencing a 50% decline in web traffic, while some sites have been completely removed.
Google’s [...]

Facebook approaches 600 million users

As recently highlighted by Goldman Sachs, Facebook is rapidly approaching 600 million users, placing it second only to Google in terms of global web traffic.

Facebook user stats (Dec 31 2009 – Dec 31 2010)
Following an amazing 2009, which saw Facebook mark itself as a truly global social media platform, the world’s biggest social [...]

Padayachie defends media freedom

Newly appointed communications minister Roy Padayachie has used his first press conference to speak out in favour of freedom of the media.
“We will always respect the right of media to engage openly and transparently,” Padayachie told journalists and industry executives.
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Where good ideas come from

Wonderful talk by Steven Johnson: Where good ideas come from