2011 in Numbers for OnThisIsland.com

Here’s a quick overview of the stupendously great year we’ve had running OnThisIsland.com in 2011. 2011 saw a steady 24.6% increase in visits, bringing the total number to over 100,000. The unique visitors count also jumped by 20.1% throughout 2011, closing off the count at 77,298. Page-views throughout the year also increased by 17.1% from 2010’s numbers. On a side-note: Chrome surpassed IE as second […]

All The Best for 2012 to you and your loved ones

As 2011 draws to a close, I would like to take this opportunity to send my thanks and wishes for a healthy and prosperous 2012 to: Every reader, community member, event-contributor and author at OnThisIsland.com. There is no ways  the site would have made it from April 2005 till now without you! All the freelancers, […]

69% of Cyprus is on Facebook, highest in the world!

As if we needed to remind companies in Cyprus as to why they should be concentrating more and more effort into social media, but a study by the guys at Pingdom has proved that the country with most Facebook users as a percentage of total population is our lovely island of Cyprus. With 553,900 users from Cyprus […]

How to use memes in Facebook Chat

ALL MEMES ARE NOW AVAILABLE ON THE APP AT http://ektgn.eu/meme4fb Simply click on the face/meme/logo you would like to use and a popup will give you the copy paste code for your chat window. No download, no extension, use it from anywhere.

Le monde change, remettez votre CV au gout du jour!

Editors Note: This is a French translation of ‘The World Has Changed… Why is your CV still boring?‘ submitted by two readers who found the original piece inspiring enough to warrant a translation. Le monde a changé. Ce changement étant non négligeable, il serait temps de s’y adapter. A une époque où le business, le réseau […]

The World Has Changed… why is your CV still boring?

The world has changed. This is a clear-cut statement that nobody can argue with. In an age where business, networking and personal relationships are built (and destroyed) via a bunch of dots on screens that we use to communicate on a minute-by-minute basis, isn’t it time that the Traditional CV layout be abandoned? Sure, there are […]

About Ads: Ever wonder how Facebook makes money?

Facebook has just popped up with a new message allegedly allowing users to find out ‘how Facebook makes money’. Could this be a new insight for page owners on how to setup ads? Or for the general public to see how ads work for future marketing purposes? Currently the links don’t point to anywhere and […]

Facebook Tip: No timeline yet? This is how to get yours now.

With more and more users getting their timeline, a lot have asked us how to get their timeline activated. Don’t forget to Like Ektagon on Facebook or Follow Ektagon on Twitter for more useful tips and industry news. The process is simple: Click here and then click ‘Get Timeline’. If this worked for you, please leave a comment below and let us know where […]

Facebook Timeline being released worldwide! Have you got yours yet?

It appears more and more people around the world are getting their ‘Timelines‘. With a gradual rollout from New Zealand announced, expect to see an evolution of your friends’ profiles around the world. From an official Facebook blogpost: UPDATE on Tuesday, December 6, 2011: Beginning Timeline Rollout in New Zealand We announced Timeline in September […]

Facebook begins another round of ‘talent acquisitions’.

Right in the beginning Facebook owner, Mark Zuckerberg, grabbed the passion of Sheryl Sandberg from Google to help move them from start-up to multi-national ultra-billion-dollar organisation. Recently, they acquired the whole team at Gowalla, to add to their growing team of extremely talented developers. They did so in a manner that allows Facebook to add the […]