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Explore the Netplanet Digital Blog, a hub designed for small to medium business owners and industry professionals across Sydney and Australia. Whether you're a marketer, developer, designer, or content writer, find practical insights, expert advice, and the latest strategies in Website Development, SEO, Google Ads, Social Media, Graphic Design, Branding, Content Marketing and more to elevate your digital efforts.
What Our Agency Learned Comparing Google and ChatGPT Search Results

What Our Agency Learned Comparing Google and ChatGPT Search Results

Have you caught yourself opening ChatGPT to search for something instead of heading straight to Google? If you have, we get you. This shift represents something significant happening in how people find information online. Some of us now instinctively reach for AI-powered search tools like ChatGPT and Claude for clear...

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Australia's Social Media Ban for Under-16s What It Means and Why It Matters

Australia’s Social Media Ban for Under-16s: What It Means and Why It Matters

If you've been following the news lately, you've probably heard the unexpected headlines.  Australia just made history, becoming the first country in the world to introduce a nationwide social media banthat prevents anyone under 16 from having accounts on major social media platforms. The law came into...

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Shock Advertising

How Far Will People Go for Advertising?

A billionaire gets mugged outside his London home. His face is bruised, one of his eyes swollen. What does he do next? Hide? File charges? Call his lawyer? No. He turns it into an advertisement. In 2010, Bernie Ecclestone, then-Formula One boss and one of Britain's wealthiest men, was attacked and beaten...

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What Are Large Language Models (LLMs)? A Clear Explanation for Business Owners With Real Examples

What Are Large Language Models (LLMs)? A Clear Explanation for Business Owners With Real Examples

If you run a small business today, you’ve probably heard the buzz around “AI”, “ChatGPT”, “LLMs”, and other new tools everyone seems to be experimenting with. But when every tech company, software platform, and even your competitors claim to “use AI”, it becomes confusing fast. Most business owners know AI...

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Western Sydney Airport

How Local Businesses in Liverpool Can Benefit from Western Sydney Airport

Liverpool is in the middle of something big. Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport isn’t just another infrastructure project. It’s a once-in-a-generation development that’s reshaping how Sydney grows and how local businesses operate. The terminal is taking shape, transport links are being built, and businesses that understand what’s...

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How to Get Verified on Instagram in 2025: A Step-by-Step Guide

How to Get Verified on Instagram in 2025: A Step-by-Step Guide

That blue checkmark on Instagram? It's no longer reserved for celebrities and mega-brands. Instagram completely changed verification in 2025, and now there are two ways to get it: prove you're notable through press coverage, or simply prove you're real and pay a monthly subscription. This shift means a local cafe in...

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Sydney Summer Sales: Why Start Your Holiday Marketing Now

Sydney Summer Sales: Why Start Your Holiday Marketing Now

Summer doesn’t wait - and neither do Sydney shoppers. They start browsing earlier, buying faster, and choosing the businesses that show up first. Most Sydney business owners already know summer gets busy. What they often miss is when it starts. By the time you’re launching campaigns in November, your early competitors have...

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How to Create a Facebook Business Page and Portfolio

How to Create a Facebook Business Page and Portfolio

If you're still managing your business from a personal Facebook profile, you're missing out. Big time. You can't run ads properly, you can't track insights worth a damn, and frankly, you look unprofessional to anyone checking you out on socials.  A Facebook Business Page with a proper

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A marketing team gathered around a conference table reviewing campaign data and discussing the profitability of Facebook (Meta) Ads versus Google Ads, with a Google search page displayed on a monitor in the background.

Which is More Profitable: Facebook (Meta) Ads or Google Ads?

If you’ve been trying to figure out whether to put your marketing budget into Google Ads or Meta Ads (Facebook and Instagram), you’re really asking a deeper question: Are you talking to people who are already searching, or showing your offer to people who didn’t know they needed it yet? Neither...

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Everything You Need to Know About Performance Max Campaigns

Everything You Need to Know About Performance Max Campaigns

Performance Max is a campaign type inside Google Ads that automatically places your ads across all of Google’s networks. Instead of choosing just Search or Shopping, your ads can appear across all of Google’s channels, including YouTube, Gmail, Discover, Display, and even Google Maps when linked with location assets. Here’s how...

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