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Monthly Archives: August 2008

Cookie stuffing and Affiliate programs

Many people say there is a lot of money to be made using affiliate programs, but it appears that many of the top internet marketers use black hat techniques.
From 5 star affiliate programs.
Cookie stuffing is STEALING! Those here that are defending the practice - if you work hard to make money through affiliate programs you [...]

Internet security hole

Interesting post on the Internet’s Biggest Security hole . Some months ago, traffic to some of  my websites had almost disappeared, this could be the reason.

Risks and startups

Risks and internet start ups in India an American has commented
Popular rock bands in India play very little of their own music.
Playing your own music is hard - there’s a risk that people wont like it.
That is the problem in India, people don’t  like to take risks.
When  I was leaving my job many of  my [...]

Another Internet bubble?

From Another internet bubble in India
am aware of few very well known startups that are shutting shop (will share as we get a green signal from founders/investors).
In India, most internet companies think that getting funding = success, but they do not realize that you lose independence and have [...]

Stress in IT companies

Official version of a software engineers suicide
and the unofficial version (more believable) version in a forum posting
Most of the IT companies do not care for the individual , they expect employees to spend their whole life in office. In engineering companies, it is much better , almost everyone leaves office [...]

Professional attitudes and startups

I do not have an IT or internet background and when I started dealing with internet companies I was shocked at their attitudes, especially the smaller companies.
If you have worked in a  professionally managed company, you learn to put aside your personal likes and dislikes, treat everyone fairly based solely on business criteria and get [...]

Cheap Facebook stock for sale

Cheap Facebook stock for sale
Another over hyped Web 2.0 website like  You Tube, I wonder for how long it will remain popular.   All these websites are good only for researching the people you will be or are dealing with. Their friends and avatars tell  you a lot about the person.

Decrease in domain parking revenues

Dark Blue Sea Financials
There seems to be a 50% decline in parking revenue. I had applied to Fabulous a few months , but they had rejected my application, saying that my domains were not of good quality. (most are reg fee domains) .
Since [...]

Indian society and starting a business

Microsoft/FaceBook/Google from India? Can Indian Society produce Gates/Larry/Zuckerburg?
The problem is the attitude of people who start a tech business in India, most people however “educated” are not able to think independently, they just ape other products/websites.
If you are an engineer from a top college, and do not go abroad for further studies, do an [...]