Ben, Stalker from Bangalore Very entertaining blog post. In an effort to sound international, Chinese and Indian companies use foreign names. This does not fool anyone, and I would always prefer to speak to some one with unpronounceable real name , instead of a fake short name.
Ad rates for big websites decline . The ad rates for big websites have declined over a period of one year, while the rates for small websites have marginally increased. Compared to the website traffic figures quoted in the above report, my websites are micro and micro micro. But the ad rates I get are [...]
I got this email from one of the many hosting companies I use “We have reached the size that no matter how trustworthy our employees are it’s only a matter of time before we hire the wrong person that’s going to attempt to do something evil.” It is good to know that the hosting company [...]
UTV Completes Acquisition Of 76 Percent Stake In IT Nation For Rs. 15 Crores The websites include Channeltimes, CXOtoday, Enterpriser.in and Techtree.com . Some of these websites are quite popular, I am surprised they were sold so cheap. I suppose it finally depends on the net profit (or loss), not traffic or website design. I [...]
3 months back , some one wanted my *om.in domain, today I got a follow up mail “Need www.*om.in — pls give me you quotation Hi * did you thought about the plan for giving me *om.in pls feel free to quote me” Do they think I will ever consider such an inquiry? I am [...]
Google allowing other webmasters to damage your site . Have been a victim of online sabotage for so long, that I have learnt to ignore it. If others cannot predict your future actions, there is little they can do. Web18 buys In.com - The Whois data shows that the domain data was last updated on Feb 12, 2008 (as [...]
Websites on sale, close down Soon many of these social networking websites will close down. So much much time and money is spent and it all is wasted. If only people had thought about where the money is coming from, instead of following the latest trends. If it is someone else’s money, you can be careless [...]
Vanity portals set cash registers ringing .in fits in with internet , international , but selling .in domains in India has its pitfalls. I own some .in domain names , yesterday I got a call from Mr XYZ who wanted one of the domains. He claimed to be “a poor student with a limited budget” [...]