Friendconnect is code named Friendsense - like Adsense, it will be used to get a lot of information about your websites , track the referrers and ultimately allow any one to sabotage your websites. When I was checking the logs of some of my websites, I was surprised to find some one researching how I [...]
There have been a lot of layoffs at Google and cost cutting measures . The company was always over dependent on a single product and their customers often paid too much for clicks and non converting customers. I would not be surprised if max CPC fell to less than $1 across all sectors. Wonder why [...]
Ad Network Shakeout has started
When advertising budgets shrink, the CPM and CPC declines. If you have spent a lot of time and money getting traffic to your website and have high fixed costs , your operations will be affected. If you have diversified and have low overheads , you can survive.
Go Real or Go Home
Interesting presentation with numbers. I am very frugal and do not like to waste money, so at least the next one year should not be a problem . I only wish there was a reliable marketplace where Indian websites/online businesses on sale would be listed. Most venture capitalists will [...]
Web2.0 is a Big Myth in Enterprise World
Having worked in the corporate world for several years, I find that Web 2.0 is very irrelevant to most businesses. Companies spend a lot of time and money collating information which is proprietary in nature and will never share the information freely with their competitors.
I make money [...]
Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover
One of the most frustrating things about having an online business in India, is that other Indian internet companies judge you by the number of staff , the kind of office you have or how slick your website is. They think that just because I do not have a [...]
Stuck in Google’s Doghouse
Big companies will always protect their own interests and there is little a small business can do if they are dependent on a single source of revenue / supplier. So I always look for new vendors for purchases, if the new vendor is good, I can get a better price and a [...]
Interesting summary of business models on the web
By the end of this month, I should get payment from at least 15 different companies for very different products and services and I hope to increase it to at least 30 by the end of the year. For an online business, it is very important to know [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]