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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
Birds of a feather
When you are self employed, the way you look at things changes. I was formatting my accounts a few days ago and I realised it has been many many years since I last spent time formatting any document.
When I was working in a office, I would spend hours formatting, [...]
Google Domain parking changes
So Google is stopping its feed for domains. They seem to have been working on this for some time, I have some parked domains . Based on the replies I have got, the parking company seems to have been monitoring conversions very closely, saying that some domains which earn 5$ + [...]
Domain tasting will end
There seems to have been a reduction in domain tasting over the past few days. Most of the tasting is now done on a small scale.
Dynadot was offering free domain tasting with bulk accounts, they stopped all deletions of domains for some time. Their customers started protesting, so they re introduced it [...]
Factors which determine your CPM rates
Interesting post on CPM rates. I don’t use PPC programs on any on my new websites, I have been experimenting with the various CPM / CPA networks. Rates are low, but at least you get paid some thing for every visitor to your websites.
Domain Embarking loses Adsense feed
Another company losing their Adsense feed. When you start earning x amount from one company , it is better to diversify your revenue sources.
You may not earn much initially for the effort you put in (my first payments are usually $2 – $30). You may also lose some money but [...]
Charging by the Byte to Curb Internet Traffic
One of the reasons I think online video and gaming will soon down. Anyone who has done any practical engineering, knows that every thing has finite limits and videos/ gaming take up a lot of resources.
Google Still Unsure How To Make Money With YouTube : Entertaining thread [...]