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Picsquare.com: The website review

Posted on October 26, 2008 in Website Reviews with 1 Comment

Picsquare is a website through which one could: Share Photos between friends on net Order prints online and get them delivered anywhere in India The above 2 functions could be done through this website. All you have to do is to register (Small Form), upload photos, share with friends or send prints in India. About: [...]

Basics of HomePage Design

Posted on October 21, 2008 in Web Marketing with 2 Comments

Homepage is the most important area of a website. The primary task of a home page should be: Introduction Announcements Navigation Benefits and Offers Even if users are landing on inner pages from search engine or external links, they turn to homepage to know what the website does. Homepage is also one of the most [...]

Latest Updates in Mobile Advertising

Posted on October 18, 2008 in News with 1 Comment

SMS GupShup, one of the leading mobile community platforms in India from Webaroo has received $11 million investment from Helion Ventures and Charles River Ventures. SMS GupShup provides free SMS/SMS based group service. Myxer to offers $5 Million In Advertising completely free. Well, almost: Mobile content based website Myxer is going to launch a program [...]

Vakow.com – Brief Website Review

Posted on October 18, 2008 in Website Reviews with 2 Comments

How I got here: I got the address of this website from hotteststartups.in. While I am writing this post, vakow.com is ranked 6th on hotteststartups. Impressive! First Impression: I had a look at the title of the page. “SMS Blogging & Sharing – Vakow!”. So that means I could signup on this website, have my [...]

Mobile advertising – The Potential and the Opportunity

Posted on October 14, 2008 in Getting into Roots with 2 Comments

Advertiser wants precisely targeted audience Mobile advertising is going to move beyond text and content. In fact the real potential of mobile advertising could be seen once rich media is available on it. Media like video and TV is going to provide better user experience in personalized environment hence better impact advertisements. After all mobile [...]

Mobile SMS Advertising in India

Posted on October 13, 2008 in Getting into Roots with 1 Comment

Any phone that exists in India is capable of sending and receiving SMS text messages. According to the latest report published by trai.gov.in, subscriber base for year 2007 and 2008 is as below: A total of 9.16 million wireless subscribers were added in the month of August 2008 taking the total subscriber figure to 305.24 [...]

Web on Mobile or PC – It is all Same

Posted on October 12, 2008 in Getting into Roots with No Comments

It is becoming clear with the latest “State of the Mobile Web” report from Opera.com that web on mobile or PC is all same. People are accessing web from their mobile in the same way as they browse web from their PC. Trends from the report of last 5 months show that web usage is [...]

PPad 2.0 – 2 column widget ready wordpress theme

Posted on October 4, 2008 in Free Wordpress Themes with 2 Comments

This is just a redesign of one of my old theme. If you come across any errors, do let me know. Again in this design I have used minimum of images for faster downloads. Demo: PPad 2.0 Download: Here Related PostsPPad 1.0 – 2 column widget enabled wordpress themePasti – 3 column widget ready wordpress [...]

Top 15 mistakes bloggers make

Posted on October 1, 2008 in Blogging Tips with 1 Comment

Let’s directly get down to the list: No regular updates Rushing a post without proper research Copying content from other blogs/websites No visible link for RSS Feeds Writing for search engines Not replying to comments Not targeting a Niche Managing multiple blogs without balance Not having clear boundaries Not having a voice. Trying to emulate [...]

Way2sms Review – Website for sending free sms in India

Posted on September 28, 2008 in Website Reviews with 25 Comments

Way2sms Registration: First I tried to enter way2sms.com but got a ad. DISTRACTING. The process: Home page is messed up. I had to spend some time to find register button (which is quite big but not placed properly). The calendar for “Date Of Birth” was not working. On registering I got the message “Thank You [...]