There is an ongoing poll at Mashable which the guys named the Open Web Awards. It’s described as ” A contest to find the best sites on the Web.” I thought it looked interesting to see the results, so I spent some time voting. Although many good sites were not in the nominee list, it… Read More: Lack of choice at the Open Web Awards »
A post on Mashable has described what looks like a bug in Gmail, seeming to affect thousands of Gmail users since a few days ago. Not sure if it is a bug or a real problem with Gmail, but it’s worrying, not least because Gmail was starting to grow on many new users, who were… Read More: The problem with free emails »
English rules the Web. If you are not proficient in English, it’s hard to get around the Web. Most sites are in English. Most applications are developed for English audiences, and most tutorials are in English. So let’s face it, having a good command of English is, (fortunately or unfortunately) essential. For a self confessed… Read More: Steps to improve your English »
In the course of our daily lives, how many of us encounter bad customer service? Frankly speaking, bad customer service is a lot more prevalent than we believe, and growing by the day. How many times can we name the store, service, or website that didn’t provide good value for our money? And yet, this… Read More: Customer service: An often overlooked aspect in business »
I could not help but notice the latest Google PageRank smackdown has really been on a larger scale than I thought. It appears almost every blog that was doing paid or sponsored reviews suffered drastic drops in their PageRank; a dropdown to zero in most cases. If previous estimates were anything to go by, perhaps… Read More: Some advice for Reconsideration Requests »
There will always be an enduring fascination with the REALLY rich guys who make up the list of “Richest Men in the World.” The current list in the Forbes top 5 has seen several mega billionaires trading places this few months alone. Fueled by soaring commodity and telco stock prices (albeit fluctuating), the top billionaire… Read More: The current richest man in the world »
Blog Action Day just passed yesterday. I didn’t think it would be much use to blog about the thousand and one ways to help the environment, when the only thing worth doing is the one thing we ALL ought to be doing daily, everyday. Why not start by cultivating more healthy thinking? It doesn’t take… Read More: Blog Action Days »
Apart from Google’s Page Rank (which might be getting phased out), the other Web metric tool to measure a website’s visitor count is the Alexa rank score. The Alexa rank is a Web traffic measurement system developed by the Alexa Internet company based on usage of their freely downloadable toolbar. In 1999, Amazon bought over… Read More: Alexa rank musings »
I’ve been hearing a lot about Facebook, but I still don’t know what’s the fuss. So far. I know of its reputed price tag of 10 billion up, which sounds like overkill, making even MySpace or YouTube seem very puny in comparison. Any sale of Facebook for billions would instantly “jack up” prices of websites… Read More: Trying to understand Facebook »
Got up this morning, and wasn’t expecting anything different, but got a pleasant surprise when I found out I was one of the winners of Problogger’s Birthday Bash celebrations! Woot, baby, just had to post this *mandatory winner’s speech,* and what can I say, I’m just plain happy 🙂 A huge thanks to Darren Rowse,… Read More: Woot! Just won SEO book »