gdp's Comments

Untitled : Time Machine - Google vs. Yahoo!

Sat, 7 Mar 2009 14:32:48 +0000

awesome ... my undergrad school site had a makeover 10 times over the past 5-6 years

Untitled : EMI Music started organizing Tupperware Parties!

Sat, 7 Mar 2009 14:26:08 +0000

That might possibly work if theu are targeting rural America where technology-friendliness isn't the top of the list of charatcteristics. Then again, would they have the money to buy and would they be getting the genre of music right? That's anybody's guess

Toby's Tumblr : The dis-connect of internet phone services

Sat, 7 Mar 2009 14:17:32 +0000

There have been some services launched which will probably test this theory of making things easy for consumers to do so. One of them is called MagicJack (http://www.magicjack.com/1/index.asp ) a service that my entire family living in 3 different continents use. It is a USB device that you connect to your internet-enabled computer which you then connect to a phone or use headsets with. It is as simple as plug and play. All you pay is a basic setup fee for the first time and a yearly fee of $35 for unlimited calls through the year for a US-based phone number. This is such a simple yet obvious invention that even my grandparents use it. While it won't be free as VoIP needs to make money somewhere, it does not charge per minute thus not putting a time pressure on people while they talk. Maybe this was the model the VoIP users of the world were looking for. Obviously this is biased towards the US, but I'm sure it could soon be generalised across different countries as well

adnonsense : Putting things into perspective

Sat, 7 Mar 2009 13:56:18 +0000

To add to the points made above, I agree with the statements made. In these times, I still don't see a big change in consumer behaviour atleast in the cases I see in the shops, people still purchasing expensive clothes, taking vacations, doing a lot of the stuff considered "luxuries" even by some reasonably well-off homes in India. I believe it is more to do with wanting to have the same lifestyle as good times in these tough months. I think that's why the challenge seems significantly bigger. But that's just my view

onehitamonth : The Subservient Chicken

Sat, 7 Mar 2009 13:48:10 +0000

The chicken actually did pushups ... amazing ... they must have thought a lot about what are the possible commands people might give... as for the target .. its like the Cadbury ads .. why have a drum playing Gorilla ... it's all about getting people's attention

Wince's Internet Marketing Blog! : Tumblr Link

Sat, 7 Mar 2009 13:43:30 +0000

Hmm .. that might not be a feasible enough approach given that the ads are put by the website owners and companies such as Google that provide free services such as search, gmail, documents etc. If every service goes onto the fee based use model then I don't know how many would really subscribe

Untitled : Facebook : Could malicious hackers break the trust build by the social network site?

Sat, 7 Mar 2009 13:40:03 +0000

To add to Utku's point above, one possibility is to partner up with Trend or McAfee or similar players to test the application out in a test bed before deploying the application in FB.

Polina's notes on Internet Marketing class : G1 Android phone: first hand experience

Mon, 2 Mar 2009 11:58:36 +0000

One factor that I think would play a part would be the amount of support that the Android gets from say T1 or someone who is responsible, especially if there were problems. If T-mobile does not support the software, then it might become a pain for users,especially the less tech-savvy ones. Any ideas on the support system surrounding the G1 and other similar Android based phone?

Untitled : How to get traffic on your blog

Mon, 2 Mar 2009 11:47:25 +0000

I would also like to know how people came to your blog in the first place. Did they search for your blog or come from some link somewhere else? Interesting post!!

Polina's notes on Internet Marketing class : 4 Golden Rules of Blogging in IM Class

Mon, 2 Mar 2009 11:44:12 +0000

haha ... this is an awesome post Polina ... I agree with most of what you've said. I feel the point about inviting headings is especially key ... something that asks the reader to think about the question or call upon your curiosity ... and the timing one is very accurate... I've noticed that a lot as well... what I don't agree much with as suggested above is linking as reference is required. While the gist of it could be included in the article, people might want to know more. Another rule I would probably add - if a lot of comments then I would like to read more about the blog as well ... though this is a chicken-egg situation

Internet stories from Korea : Korea is Naverland?

Mon, 2 Mar 2009 11:30:54 +0000

Huh !!... Google isn't god then (joking ...=) ) .. that's amazing. I wonder if it has something to do with the diaspora of people that have migrated abroad and suggest websites to users at home .... like for example, there is a huge Indian diaspora in the US and elsewhere which is why Google might have gained a lot of ground in India because of recommendations. However, that might not be the case for Koreans and Naver ? I'm just trying to see what other factors could influence this behaviour.

Untitled : Adword Campaign - Victim of its own success?

Mon, 2 Mar 2009 11:24:56 +0000

I agree with a lot of the points above, but I ask you all, when you search for something online, do you really look at the Advertisements section?? I personally seem to ignore it. If anything, I have started paying more attention to it only because of our campaign that's running and my sympathy for people trying to sell has gotten the better of me. Before this, I never bothered looking there. So, yes, according to me, natural search is the best way to go as it the highest measure of relevance according to me ie. if Google has gotten natural search relevance right!!

Untitled : Android discussion continued

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 23:58:35 +0000

While I believe it as a 1 in a million chances, it is highly possible. Some of the best hackers in the world have been able to break loads of security ... I think the reason why this might not happen is because maybe the writers of worms etc might think it too easy and hence not very challenging to their intellect ... atleast that's what I hope to believe

Qusai's Blog : What are you doing right now?

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 23:52:15 +0000

Great to hear I'm not the only one disillusioned by the success of Tweeter ... I can imagine it being a great tool for companies to figure out what customers are saying about them or their products, I can imagine you wanting to follow your favourite celebrities to see what they're doing (that is if you think that it's worth doing..personally can't be asked ) .. but why would I want to let everyone know what I'm doing most of the time of the day ... I don't know .. My personal opinion .. a passing fad ... that surely has gained critical mass but will soon get out of fashion as well .. .but then again .. I'm no expert ...

Michal Bohanes' blog : A little rant

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 23:46:35 +0000

IE takes 20 seconds to open - well then try Mozilla, Opera, Chrome and the like ... why stick to crappy software? Broadband being slow seems to be mostly because of the connection you seem to have. I got the 10 pound/ month orange contract which gets me awesome speeds. Other problems . well .. I agree .. life isn't perfect!

Michal Bohanes' blog : Facebook does it again

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 23:38:24 +0000

I agree with ChenSiew .... I think people are becoming more used to having all the "free" stuff online without having to "pay" for it. When Gmail first came along, people were drooling over the free 1GB of Inbox space but they didn't want the keyword targeted ads that went with them. Now they don't seem to mind that much ... I think facebook should be pushing the limits and maybe even get some people p---ed off ... all those who accept the conditions atleast as long as they make sense, stay on .. others are free to leave. There is no binding contract. Take your life with you, but don't forget that all your friends are here with us still.

Untitled : Android discussion continued

Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:55:52 +0000

My hope is the same .... but there are already talks of other OS for phone coming onto market... Microsoft is releasing one soon and there are the stalwarts like Symbian (now revived by Nokia) and Windows Mobile

Untitled : Android discussion continued

Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:54:16 +0000

His reply was he didn't now whether Google or any other app provider had in place. As far as I could tell, there didn't seem to be any.

Week 1 : BitTorrent networks - a serious threat to traditional TV broadcasters?

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:23:04 +0000

As a regular of another website surfmychannel.com where I can watch some US tv shows at my leisure but soon after they were aired, I believe there is definitely a strong need that needs to be filled. I also believe that I wouldn't mind some advertising before / after that .. but let me have those shows when I want to watch them

Untitled : Bye - bye itunes! (I never liked you anyway)

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 23:46:07 +0000

whoops .. don't know why that happened ... here's the actual link http://uk.techcrunch.com/2009/01/29/record-labels...