India reached seventh position in the internet population and 3.2 crore Indians are now accessing internet despite low broadband penetration. Google India is now among the “Top 15” websites in the world due to this sudden spurt in internet usage in India. Google is now the number one internet property in the world with 77% reach while Yahoo is gradually losing the grip over internet. Top 5 internet properties: 1. Google sites: 77% reach 2. Microsoft sites: 64% reach 3. Yahoo sites: 55% reach. Are you still using Yahoo mail? 4. AOL: 27% reach with little international presence. 5. Wikemedia: Power of community. Top 7 countries in internet reach: 1. China: 1 in every 6 internet user is from China. 2. USA: 1 every 7 internet user is from America. 3. Japan: 6% of internet population are from Japan. 4. Germany: This country represents 3.7% of internet population. 5. Britain: 3.6 crore internet users are from UK. 6. France: 3.4 crore internet users from France. 7. India: Just 3.2 crore Indians access internet. India represents 3.2% of internet population. But India will reach 3rd position within 1 year, according to estimates. If Indian Government aggressively encourages broadband deployment, India will easily reach 3rd position in internet population. Broadband will provide huge employment opportunities for Indians and cut costs for Companies. … [Read more...]
Americans prefer internet over sex
Americans want to spend more time on Internet and they want it more than sex. They are giving up sex and friends to go online. They can’t live a day without going online. These were revealed in the recent survey conducted by JWT advertising agency among the 1,011 Americans. According to survey, they can sacrifice anything for Internet. 20% net users are not having enough sex due to their net addiction. 50% respondents said that they can’t live without Internet and it is their most important thing in life. Internet is luring people away from Sex, Socialisation, watching TV and reading habits. Most want mobile internet access. Top 3 technology items most could not live without: 1. Internet.2. Mobile.3. Television.How long they could live without Internet?1. 15% could live only one day without going online.2. 21% could go for another 2-3 days.3. 19% respondents say they could go for a few days.4. 18% could go a week or more.Results are almost similar in young and old age people. 20% respondents willingly spent less time on sex due to their online time. 48% are feeling something important is missing when they are not online.Internet addiction is gradually rising and is now even spoiling our sexual life. In future, some people may marry Internet and spend their life with it. After all, life is all about satisfaction and enjoyment. It is the time; people should understand the difference between habit and addiction. We should control net but not otherwise.Surprising aspect is they are spending more time watching porn than enjoying real sex. It is definitely a behavioral disorder and proper counselling is needed to prevent this internet addiction. … [Read more...]
Happy birthday to Blogger
Blogging platform of Google, Blogger celebrated 8th anniversary by introducing video uploads. Blogger was launched by Pyra Labs on August 23, 1999 and it was acquired by Google in 2003. Google recently enhanced this Wordpress alternative with new enhancements and easy customisation features by introducing new Blogger. Blogger is the 14th popular site according to Alexa ranking. Blogger makeover from 1999-2007: Comparison of Blogger and Wordpress: Blogger is a simple publishing tool enjoying huge popularity among non-technocrats while Wordpress is more popular among high end users who want full control over its publishing tool. Alexa rank for blogger is 14 while Wordpress stands at 73 indicating huge popularity of Blogger. Positive enhancements:1. If you have a domain, Google hosts your blog for free.2. You can easily publish videos and images.3. It automatically saves your data as draft if you have failed to publish post.4. Good feed management and free ping service.5. Lot HTML editing with the introduction of new blogger.Negatives:1. Slow loading and uploading time and frequent breakouts.2. It is difficult to comment on blogger compared to Wordpress.3. No protection from spam comments.4. Availability of few templates when compared to Wordpress.5. Top bloggers prefer Wordpress over Blogger. This is a huge dent to Blogger’s popularity. … [Read more...]
Unlimited storage from Yahoo Mail
Yahoo announced unlimited E-Mail storage for its both beta and normal users starting in May onwards. This is the 10th anniversary gift from yahoo mail for its users. Yahoo mail was launched in 1997 with 4MB storage space. Yahoo Mail increased storage space to 100MB in 2004 and 1GB in 2005. Gmail is giving stiff completion to Yahoo mail with lot of useful features. Microsoft missed the boat with its snail mail i.e; Hotmail. Top E-Mail providers: 1. Yahoo Mail – 250 million users2. Live or Hot Mail – 228 million users 3. Gmail – 51 million users. Money will be refunded to premium customers of Yahoo mail if they request it. Users will be banned if they abuse this service. India’s NO.1 E-Mail service provider Rediff.com recently offered unlimited email storage. In future, storage is not going to be criterion for opting email service, it will entirely depend on quality of service, features and customization. Though Yahoo leads the race with highest number of users, Gmail is the fastest growing email provider. I am waiting for more announcements from Gmail. … [Read more...]
New video on Web 2.0
I find a new video on Web 2.0. It is a beautifully taken video on Web2.0 and its technology with background music. It visually illustrates the difference between web1.0 and web 2.0. It also shows about the limits of HTML and new web design technologies like AJAX with examples like blogger, Wikipedia and del.icio.us. Web 2.0 is all about people making content through sharing, tagging, commenting and collaborating. Watch this video on new Technology and changing Internet landscape: Please comment on this video and Web 2.0 … [Read more...]
Google’s domination over Indian webspace
Compared to the world, Google's domination is complete over Indian web space. In the Alexa rankings, Out of the top four, three sites are from Google network. Though Yahoo is in the first place, Orkut, Google India and Google are occupied second, third and fourth places respectively. Orkut became the "My Space of India". Every Indian teenager hooked to Orkut for networking. 90% of Indian search market is occupied by Google and its Indian arm. Other Google Sites like Blogger (11 th place), and Youtube (13 th place) are gradually gaining ground among the Indian netizens. If this trend continues, In 2007, Google will have five sites in the top 10 Indian websites list. Please share your opinion on Google's Domination. … [Read more...]
Top Internet Brands in India in 2006
Internet usage is gradually increasing in India with Broadband penetration. Companies are sweating out to get more user eye balls. Let us see current positions. Top brands on internet in India : 1. Yahoo is the biggest email brand with 37% share. 2. Ebay is the top shopping site for Indians with 38% market share. 3. Rediff is the website users go for their Mobile downloads with 23% share. 4. Money Control has 12% share in Personal Finance segment. 5. IRCTC tops online ticket sales with 38% pie. 6. Google is the number one search engine with a whopping 77% market share. 7. Naukri is leading job search engine with 49% share. 8. Bharat Matrimony and Shaadi are top sites in the Matrimonial segment. 9. In the top of mind recall, Yahoo (35%) followed by Google (21%) are the leading brands in India. 10. Last but not Least; Rediff is the number one site in Ad revenues ( 25%) share followed by Google with 20% share. Source : Juxt Consult India Survey and Business Today. … [Read more...]
