Wikia Search Shut
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009According to Jimmy Wales blog, Wikia Search has shut on March 31, 2009. Wikia had raised funds from well known personalities and it was being promoted as 'open source search'. It did not take off :-(
According to Jimmy Wales blog, Wikia Search has shut on March 31, 2009. Wikia had raised funds from well known personalities and it was being promoted as 'open source search'. It did not take off :-(
It’s official: Google is no God but just human ;-)
Monday, February 2nd, 2009Last week we had some panic time at work. Trust me, it wasn't fun. Few of our oneindia.in channels started being shown as "infected". If you are a Firefox user you would be shown an warning which said the site was infected with Malware and the reasons too were shown.
Webmaster Tools: Feature Request for Bulk Deletion of URLs
Saturday, January 31st, 2009Most webmasters use Google Webmaster Tools (GWT) to submit their URLs to Google. Yahoo has a similar product - Site Explorer and Microsoft too has one. GWT by far is the best and is far ahead of the so called competitors.
How to determine if Indian languages are wanted on the internet?
Sunday, December 7th, 2008Ajit Balakrishnan's comment "Let us not assume users want Indian languages" got me to think why people think Indian languages are not "wanted" on the internet. I wasn't at that conference, so I don't know what was exactly said. My thoughts and reactions are completely based on Medianama's post.
Social Networking Sites being used by Citizen Journalists in US Presidential Election
Monday, November 3rd, 2008Check out Twitter Vote Report, a site for sharing your experience in voting during the Nov 4 US Presidential elections. Their help page has the details about how to participate in reporting your experience.
