When Google started AdSense, it achieved 2 purposes. One, its ad buyers (AdWords) could be offered more spread for their ads, and two, small sites like this one could earn some money by letting out website space. It’s important for Google to have adopted these path-breaking initiatives. Unlike its close competitors, Yahoo and Live (of […]

Ever thought that a website might shut down because of too much traffic? Well, that’s a reality. At a time when millions of websites like this one aspire for some amount of visitors‘ interest, there is at least one that detests surge in traffic. Unbelievable yet true. Here’s why. The site, utube.com, mistaken as youtube.com, […]

On Sep 30, the Mahashtami day, Google arranged Wordmasters challenge in Kolkata and several other Indian cities. It was a writing contest and when I joined the flock of contestants in the morning, the excitement was palpable. One could feel it wasn’t so much for the contest per se as it was for the fact […]