From the monthly archives:

April 2007

Ladan Lashkari Internet Marketer from Iran

by Gobala Krishnan on April 28, 2007

In Malaysia, a lot of people are quick to give excuses on why it’s so difficult to make money on the Internet.
My friend Khai said on his blog of a particular incident:
At that time we were asked to sit in a large circle and discuss what are the major problems faced when starting your Internet [...]

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Free Ticket to World Internet Summit Singapore

by Gobala Krishnan on April 24, 2007

I just got my tickets to the World Internet Summit in Singapore on the 26th May. And guess what, I can also bring a friend. Would you like to be that friend?

Here’s all you need to do to get that free ticket:
Leave a comment below and tell me why you want to go to WIS, [...]

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Google History – Now Google Knows You Better Than You Do

by Gobala Krishnan on April 24, 2007

Confused about your personality traits? Need to feel important? On a quest to find the unique you?
Who can you go to for advice.. someone who knows more about you than you do?
Well, Google of course. Silly me, this should have been rather obvious!
With Google Web History, now Google knows more about you than you [...]

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Top 10 Keywords Searched Across Categories

by Gobala Krishnan on April 24, 2007

From Clickz, the Top10 keyword searches across categories. This is a good place to see what’s hot in major categories, but it doesn’t cover niche markets.
Read full list here.

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Vince Tan Community + Adsense Revenue Sharing

by Gobala Krishnan on April 24, 2007

My friend Vince Tan just launched his own community portal for Internet business owners, and he’s sharing Adsense revenue with a forum members.
If you start a post, then you’ll get a certain percentage commission from the Adsense clicks generated from your post.
Registration is free, of course. You should head on to www.VinceTanCommunity.com [...]

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Google Playing God Again?

by Gobala Krishnan on April 17, 2007

During lunch with my friend Melvin Ng, he told me about Google trying to track down paid links. He was referring to the post on Matt Cutt’s blog about reporting paid links to Google.
The question remains as to what Google plans to do with those reports. Will they band services like Text Link Ads, [...]

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Shared Bulk Purchasing Portal in Malaysia

by Gobala Krishnan on April 5, 2007

A new shopping portal has launched in Malaysia, with a twist.
It’s at www.Tumpang.com – “tumpang” means “pooling” in English, according to them.
Although the description on the site itself is confusing, from what I can gather, this is a “shared bulk purchasing” (my own terminology) website. What that means is that a few people share [...]

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Malaysia Internet Marketing Squidoo?

by Gobala Krishnan on April 5, 2007

My online acquaintance Jag Senghera mentioned about his new Squidoo project. He’s building an online resources of all things related to Internet marketing or e-commerce in Malaysia.
If you have a blog you may want to submit it there for syndication, and hopefully (but don’t get your hopes too high) some traffic. At this point [...]

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Get A Virtual Office in Malaysia

by Gobala Krishnan on April 4, 2007

If you want to establish a business presence in Malaysia, or if you work from home and just want a business address, why not consider a virtual office?
I just came across FlexiOffice, and their packages look good. The basic package is only RM150 (USD42) per year and covers:

Usage of their office address
SMS / Call Alerts [...]

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The “A-List” Malaysian Websites and Blogs

by Gobala Krishnan on April 4, 2007

I feel quite like that Sanjaya guy from American Idol – playing the “survival game” among obviously better rivals.
I noticed today that I won the Platinum Award in the Webmaster Malaysia Website Awards. I also noticed that most of the other top sites were much better looking than mine. My site must be here [...]

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