Non-Latin characters are being used for top-level domains

Non-Latin characters are being used for top-level domains

For the first time in the history of the Internet, non-Latin characters are being used for top-level domains. The first IDN country-code top-level domains were inserted in the DNS root zone earlier today. The associated countries and their respective IDN ccTLDs are:

Egypt: مصر (Egypt)
Saudi Arabia: السعودية (AlSaudiah)
United Arab Emirates: امارات (Emarat)

These are the first IDN ccTLDs to appear online as a result of the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process which was approved by the ICANN Board at its annual meeting in Seoul, South Korea on 30 October 2009.
http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-05may10-en.htm

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Acquisition of BumpTop by Google

Google has acquired BumpTop - a startup that designs software that creates a 3D interface for your desktop

More than three years ago, we set out to completely change the way people use their desktops. We're very grateful for all your support over that time — not just financially but also through all the encouraging messages from people who found BumpTop inspiring, useful, and just downright fun.

Today, we have a big announcement to make: we're excited to announce that we've been acquired by Google! This means that BumpTop (for both Windows and Mac) will no longer be available for sale. Additionally, no updates to the products are planned.

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TEOMA Search Engine is back

TEOMA Search Engine

Rise from the Ashes. Started operation in 2001, then went off for some period of time and then again refurbished them and now back again in 2010. Probably, they are fascinated by the numbers 0012.

I did a basic search for keywords and could only understand that then need to go a long way to grasp any traffic.

Here are some of my observations:

1. Top - 5 sponsored advertisement.
2. Footer – 5 Sponsored Advertisement
3. The sponsored ads are too large and above the fold.
4. The SERP looks better compared to Yahoo and Bing.
5. Top four results comprises of two domains having an inner page as a part of the SERP.

Let me know your thoughts.

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Google SERP LayOut Change and its effect

Google SERP LayOut Change and its effect

SERP layout changed last week around the first week of May, 2010. What may be the possible consequences?

1. Loss in Google Traffic.
2. New format.
3. Loss in rankings for some long tail key phrases.
4. Ranking shake up.


As Google accounts for most of the traffic, a minor change in traffic signals may cause worries for webmasters across the world.

What are your thoughts?

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Common words new age meanin

The new age meaning of few of the well chosen words. I am sure you are aware of some of the words used below.

DOCTOR:
A person who kills your ills by pills,and kills you by his bills!

Politician:
One who shakes your hand before elections and your Confidence Later

BOSS:
Someone who is early when you are late and late when you are early

FATHER:
A banker provided by nature

MISER:
A person who lives poor so that he can die RICH!

OPTIMIST:
A person who while falling from EIFFEL TOWER says in midway "SEE I AM NOT INJURED YET!"

DIPLOMAT:
A person who tells you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip

EXPERIENCE:
The name men give to their Mistakes

YAWN:
The only time when some married men ever get to open their mouth

OFFICE:
A place where you can relax after your strenuous home life

SMILE:
A curve that can set a lot of things straight!

CLASSIC:
A book which people praise, but never read

TEARS:
The hydraulic force by which masculine will power is defeated by feminine water-power!

CONFERENCE ROOM:
A place where everybody talks, nobody listens and everybody disagrees later on

ECSTASY:
A feeling when you feel you are going to feel a feeling you have never felt before

COMPROMISE:
The art of dividing a cake in such a way that everybody believes he got the biggest piece

CONFERENCE:
The confusion of one man multiplied by the number present

MARRIAGE:
It's an agreement wherein a man loses his bachelor degree and a woman gains her master

CIGARETTE:
A pinch of tobacco rolled in paper with fire at one end and a fool at the other!

In my next post I will try to answer some of the common 2010 questions asked to me by either commenting or by mailing me. Hope it will be fun.

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