Bigadda.com is an Indian Youth Networking Site. But it is different from others.

Bigadda is all set to target the internet savvy generation of India. The generation that has just entered professional sphere or still in college, university and school is very much familiar with internet, unlike their predecessors.

This generation is very much likely to access internet on mobile phone. And that’s why Bigadda is successful! They are helping people stay connected through mobile 24×7.

Three ways to connect Bigadda through Mobile:

• Access Bigadda via SMS
• MobileAdda with lots of interactivity including options to send Free SMS
• Access Bigadda via WAP
  

It is true that with internet accessibility on mobile, anybody can do these things with other social networking platforms like orkut, twitter etc. Then how Bigadda is different?

The reason is: they are forcing people to access internet via mobile – they are creating the need through attractive commercials as television is still the most popular marketing platform. Watch this one:

It went like this…

Saikat: i have an idea
Roy: oooooooo really!!!
Roy: wat?
Roy: bhule gele naki? (Eng: forgot or what?)
Saikat: lets start a contest for kolkata bloggers - we would publish the content of the winning blog in kolkata bookfair 2009
Roy: WOWWWWWWWWWWWW
Roy: Lets post it in indiblogger
Saikat: basically we would not publish, we would contact publishing houses to sponsor this…
Roy: who will publish that?
Saikat: ok…lets think on the topic more deeply, then start working for the event…
Saikat: why not?
Saikat: i think even Penguin will agree
Roy: I mean any particular publisher in mind?
Saikat: havn’t thought….
Roy: Then, we can publish a “Book” on kolkata by the bloggers from kolkata
Saikat: of course
Roy: taking interviews…. reviews…. etc
Roy: we will sell that copy
Saikat: this second idea would help us involve more people
Roy: via kolkata bookfair
Roy: exactly
Roy: and free PDF
Saikat: i love free stuffs
Saikat:
Roy: Free stufs are good as long as there is a heavy sponsor
Saikat: blogger can offer free pdf through their blogs
Roy: thats fine
Roy: but what abt the cost of publishing the book
Saikat: we have to convince the publishers…
Saikat: no other way
Saikat: we can talk to Ananda Publishers
Roy: TOI may also get in (TOI stands for Times Of India)
Saikat: yes….
Roy: do you have any connection??
Saikat: no
Roy: cool
Roy: but where to start a discussion
Roy: ??
Roy:
Saikat: do you think indiblogger is a good place to start off?
Roy: I dont know
Roy: but it can be today
Roy: we dont need more than 20 writers
Saikat: see the discussion has started already as we had a chat on this…lets publish the content of this chat somewhere and start it from there
Saikat: thats fine
Saikat: 20 good blogs
Roy: yuppppppppp
Roy: would you like to post it in your blog?
Saikat: yes
Roy: Go ahead
Roy:
Saikat: ok
Saikat:
Roy: just changes the bangla words
Roy:
Saikat: no i won’t…the book is intended for kolkata bookfair, so bangla worlds are ok
Roy: ha ha ha
Roy: but we will also have some people who do not know the language
Saikat: hmmm….ok
Roy: So the agenda is simple:
Roy: 1. Contact more bloggers from Kolkata
Roy: 2. Tell them to write an article on Kolkata
Roy: 3. Look for a publisher who would be interested
Roy: 4. Publish the book
Roy: 5. publish the PDF and distribute it via different blogs and other sources
Roy: Lets map kolkata
Roy:
Roy: and 6. Have lots of fun
Saikat: fine…i am copying the chat
Roy: coooooool
Roy: I will get so many links from your blog
Saikat: i will put nofollow
Saikat: for sure
Roy: please don’t
Roy: One in the introductory section would be fine for me
Saikat: ok
Saikat: now stop typing
Roy: wow - you are better than what I thought
Saikat: what you thought?
Roy: dont remember really
Roy: and never thought abt that
Saikat: **** ******* *** ***** *****
Saikat: censored
Roy: wow - this is even better

As promised I am posting the entire chat for you to read. I have translated the Bengali terms and add one comment (the text written in red) for the sake of your understanding. The person Roy is none other than the owner of OddSEO.com

So, how to participate?

• Write an article about Kolkata
• Publish it in your blog
• This must be your PERSONAL blog, not a business or corporate blog
• Send us the link through email by December 31, 2008 latest

Judgment and Rewards:

• We would select top 25 articles (there will be a panel of judges, we will publish the name of the judges soon)
• The selected articles will be compiled in form of a book
• A list of participants along with their Blog URL would be published as a token to their contribution

We intend to publish the book during Kolkata Book Fair 2009. We haven’t yet approached any publisher, printer or sponsor. Do you know anyone who can help us?

We are also looking for someone and will keep you updated about the latest happenings.

And finally: suggest a name for the book as well. I have a name in my mind: “The Colors of Kolkata”. Feel free to post your comments.

W3Guru India team and all the subscribers congratulate Aravind Adiga for being selected the Man Booker Prize winner 2008 for her novel The White Tiger.

Aravind was born in Madras, today’s Chennai, in 1974. He attended Columbia and Oxford Universities. He has contributed for TIME magazine, The Financial Times, The Independent, and The Sunday Times.

The White Tiger, the debut novel, showcases two different pictures of India. Well, no more hints. Just go ahead and read the book – that will be the best gift for the author!

Google Chrome has been released recently and the whole world is talking about it. Quite natural! A browser from the internet giant that has revolutionized internet usage MUST be discussed more than anything else. 

People involved in Search Engine Optimization and Online Marketing smell something fishy with Google Chrome as they suspect Google would try to track black hat SEO techniques with this browser. The same way people blamed Google toolbar! 

However, I do not intent to break out a debate on this topic, neither do I have any plan to discuss the features of Google Chrome – lots of discussions are going on about features and facilities of Google Chrome around. Just run a search and you would be flooded with tons of pages! 

Today, I would like to highlight a different point: the day Google released this browser; they added a link just below the search buttons on the Google Search Engine home page. This was done for all country-specific domains like google.co.in, google.co.uk, google.com etc. 

And the result is quite predictable. Millions of people came to know about this new product over the night! The buzz began to flow; and Google reached to people who did not follow their blogs or visit tech news websites and forums easily. 

That’s the power of product development. If you have one successful project, you can make hundreds more! 

With that said, W3Guru India offers a unique tip: all the web development, designing and SEO companies in India should concentrate on product development for local audience. This would help them in three ways: 

1. They need not depend on outsourced projects; economic problem of other countries won’t hit them hard.
2. They would be able to establish their identity once a product is successful.
3. Indians are getting into Internet lately. Developing a useful website for them would help you serve your country directly. Satisfaction!

 So think, innovate and create new products. You can do it. If you stuck at any point, contact us. We would be happy to work with you.

Teachers’ Day is celebrated on 5 September of each year in India. It is the birthday of the second president of India, Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. Google performed their slice of responsibility.

Happy Teachers Day

Shelfari, global community of book lovers, has been recently acquired by Amazon! However, neither Amazon, nor Shelfari has disclosed the purchase price.

Shelfari was launched in 2006 and soon became a popular social network of book lovers. Shelfari Chief Executive Josh Hug has revealed the fact that they intend to work hand in hand with Amazon to innovate and create new ways of interactivity.

In a newsletter sent to all Shelfari subscribers, Josh has commented that they have some big plans for the future.

W3Guru wishes all the best to all their endeavors. We hope Shelfari will come up as an even better platform for book lovers and readers.

Keep Shelfing

Ezinearticles.com team has proved that they are not here to end up being an ordinary article directory.

Unlike other article directories, ezinearticles.com has a blog and forum through which they communicate with the authors. Both the blog and the forum are worth visiting:

• Eznearticles.com Forum
• Ezinearticles.com Blog

They use these platforms to discuss their plans, announce upgrades and to keep the members informed on all the issues. Transparent.

In the forum, the authors and members can start topics, ask questions and get all their confusions cleared. In Article Writing Tips forum expert authors share ideas. And there is a forum called Articles Wanted where writers can directly market themselves to employers.

Top of all, they are very much concerned about the quality of the article. Their quality checking crew is always active to improve the screening process. Once an author submits his article, it goes through several stages of checking and then only it goes live. No spam can take entry into the system. Assured.

Publishes and webmasters can get lots of good and quality articles there; but that’s not all – ezinearticles.com can be used as a good source of information on the net. Just hit the index and keep on reading!

SynthaSite is a website builder. It provides users with WYSIWYG platform using which even a beginner can build an entire website. It is basically an AJAX-based editor with drag-and-drop option for adding modules.

The latest version of SynthaSite has a lot of new features. A new widget to display Flickr photos on the website, integration with Google Webmaster service, options to add Meta content like keywords, title etc. and easy favicon adding option are some of the new features that come with SynthaSite Version 2.2.6.

Along with the latest version, an enhanced tutorial and rich glossary have also been published for users. The new version is more user friendly with easy sign up process and simple key functions.

After building website with SynthaSite, users can upload it as a sub-domain of SynthaSite.com or at a custom domain owned by the users OR can download the entire website to host it later somewhere else.

For more information, visit SynthaSite.

Macospecs Inc. has released FriendMobilizer. This application works on Windows Mobile OS. FriendMobilizer allows users access their Facebook accounts right from the mobile phone.

With FriendMobilizer installed on mobile, users get full access to Facebook platform. Here is a list of few of the FriendMobilizer features:

• View friends’ profile
• Write on walls
• Access photo albums
• Change status

FriendMobilizer runs on Smartphones and Pocket PC. It can be downloaded from www.FaceOfMobile.com for free.

Social networking and social media are in the pulse of this generation. Now with applications like FriendMobilizer life is going to be even simpler! It is now just a matter of few finger movements to stay connected with the rest of the world.

YASH Technologies, an India based enterprise business and technology solutions provider, has bagged the “Best Exporter of IT Products / Software by the Madhya Pradesh Department of Information Technology for the year 2007-2008″!

YASH Technologies has an international clientele; they serve customers in the America, Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific. YASH Technologies has software development department in Indore, Hyderabad and Pune; they have also opened additional development units in Mumbai and Bangalore.

“We are thankful to the government of Madhya Pradesh for recognizing our commitment to the country and our perseverance in delivering business value to our global customers” says Mr. Manoj Baheti, The President and CEO of YASH Technologies while receiving the award at Bhopal on June 06, 2008. Click here to read more on this topic.

W3Guru India congratulates the entire team of YASH Technologies on their success - all the best for your future endeavors.