Archive for July, 2006

5 Tips Category

July 27th, 2006 by gaurav | No Comments | Filed in , , , , , , ,

Few days back I had created a new category 5 Tips for blog posts. As the name suggests, it will be having 5 tips on various subjects that I enjoy & like to write about. Tips will be related to internet, blogging, travel, computers, seo, personality development, careers, etc.

I will be trying to make posts very precise, that is it will be 5 tips which will be quick to read, simple to understand and most importantly easy to implement. My point of making these tips to be precise is that I find people including me surfing the web for quick access to information and do not like reading long articles.

I am also hoping that this initiative of mine will benefit my existing users as well as bring more readers for my blog.

Another FM radio Channel in Delhi

July 26th, 2006 by gaurav | 68 Comments | Filed in , , ,

Another FM radio channel might put one off but this 95.0 FM channel is there with a difference, there are no advertisements, no Radio Jockeys (RJs). I just came to know about this radio station todays itself and it goes on and on without any ad / rj being there.

I am not sure when this channel was launched , I have tried to locate information about this channel but was unable to find any information on internet. While searching I found a link : Radio Stations in Delhi, India which lists the following stations in Delhi :
• 666 kHz All India Radio
• 819 kHz All India Radio
• 1017 kHz All India Radio
• 1368 kHz All India Radio
• 102.6 MHz All India Radio
• 106.4 MHz All India Radio

• 90.4 Radio Jamia,
• 91.0 MHz Radio City, Delhi
• 93.5 MHz Red FM, Delhi
• 96.9 MHz Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC)
• 98.3 MHz Radio Mirchi, Delhi
• 105.6 MHz Gyan Vani, Delhi

Anyway ad-free radio seems a good deal for music lovers and hard time for other FM stations such as Red FM, Radio Mirchi, Radiocity. The point that immediately comes to my mind that how will & for how long will they survive. I would say they would require a business model something like Google which introduced Adsense to keep their search engine running.

Another interesting informationthat I found is from here :

- Radio has a reach of 56% and there is a distinct skew towards males.
- Radio Mirchi is the most popular station and is tuned by people in SEC A and B.
- People listen to FM at home (70%), while driving (32%), at public places (9%) and at the office (7%).
- Almost 51% of the people listen to FM for an average time of one hour and another 39% listen to FM for a longer period of 1-3 hours.
- Sunday listenership is dramatically low with only 10% of the people tuning in to FM vs. weekdays where the number of tune-ins is as high as 94%.
- Majority of the people listen to Hindi film songs (63%), followed by Hindi pop (40%), remixes (37%) and English pop (33%).

Online Blood Bank

July 26th, 2006 by gaurav | No Comments | Filed in ,

Bharat Blood Bank is an online non-profit initiative to serve community. This online blood bank search is a social initiative by Bharat matrimony who runs number of marriage portals - their main portal is BharatMatrimony.com. This initiative is with a mission of providing an easy access to find a blood donor in India that is connecting those with a heart and those who need a life.

Are you ready to save a life, if yes then Register yourself today towards helping needy recipients find donors quickly and effortlessly.

P.S. : A special request to bloggers to spread a word about this.

Adsense optimization techniques

July 25th, 2006 by gaurav | No Comments | Filed in , ,

Google Adsense Optimization techniques
Google has redesigned and reorganized the Help Center so that its users can find the information they seek more quickly and easily.

The newly revamped help center has added information on how to get the best out of the Google Adsense ads. The suggestions & optimization techniques includes improving your AdSense performance on blogs, forums, choosing the right color palettes for your sites, testing out usage of channels, ad placements, making use of the less space by inserting Ad Units. It also features newer sreenshots and heatmaps to make the tips easier to understand.

Have a look at the new Adcenter Help..

Prince rescued

July 24th, 2006 by gaurav | No Comments | Filed in

Prince resucued out of the pit in KuruskshetraAfter around 50 hours of struggle, Prince came out of the pit, kudos for army men to have worked so hard to get him out of the trouble. It must have been a hell of a time for his family too waiting for him to be rescued. The kid just aged 5 years survived such a long period in the pit that when he came out he had turned 6. Jokes apart to spend 50 hours for a 5-year child is something that is quite unbelievable. People all over the world were glued to their TV sets praying for his rescue. Eventually when he came out on Sunday evening at around 8 pm, it was quite a relief for all his well wishers. I have heard that CM - Haryana, Mr. Hooda has announced a sum of Rs. 2 lacs for the kid & his family. Another 5 lacs of sum has been announced by STAR News, ZEE News will be taking care of his education.

The whole episode has turned a blessing in disguise for the child. I just wonder what psychology does we humans have, that we do have a sympathy for a kid who fell in to the pit as the event was highlighted by the media. We also know that there are lot of kids around the same age who might be in much more pain & trouble but we do not bother to do any kind of charity/work for those underprivileged as we do not have any circumstantial evidence of their suffering being shown on TV for such long periods. Just hoping that the other underprivileged kids also get their share of food, education& other necessities of life. Best of luck…