Hardik Thakkar on Web Development, Internet Economics and other unrelated things

GMail now showing “Link Units” ads

Hardik — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 20:51:33 +0000

I just noticed some links below the usual google ads on my Gmail, here’s a screenshot: On clicking on the “About these links” I was redirected to this page which interestingly has...

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According to Google AdWords India = Ireland?

Hardik — Thu, 11 May 2006 18:49:56 +0000

I just signed up for Google AdWords and guess which company’s User Agreement I had to click on ‘I Agree’? I know you read the title.. Google Ireland! There is no reason for Google...

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Will site flavored search results reduce your revenue?

Hardik — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 10:50:20 +0000

In my opinion, yes. Why? Because if the visitors will be getting revelant results in the natural search itself why would they bother visit the ads? A strong counter arguement will be that...

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Factors working against the ‘Google AdSense Equilibrium Effect’

Hardik — Sun, 23 Apr 2006 19:57:20 +0000

In this post, I am going to talk about factors that slow the pace of the ‘Equilibrium Effect’ I wrote about in my last post. * Geotargetting An arguable point would be that Indian...

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Google’s Hidden Payroll - Will There Be An Equilibrium Effect? - Part I

Hardik — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 17:17:17 +0000

The folks at official Google Blog recently posted a proud entry about an article published in USA Today titled ‘Google’s Hidden Payroll’ where several instances were cited of...

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Major Indian newspaper ‘Indian Express’ is into spamming?

Hardik — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 20:57:27 +0000

When moderating the comments of another of my blog late last week I was surprised to see one very spammy comment linking to a page on Indian Express’ Website (http://expressindia.com). On...

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First Post — Introduction

Hardik — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 15:29:05 +0000

I have been planning to start a blog where in I can publish my views about the emerging internet technologies, revenue generation models being currently used and mainly express my thoughts &...

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