New Commandments for Bloggers...

Ten commandments for bloggers are

1 You shall not put your blog before your integrity

2 You shall not make an idol of your blog

3 You shall not misuse your screen name by using your anonymity to sin

4 Remember the Sabbath day by taking one day off a week from your blog

5 Honour your fellow-bloggers above yourselves and do not give undue significance to their mistakes

6 You shall not murder someone else's honour, reputation or feelings

7 You shall not use the web to commit or permit adultery in your mind

8 You shall not steal another person's content

9 You shall not give false testimony against your fellow-blogger

10 You shall not covet your neighbour's blog ranking. Be content with your own content

I would like to show my support towards the above mentioned commandments and Pledge to Act according to them....

Business of Social Networking!!...

Social Networking : A way to be connected with your loved ones and friends

These days the business of social networking is huge, thousands of people are logging into these sites everyday and its a great means of staying intouch with the people around. The volumes for the Social Networking Sites speaks a lot...

Orkut - 30 million Indians are registered
Myspace - Came out with an India Specific Site
Facebook - Most of the advertisers on Facebook are Indian Companies

Every company which is looking to expand into the Internet is looking Social Networking Sites as an option. Like in the case of Desi Martini by Hindustan Times, Big Adda by ADAG Group, etc...

Now the freelance developers are looking these sites for an attractive platform to market their products and applications as most of the sites allow the third party applications to be added onto the profiles. You must have had played Poker or Scrabble on Facebook. All these are the third party applications and are beneficial for the developers as well as the sites.

Channels such as MTV are marketing their shows like Roadies and Spilitsvilla online through communities on Orkut Facebook. These communities are monitored by the people of the channels only and have a great deal of ready consumers for their products and services.

Marketing is being done on a war scale for the movies, channels, products, services and all that one can think off...

A new concept was started by MTV with Roadies Underground which is a virtual reality game to be played online on the community of the MTV Roadies on Orkut. The winner will get the prize of Rs 1 Lakh Cash. With more than 2.25 Lakh members of the community, just imagine the scale and reach these people are working at...

The Social Networking Industry is so much important and carrying that much potential that the leading PE players like Blackstone and Lehman Bros are investing into the sites. Bill Gates bought 5% stake in Facebook for $1 Billion...

Social Networking is going to fuel the future growth of the Business of the Internet along with the means of marketing and reaching out to the end user and consumers for all their needs...

Its all about staying in the Virtual World Honey to Make Money!!...

Economy Under Threat of Slowdown...A Cause of Concern

"Economic Growth is Slowing Down"

This is evident with the latest data released by Moody's & Goldman Sachs...The Manufacturing Sector's Growth in the 1stQ, 09 has dropped to a new low of 3.8%. Its not just this which is attributing to the new signs of the slowdown, but the factors of International Crude Prices, Inflationary Pressures, Food Crisis, Concerns regarding the negative returns in the Emerging Markets like India, China, Philippines and all....

The instability at the Central Govt is also adding to this situation. The Govt is putting all its efforts to save it self on the D-Day i.e. 22nd July,08 to clear the floor test in Parliament.

Certain steps are required to be taken by the Central Govt and its related agencies to curb the factors leading to the fears of slowdown....Concerns are that the Bottom Line of the Blue Chip Cos are now growing @ 10-15% as compared to 30-40% a year back. There are concerns regarding the high costs of debt for the cos is another issue hampering the expansion plans and thereby affecting the growth.

Due to the above mentioned concerns, Sectors like Aviation, FMCG, Capital Goods, Petroleum, Automobile and this list can go on and on are facing the scares of slowdown. This is gona show its affect on the new numbers of the 2nd and the 3rd Quaters of the current financial year. Its not just the Manufacturing which is being hit, the services sector is also getting the hammering. This is clearly shown in the latest numbers that there is a fall of 6 lakh consumers that have stopped flying as compared to the last year.

One can just be optimistic and face this situation with persevierence , correct plan work and having a competitive spirit to face the lows....(How to fight the lows, read my othe blog, quizardo.blogspot.com, the post of Grey Skies)...

BE optimistic and Plan for better returns till my next post!!... " :) "

U-Turn by Left means U-Turn for Economy as Well???....

With the Left Parties withdrawing their support and the UPA Govt in the dock to face No Confidence Motion in Parliament, its a Critical Time for the Economy. With the fears related to the Crude Prices, Inflation, US Slowdown, i feel the Indian Economy cant always be immune to the fears of slowdown.

Nuclear Deal, Saving the Central Govt from falling are the main agendas for the UPA at present. With the rising Inflation and all the factors related also in red, its gonna be a uphill task for the Father of the Libralisation and Globalisation in India, Dr. Manmohan Singh to carry on with the growth rate and at the same time prove his majority in the Parliament.

With Left no longer influencing the decision making of the UPA, there are some chances of the govt to implement bold steps in relation with the Pension Reforms & FDI limit for Key Sectors including the Energy Sector in which the Nuclear Pact will prove the key. With the rise in the interest rates all across the board, the Employee's Provident Fund(EPF) Board is also gona consider a hike in the interest rates for PF which wil be a matter of relief for many.

With the record produce of Wheat this year, there are less chances of shortage of Food Items in the country citing which the Inflation will be under control along with the improve in the GDP Growth Rate on the back of strong Agricultural Production.

Its going to be a critical 6-8 months for the Economy and the Political Scenario of the Country how UPA handles its Allies and its Policies along with the growth targets. But this is for sure that if this govt successfully proves its majority in the Parliament then the UPA is again going to speed up the reforms in the Economy which can be really helpful in sustaining the growth momentum.