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How A Spare Computer Became Twitpic, A $1.5+ Million A Year Twitter Success Story

TwitPic, the place that many of us use for hosting pictures that we tweet, is really “four guys in a garage.” Of the four, two are the parents of the founder Noah Everett. This is de ja vu of HotorNot. Check out these numbers:

  • In 2009, the TwitPic sold more that $1.5 million in ads
  • For every million in sales, the company keeps $700,000
  • The site has about 6.5 million registered users

What a great story! This gives a whole new meaning to “Noah’s arc.” Be sure to read the TwitPic story.

via holykaw.alltop.com

To me this is more of a right place at the right time story.

Also, it's brilliant how Mashable can make such a huge impact. :)

Makes me wonder how the others (hmm, yfrog is the only one that comes to mind) are doing.

Case Study: Domain Name Typos + Domain Advertising = Great Campaign

More than 67% of global Internet users arrive at web sites through Direct Domain Navigation, making domain names an awesome medium for advertisers to reach their target market. (Domain Advertising’s nailed this concept here).

Here’s a great example that demonstrates the effectiveness of direct domain name advertising, specifically advertising on parked pages (domain names that have no websites for the uninitiated). It’s well targeted, it’s a creative approach (even for direct domain navigation advertising), it’s cheap(er) (more so in this case because they’re all .co.il domains) and, while I’d like to see actual stats in terms of number of site visits, coupon redemptions, etc., it’s apparently worked well.

Internet Speeds & Costs Around the World - The Japanese live in internet connectivity heaven while Indians get ripped off!

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Japan gets 61mbps for an average cost of US$0.27 per month!

That's ~ Rs.12.5 per month. I pay Rs.999 per month for 512kbps, which has been a ~ 118 kbps for the last 3 weeks (courtesy MTNL Triband).

No wonder the internet penetration in India is so bad. Indian ISPs are ripping off consumers. The industry needs a revolution akin to the one that made India's Telecom industry the most competitive on the planet.