I read with much amusement news regarding the closing of airspace around much of Europe due to the spewing of volcanic ash in Iceland. The closure which lasted about 7 days in prominent cities like London and Paris had caused much havoc – Millions of people displaced Hotel bookings and travel plans cancelledContinue Reading

In his book, Dave Taylor advocates the use of blog as a means to have fresh new content on your website. The more frequently you update your site, the more frequently Googlebot pays a visit. In fact, the more relevant content your website has, the more potential links to it asContinue Reading

I borrowed another book The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Starting a Web-Based Business by Steve Slaunwhite. Steve is an expert on copy writing and provided his advice on starting a web-based business and writing good marketing material.  Compared to the other books, his take on improving website presence was brief and skimmed onlyContinue Reading

After the initial excitement of publishing my website and visiting it three times a day at the minimum, I pursued relentlessly to complete the initial framework. In addition to submitting my url on Google, The Missing Manual suggested registering my site on DMOZ – the Open Directory Project to increase my PageRank. HoweverContinue Reading

When you are inspired, apparently you can do with very little sleep. I spent the last four nights working on my website. I probably clocked about 3 hours of sleep each.  On 12th Oct, I added a page on my travel planning services detailing a five-step process which includes customised travel itineraries, destination research and arranging bookings and reservationsContinue Reading

It is amazing how one person’s inspiration can make an impact in another person’s life. My colleague decided that he was going to start his own retail business, bought a ticket to China, brought back some merchandise, set up his online boutique and then his business starting taking off. IContinue Reading

Hi all, this is my first time blogging and honestly I have no clue on what to do with it. It just started on an impulse. But then I have always kept a journal since 15 years ago, had it on the MS Word since I got my first PCContinue Reading