Alright, so there is another Google Pagerank update. And guess what? Like we all thought, it’s a crap pagerank update again. Nothing has changed with Google’s attitude.

I am a strong believer that Google is the best search engine on the web. It also has some great webmaster tools and great communities, recreation sites and advertising programs like Orkut, YouTube and Adsense. But when it comes to Pagerank, well, they suck big time. I think this is how they prove that “No One Is Perfect”. They wanted something terribly wrong with their system, and they have pagerank for that task.

I m more disappointed with the way Google treats directories. I have one major directory which has 525,000 inlinks in Yahoo siteexplorer and nearly 1700 backlinks in Google! Awful comparision but still… I got PR3 on that directory of mine, although it was PR5 in the very second update. The PR dropped that time and seems it won’t go up again. It’s a directory alright, and i do provide listings to other websites as every directory should do, even Google Directory and DMOZ directory, for that matter, does. But the fact is that i have never SOLD any links on homepage or inside pages, ever, despite getting thousands request from advertisers every month. Still Google is treating that as paid links. I think the guys behind pagerank have lost good portion of brains. And i do believe that these guys will go beyond every limit to prove how big dumb ass they are. It’s even more disappointing to see that some new directories, with default templates, and useless names, with couple of hundred backlinks get PR5 or PR6. Arggghhh… Come on Google PR guys. Get some life. At least clear up your basics. Damn, what a waste.

These days i am just trying to buy links for traffic… Followed or no followed…i am just concentrating on traffic. But Google spoils my day everytime there is a pagerank update. Looks like all efforts down the drain.

Disappointed, Depressed and Tired of Google Pagerank i also opened a thread in some of the webmaster forums. I get almost the same response from 90 percent of webmasters. After a pretty long discussion and thinking on PageRank system, i have analyzed that either Google Pagerank should soon be reviewed by Google Team and things shall back to normal or else Google is going to lose faith of many webmasters as far as PR is concerned.

All said, i still believe that Google Directory does not deserve the PR8 it has. Come On Google, you are just a copycat when it comes to directory. Using DMOZ Database in normal term does mean that you are copying it’s efforts and content. At least we directory owners do have our own unique content on directories. So stop the injustice and do something for which webmaster’s get a little easy life…comparatively.

Since new year, i haven’t been blogging really. Usually i would have said that i am getting a little lazier. But not this time. A week back, i bought a new Apple iPhone. And yes, it’s really cool. All this time, i was busy playing and exploring this cool gadget. It is truly an amazing mobile phone.

iPhone, truly deserves the title that it was given. “Revolution Of the decade”. Or probably it was revolution of the century. I really don’t remember.

I am still getting used to this phone. But there are lot of features which truly amazes me. I really like the zoom in function on images. The ringtones, the videos, the iPod, calling features, etc…everything is really awesome. Yes i truly wished that Apple had put in some more power to speakers. The ringtone volume does not impress me at all. But then we can’t expect having everything in a phone. They have already added to many features in it.

I like you tube videos for a change. For unknown reason, the videos are very clear, unlike the videos as we see via our PC and laptops. The stocks, the weather and the maps, all are pretty good. I can even see Indian stocks in there. So another reason for me to be impressed. Other than that, i think having Gmail in my phone comforts me.

You know what…I can go on and on talking about the features that i see in this phone. But thing is that i am going to stay here. And this iPhone is going to stay here as well. So i can continue to talk about it till i explore it completely.

Meanwhile, enjoy some images of iPhone, that were taken by me, via my previous cell phone, that was Sony Ericsson s500i. Enjoy and God Bless!

Do share your views on this amazing gadget. And Zunes!!….keep out of this post!

Hello Everyone!

It’s been a great year 2007. This year will have lot for me to remember. Lot of good and bad memories. Good memories will be cherished later in life, while bad would be forgotten. My websites have been doing great. I liked the way my websites were developed in the year 2007. Specially my Ally web directory. I think i loved 2007 year. Apart from the Google’s penalization and Google’s Pagerank crap, i don’t think there has been any upsets this year around.

For the year 2008, well i will continue to do hard work. More colleagues, more friends, more business and probably few more websites in my armory. I will also make it a point to update this blog, more frequently, with more useful posts 

In the year 2008, i would wish for health, wealth for you and your family. May you all do well in whatever business or studies you are in. God bless you all. And have a Happy, Safe and a prosperous New Year 2008. Take Care!

~Sharat