My biggest heart award

I had received this beautiful and kinda emotional award from a dearest friend, coolingstar9 and am so so happy that he has showed so much appreciation for my friendship:) I think he has an enormous heart, himself. He has also been so motivational while commenting, each comment comes so honestly straight from the heart and i admire that type of a personality, those that are kind, loving and selfless. I had added cooling star on my face book profile and gave him an award(in fact three, he was happy that hes mentioned about me on his blog and thanked me for the award too:) That's a very sweet gesture to have written some lines for me, isn't it? Thanks coolingstar i will fulfill my promise of creating wonderful award for special friends soon.. and you will be one:)

He has put up well written posts about friendship, online work, news and so much more and his categories never seem to end. I am so glad to be a part of his blog and his blog awaits your presence too:)

Friendship for me is never conditional as it mustn't be a give and a take always, not at least a selfish one.. and while we are all here in this blogsphere to put our lives into words, make new friends and remain in their hearts forever.. we shall always be kind and giving to our blogger friends:) When one is in need of a little online advice, we should be always willing to help.. I am also here to help:) like to be my friend? :)

Announcing Google's official traditional media blog

About a month ago, we gave you a quick overview of Google's offline advertising offerings: TV, Print, and  Audio Ads -- all of which fall under the umbrella of what we call 'traditional media'. Today, we're pleased to announce that the TV, Print, and Audio Ads teams have launched Let's Take it Offline, the official blog to help you get the most out of your offline ad campaigns. Our traditional media blog will keep you up-to-date on the latest feature launches, product updates, tips, and industry findings. 

We hope you'll visit the new blog regularly to learn more and stay abreast of our offline advertising products.

Posted by Emel Mutlu, Inside AdWords crew

Online Shopping Review

MiracleShopper Online Shopping

We've shopped on well known websites like amazon.com, sify.com, eBay.com etc etc.. there are numerous websites that allow Internet surfers to purchase products online. That's when an activity like shopping gets pretty time consuming, we choose to turn online :). No need for travelling hassles as time is precious, we can utilize it to accomplish other important goals in life. Ive stepped on a remarkable website which makes Online Shopping, a delight yet again. This flexible website brings the worlds best products from every established merchant together on one website, which can make any product accessible from any brand to any online store, on Miracleshopper.com itself!

You need to shop for clothes, cars, sports, kids items, computers, jewellery, electronics? everything is possible to purchase here itself, but before that comparisons are always our first move once we choose a product and that's really mind boggling. Its really takes the life out of a person while surfing through online stores. But yes, here i am again to let you know that research and comparison between products from different stores, can be made so conveniently on miracleshoppers paradise ! That's because its now your one stop to online shopping. On the website while surfing for any product, just click on any category and the whole list will appear as thumbnails with their details below.

I used the term 'flexible' above as to explain that the website its clean and free of thousands of ad's at the sides. No lining up of images as in other stores where you have to keep surfing through a number of pages, as here all images open as thumbnails and that makes navigating the site so easy. The products are all linked to main categories and can be also easily accessed though sub categories. Well if you need to have a look at the entire listed selection just go to the end of the whole page and follow the links 'site index' and 'eBay index'.

Take a look at the miracle shopper sweepstakes where you have the chance to win a XBOX 360 Gaming Console! Right now, the top two picks feature a Nikon 80 digital camera with 18-135mm lens at $932 and an Apple ipod nano third gen, silver(4GB) at $99 only!

Comparing watches, a Citizen Eco-Drive Calibre 8700(a Solar Watch with a Perpetual Calendar) with a stainless steel/non-reflective face, anti-scratch and mineral crystal that absorbs light and charges its battery. Water resistant and a perpetual calender with automatic features like updates. Priced at $300

A Citizen Calibre 2100 - An affordable, luxury watch, with a battery that never needs to be replaced with a face of stainless steel, scratch resistant, and non-reflective, a crystal window which observes natural/artificial light and converts it into energy! A 240 days life span when fully charged. 200 meters (660 feet) Water resistant, 5-year manufacturer warranty, screw-back case, and screw-down crown.
Priced at $350.

Now no need for hopping around from store to store to compare and purchase your desired product. Simply add miracleshoppers to your faves, install their toolbar, also make use of their search icon and widget's if you have a blog site. And shopping online could never be better. Their main objective is to deliver a shopping experience as thrilling/exciting and user friendly as ever to their consumers. We respond that we are thrilled and excited, indeed!

Taylor Woodrow Migrates 1,800 Users to Google Apps

Posted by Robert Whiteside, Head of UK and Ireland

Every day more than 3,000 businesses sign up for Google Apps and move to the cloud, and today we'd like to share one of those stories. Taylor Woodrow is a construction firm in the UK that recently migrated all of its 1,800 employees to Google Apps to introduce greater mobility and flexibility to the company's communications.

Rob Ramsay, the company's Director of IT, says that Google Apps offered the perfect package: “Many of our staff are highly mobile. The ability to provide them with access on the move to email, documents, spreadsheets, and everything else that comes with Google Apps will help increase productivity.”

Taylor Woodrow’s needs are not unique to its particular business. Rob could be talking about the needs of tens of thousands of other companies when he notes that “Our employees can now get in touch with their colleagues easily from whatever location they are working at. The mobility coupled with the speed of roll-out, the lack of requirement for a physical infrastructure and the speed of new product development is very beneficial.”

Finances also came into play in their decision to move to Google Apps. Taylor Woodrow estimates that they are saving approximately £1 million on infrastructure and support costs. The products are all hosted and managed by Google, which removed the need to install any software or hardware on site.

And since no construction company can build without worrying about safety and security, it makes sense that Taylor Woodrow is also deploying Google Message Discovery, which provides email security, content policy management, discovery, and archiving services to ensure that employee email is properly protected and retained.

We’re very happy that another large enterprise like Taylor Woodrow has decided to use Google Apps as a foundation of their business, and we’re excited to continue to help businesses of all sizes build their future in the cloud.

New York Times: Interview with Ctrip CFO Jane Jie Sun

Just spotted over at the New Times website - an interview with Ctrip CFO Jane Jie Sun. Another indication of Ctrip's strong desire to expand their customer base outside of China. Claims 50% of the online market and tha tthe online market is 1-2% of the overall travel market. In addition they have another 2-3 % of the overall travel market through call centres. Claim total Chinese travel market is $150billion (Chinese domestic plus foreign inbound). That would put the online travel market at $1.5-3 billion confirming other numbers we have seen.