While hunting for some stuff on public relations on the Internet, I found 10 ways public relations specialists can use the Internet. Actually, the links are useful to anyone doing any news research. What’s Next Online, 12th July has a good writeup on how to research online. I did find some good Internet PR related links too on About.com, Connecting Online and Impulse Research.

Internet Telephony in India is legal. Some stories: 1 | 2 | 3

The latest browser stats say that 69% of the world uses, Internet Explorer, while only 27% use Netscape. BrowserWatch says 57%-26%. Netscape 6 might do something about it, given that Microsoft’s split.

With network-tools, you can find out where a particular computer is, who’s it registered with, and how information travels there.

While we’re on metrics, here are some search engine metrics from useit.com, Media Metrix, Nielsen’s NetRatings and StatMarket. Yahoo’s right on top, followed by MSN.

There’s a whole series of articles on Umashankar Dikshit – a Silicon Valley pujari. Not a bad idea – epujari.com (which incidentally is on sale.) Following the articles on Rediff and USA Today, there’s this really funny piece. Now I’ve heard everything. The San Francisco Chronicle reported some weeks ago that a Hindu priest in Silicon Valley called Umashankar Dixit is in great demand to perform Lakshmi poojas when e-commerce startups are launched by Indians, as an increasing number are. Mr. Dixit says modestly that he is considered a ’lucky hand’ because his God is Ganesha, the remover of obstacles. He – Mr. Dixit that is, not Ganesha – has been compensated in cash and stock options by several startups and says he has already done very well from the IPOs of successful companies like Exodus Communications. Rediff’s US edition and USA Today have since come up with their own breathless takes on Mr. Dixit, reporting among other things that he spends an hour every morning, presumably just after sandhyavandanam, on the Internet monitoring the financial markets. ...

Now there’s even more e-brokers: Sharekhan (what a name), 5-paisa and EquityMaster.

Speed 2: Cruise Control. The climax. A tanker is getting blown up. Why, then, is a cow flying out as debris? If you’re interested in special effects, Visual Effects HQ is all about FX in movies. About.com talks about the technology. Yahoo!, as usual, has a whole bunch of deadly FX links.

Check out Harappa if you’re interested in the Indus Valley Civilization.

India’s truly on the Net. With a slew of localized sites – Yahoo! India, CNet India, India.internet.com, and ZDNet India. – we’ve arrived! Don’t underestimate any of them, especially Yahoo! and its finance, news (with full coverage) and movie sites.

A neat joke on Amazon.com.

Is IIM-B known on the Internet? What do people think? Who links to IIMB?

These days, I see many sites put DHTML to good use. Online solutions and PassThisOn, for example.

The Electronic Commerce Resource Center is the Yahoo of e-commerce. But if you want articles, go to Digital Commerce Center or internet.com.

I found this law site where you can search for all the acts and bills the Indian government has passed. It’s got their full text as well.

Looks like India’s bandwidth problems will be resolved in a year. With the DoT opening up submarine fiber optic, Department of Telecommunication Services is commissioning 80GB (2001). NASSCOM’s getting 100GB (2003). Dishnet’s trying for 2.5TB (2001). Wow!

Will India have e-Tax? Let’s hope not.

Geojit securities was the first site where you could trade stocks online. ICICIDirect followed. Now there’s a whole bunch (based on a Khoj search): Abhipra, Agroy, Ansec, iBroking India bulls, Investment map and Stock mantra. I’m going to start an account soon. Comments ramesh 25 Jul 2000 12:00 pm: the correct link of Geojit Securies is www.geojit.com thank you

It turns out that I’ve seen 9 out of the top 10 movies according to the Internet Movie Database. As of today, the list read: Godfather, Shawshank Redemption, American Beauty, Schindler’s List, Casablanca, Citizen Kane, Star Wars, Godfather: Part II, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Dr. Strangelove (which I haven’t seen).

I found some interesting articles on Strategy & Business magazine. How Novell manages their reseller channel, how brick-and-mortar companies can brand on the Internet and corporate culture on the Internet.