Archive for December, 2008

The most desperate plea for Ad clicks by a Paki blog

The most desperate plea for clicks on ads of a blog goes to http://issb-pakistan.blogspot.com/ who in their final post have wrote: “Despite frequent requests people visiting the Blog are not helping in reply by clicking ads. We are forced to announce that No further information will be posted unless at least 1000 clicks are made [...]

Warid, We Care – Part 2

After my last episode with Warid, where I was asked to give 36 hours to sort the problem out, I called their helpline again to find out what is the status of my complaint. The guy politely asked me the problem and then put me on hold. After a minute he came back and told [...]

Photography Exhibition delayed by 2 days

The Photography Exhibition got delayed, yet again. This time they’ve moved the date from January 01, 2009 to January 03, 2009. Not a big deal considering how it was organized in such a short span of time. Let’s hope the response is good as this is the first time PPO is doing something like this [...]

4th Karachi International Book Fair

For the last couple of days, the annual Book Fair is being held at Karachi Expo Center (from Dec 26 to Dec 30). I was there on Sunday and it was a great feeling to see so many people turn out for a book fair in Karachi. Even though there is ample parking space at [...]

Defending Lyari Expressway

Lyari Expressway to be completed by Dec 2009 Sunday, December 28, 2008 Karachi The under-construction Lyari Expressway, which was initially scheduled to be completed by November 2004, will now be completed on December 31, 2009. The expressway is being constructed by the Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) and is being funded by the Government of Pakistan. [...]

Friday Funnies – Dec 26, 2008 – Classifieds

Does Adsense drives away readers?

Is it true that putting Google Adsense on your blog turns off your readers? I don’t think so. I have Adsense on this blog for over a year now and my traffic hasn’t gone down because of it. I think it’s the content of your blog that brings in the readers. The only thing you [...]