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Indonesia Bans YouTube, MetaCafe, MySpace, RapidShare And Multiply

As anticipated in my previous post about potential YouTube ban in Indonesia, the Indonesian ISPs have blocked access to YouTube. Wait, it is not only YouTube this time.  There are other services which have become victims of Internet censorship by the Indonesian government.  The list includes MetaCafe, MySpace, RapidShare and Multiply as well.  This was [...]

YouTube Announces Living Legends

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YouTube has announced the launch of Living Legends, its new platform which brings leaders from various fields to interact with the YouTube community. It is a monthly program which will invite leaders from the fields of politics, films, sports etc. who will communicate with the users of YouTube, answer their questions and will actively participate [...]

Google Launches Google Docs Community On YouTube

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Google has launched a Google Docs Community on YouTube for sharing videos related to Google Docs. This channel will feature video testimonials from users about Google Docs, videos related to tips and tricks from users about using Google Docs etc.  It will also host videos from Google team about new announcements related to Google Docs. [...]

Indonesia Might Be Next To Ban YouTube

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Reuters is reporting that Indonesia has asked the ISPs to block access to YouTube for hosting the anti-Quaran film. Indonesia’s Communications and Information Minister, Mohammad Nuh, said: If the film is not removed within two days, we will block YouTube in cooperation with Internet service providers. Cahyana Ahmadjayadi, the director general for information technology has [...]

Some Interesting Aspects of Wikipedia Traffic

Hitwise has released a report according to which out of total traffic coming to Wikipedia, approx 10% goes back to Google and over 3% go to MySpace.  It is well understood that people searching for reference articles and information come to Wikipedia from Google (Google contributes to 51% of Wikipedia traffic) and other search engines.  [...]

YouTube Banned In China

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It seems the world is competing over who blocks YouTube more often.  On Sunday, China blocked YouTube because of the Tibet protest videos being aired on the website.  The government of China wants to protect the citizens from watching what happened during the protest in Tibet against Chinese rule. Apart from being the top video [...]

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