The Newsmakers09 of the Kochi Blogosphere are the ones who deliver the news to us.a big cheers to the team behind them.
Before reading on I really need to remind that these are simply my personal views on and does not in any regard can be considered as a scale of reach or popularity of these websites.
The domain is the oldest amongst these,to be exact 2 years, 3 months, 7 days as of now.And being the oldest and the first one in the space has its benefits.The site is maintained by the experts in the business,so i needn’t speak much about the website’s efficiency in terms of design or other statistics.
From a laymen view,the site is simple and elegant and has information for the average cochilite to the above average guys.In terms of information it accumulates,all credit to the authors who contribute(i myself used to contribute before i started my blog) the website is a vast resource of everything and anything you need to know about Kochi.
As to a critic view,all i see is the lack of aggression in terms of offline marketing of the site but all that ain’t a factor of how popular the site is as you can see in its figures.
To round-up Cochin square is totally 100% professional in its attitude of bringing out the best of Kochi.Kudos to the team and my personal wishes to @TheAnand,the chief author and wishing the team a wonderful year ahead.
When a bunch of people who loves their city more than their own mom met together,Kochi Vibe was born. That’s the version as i can remember from its “about” page.The domain is very new,to be exact 8 months, 28 days as of now and very fresh in its approach.
From a commoners point of view the site is uber cool in its approach!The initial focus with content was mostly towards the events that were happening in the city and gradually they’re shifting to everyday living & Lifestyle.The growth of Vibe was simply attributed to a simply philosophy,”Giv-em-what-they-want”.Vibe has a page-3 kind of attributes in its content and presentation which gives it a fresh feel,something that was missing ! They just filled the gap and that’s their story of success.
From a critic view,I adore their aggression for growth and their marketing strategies but what it lacks is a mature approach.
To round-up Vibe gave Cochilites the ”Page-3″ feeling or say the “Happening” feel which is quite fresh and as i said uber-cool.Wishing the team a wonderful year ahead.
Now,the name “Gallan” in itself has a unique feel which is their first and most important asset.”Gallan” in itself has a small story,an inspiring one of how a bunch of students wanted to use their skills to do something of their own .The domain is pretty old,6 months, 19 days to be exact but they only launched their version 1.0 couple of months back and seems they will be launching version 2.0 in two days from now.
From a commoners view,the site looks & feel cool.
From a critics point of view the site in its current format is underdog in the category,and lets hope that will change with their upgrade.And of course the marketing strategies seems to be a little directionless as of now and we really need to change the current use of language.
To summarize we’re looking forward to Gallan2.0 to be more exciting and classy. Have a great year ahead folks !
The domain is technically old(1 year, 1 month, 29 days as of now) but I have only known about the site a couple of months back.But they haven’t really strike the right chords in terms of marketing or promotion.
As for anyone who visits the site,in terms on content & approach it’s simply just another website.
From a critics point of view,the site lacks perfection in design & presentation.No signs of long-term thinking or in another words a logo or any illustration that possibly could be assumed as the theme.i did not even find a contact page or a twitter account for the website which i like to believe that i missed it out.
The bottom line we would all like to some action this year and wishing that the team comes around with the best next year.
Now this is quite a simple blog about that gives you updates as when it is,simple n elegant like the chef guy who runs the show @binnyva.The domain quite new (6 months, 26 days) and it simply symbolizes that the guy we ‘re talking about is quite happy with his city.
What i love about this site is that its simply so down to earth in its presentation.
As a critic,there is very less marketing stats put to work here though i adore the simplicity.
Wishing a Blogfull 2010 ! LOL !
Website Grader’s View on these sites
Also these are the websites that i have come across and if there is something I missed out I do expect someone to shout out the link to me !
Now this posts ain’t complete without people who use these websites,so looking forward for some user reviews about these sites.So go on,don’t shy away;drop in your honest comments & reviews.And how a wonderful year ahead folks ! God Bless !
Originally posted 2009-12-30 21:10:29. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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kool and honest review…: )
Nice job, mate. Some small issues – in the site grader, the input must have been incochin.com and kochigallan.com(www is not there for either).
Also, you forgot some sites – like http://reinventingcochin.blogspot.com/
have updated the grader !
aha! I came to know about voice of cochin only after reading this post…..well done with the review
we had changed a lot, please take a look at our new re designed VOC
also, just noticed that the link to the cochinsquare does not contain http:// hence its not pointing to the right site
its fixed now..!
Nice list. Our site gives information on the latest infrastructure developments in Cochin.
Kick ass post! And as Anand said.! Just heard of Voice Of Cochin! Good list!
good writing!
good to knw that a site s there foe cochin nly thanks dear
Kochivibe blog grade is 96!
Oh! Sorry! Got mixed up. Whats a blog grade and difference between a website grade?
blog grade is based on content & its reach,website grade is based on website design and blah blah blah….
nice post about Cochin bloggers…great work bro ..
nice review andrine our crew look forward to make our site better with news and informations about cochin
well its nice to see the all websites related to cochin
Hi, thanks for featuring our site on this review. I think this one is really a damn cool list to know whatelse happening on COCHIN. I had read your review and noticed the mistake which are made by us. But we are promising all the news and reviews about KERALA and especially on cochin in future. Again thanking you for listing us over here
Excellent writing. I appreciate you for posting that. I ask you accept my for my poor English talking, I am from Austria and English is somehat new to me.
Excellent article. I appreciate you for posting it. Keep up the fine blogging.
Just looking at your site on my new Samsung Phone , and I wanted to check if it would let me reply or if it made me go to a pc to do that. Ill check back later to see if it worked.
Hello Andrine,
There is a new site coming up based on kochi. Its named kochiservnet.com. The site is trial run stage and will be launched in December. Have a look at it…link is: http://kochiservnet.com
your blog always give me great news about cochin.. thanks ..