Berg memories: where art meets rationality

Film tourism marketing

2009-11-14T22:20:00.005+02:00

Film tourism is one of the newest forms of recreation and leisure tourism worldwide. As an integral part of business, film tourism marketing is concerned withsetting goalsestablishing unique policies and programsimplementing business action for the entire organizationThe major tasks of film tourism marketing are to translate consumer wants and needs, actual and potential, into profitable products

Effect of Indian culture on Beatles

2009-03-23T12:23:00.008+02:00

Beatles, a legendary band from England, has changed their style and tone of songs since around 1965. This change had influenced both the music and the lyrics. Unlike the romance songs from the previous years, that were active and determined with colorful romance, the songs from late 1965 were slower, with eastern sounds, less expressive, and with relatively vague lyrics. This change in Beatles

California students the laziest, leading market for essay writing companies

2009-02-10T12:31:00.007+02:00

An online journal has published a small snapshot from the Google Analytics web-application, showing the distribution of visitors of one of the custom writing websites. As seen from the picture, California is the leader in demand for custom written essays. Why Califorinan students don't want to study? The reasons for such a tendency have several obvious reasons, but are yet to be fully

New suppliers entering the market

2008-09-11T20:07:00.005+02:00

In a developed market, such as the United States, France, or Switzerland, the market — nearly any market and segment — is filled with suppliers and consumers. These huge numbers on both sides of demand and supply mean that on the supply side there is a great number of separate suppliers. (This is, of course, if the anti-monopoly comettee is working well.) The great number of suppliers, in turn,

The "One Post" Theory

2008-04-18T20:55:00.003+02:00

Blog apathy is a common phenomenon amongst bloggers. But many don't realize that, in order to create and maintain a profitable blog, one has to only create one post. There is one little addition to this simple rule: this single post must be published every day, and it must be different every day. So that every night you realize that you have posted one single post. And the next night you realize

This blog is not for you! Sorry!

2008-03-07T01:41:00.003+02:00

Hello, dear visitor. Finnaly I realise that the entire blog is not for you. This truth is easier for me, and it saves time for you. Although there is plenty of information for you to research on this site, I don't give a shmack about whether you find it useful or not. The reason is that I only need this blog to remeber myself, not you or enyone else reading it. So, sorry, dear reader. The blog

Problogger.net hacked? Darren Rowse's blogs gone down!

2008-02-03T11:48:00.000+02:00

A guru in the blogosphere, Darren Rowse, runs several blogs, most notable of which is problogger.net. This website tops in Technorati for faves and authority, and it brings Mr. Rowse over 15k visitors daily. It tells about tips for blogging and how to make money with a blog. However, since not so long ago (starting Feb 2nd 2008) problogger.net has not been functioning. The browser returned error

Google PageRank (PR) vs. Alexa Traffic Rank Correlation (Regression) Analysis

2007-12-04T20:27:00.001+02:00

Abstract: a statistical study (regression analysis) of a random sample of 102 websites has shown that a strong relationship (correlation) exists between Google PageRank and Alexa Traffic Rank. Introduction Google PageRank (GPR) and Alexa Traffic Rank (ATR) are two different measures of a website's success. As you know (shame on you if you don't), simply speaking, GPR measures the number of links

PHP Nuke Page Rank drop and link fraud

2007-10-27T18:59:00.000+02:00

"The Future of the Web," as stated at PHP-Nuke, has gone far ahead of the owner. "The past of the Web" would describe PHP-Nuke much better! Not only the website violates the principle rules of usability, its design looks old. The rock-hard layout of 90's is vivid. But the portal not only is failing to keep with the pace of Internet evolution and web-design, it is rotting from within, deceiving

Intertop and Braska Fraud

2007-10-26T21:54:00.000+02:00

National level footear retailers, expecially the Intertop network, have been deceiving Ukrainian populace for years. Selling allegedly high quality shoes from Europe and the United Kingdom at a reasonable price, they have made a good fortune and continue to grow. However, as I have recently heard from my wife, these brands Intertop and other footwear stores have been promoting are spurious! The

Russian Version of Kiev Real Estate Technical Analysis

2007-10-17T09:00:00.000+02:00

I've decided to write a version of technical analysis of Kiev real estate in Russian. Please feel free to download and use. Only make sure that whenever you cite or republish the article, you provide a reference (for print) or a hyperlink (for sites). Download Kiev Technical Analysis Report (in Russian; 283 kb) Please fee free to leave a comment here.

Internet investment dilemma in Ukraine

2007-08-17T21:54:00.001+03:00

One of the problems that halt the development of Ukrainian market is the fear of enterpreaneurs of costly investments. Since Ukrainian economy is still in the state of development, there is significant evidence to believe that investments are costs, and that they will vanish in our "very honest regime" and "transparent political and legal system". This dilemma of investment, however, is the trace

Corporate Social Responsibility: End or Mean?

2007-07-14T23:03:00.001+03:00

Corporate social responsibility, or CSR, refers to the series of principles which encourage corporations not only to engage in expressly profit-driven motifs, but also to take care of all the company’s stakeholders. Stakeholders are those groups of people involved directly or circuitously in the company’s business life, and influence it. Such groups include employees, customers, local

Ethical Aspects of 6-σ Methodology

2007-06-12T00:01:00.000+03:00

In developed countries business procedures have long ago become subject to scientific study and analysis. Production processes are not an exception. Six-sigma theory is one of the most effective methods of improving production processes. However, there are some controvercial ethical issues revolving around it, which I am trying to discuss in this post. The entire concept of 6-σ (6-sigma) is

Technical analysis of Kiev real estate: the actual analysis

2007-06-02T22:05:00.000+03:00

This is the fourth post in the series of posts dedicated to technical analysis of Kiev real estate market. Be sure to read the first, second, and third parts. This is not the final post in the series, though. Caution, Internet Explorer users, Internet Explorer is the most vulnerable and insecure browser, as the Washington Post writes.