While on this topic, I would like to point out my personal experience with TOI. They had blatantly agreed on the fact that they do not publish competitor information in any of their media. I was associated with an entertainment site, a close competitor to filmfare. While other publications had press releases and snaps printed regularly about the site, TOI told us straight in our face that its a matter of company policy that they cannot provide coverage on account of us being their competitor.
There business ethics were clear to us then :)
There are few more instances of their business ethics, but I believe this isnt the right platform to discuss that. :-)
Regards, Ninad
P.S. Isnt this the same newspaper which had recently printed about putting "fireballs" in place in a frontpage news item of an Indian defence site "hacked" sometime last month? ;-)
At 01:22 AM 6/17/01 +0530, you wrote:
Yes. Times of India is illiterate. Indiatimes.com is India's worst portal. TOI misuses its power by giving incorrect information to unsuspecting readers for the sake of promoting their brands (Yahoo! Search vs. Indiatimes Search, Mundu Messenger cross-protocol, etc.).
You can never have TOI promote Everybuddy because it's against their policy (who'll take Indiatimes Messenger then?!). The solution is to stop blindly believing all that is written in the newpapers (and educate your friends also about it). TOI is selling you lot of lies everyday. Don't buy them.
Manish