Nithin Kamath's Weblog

I have just shifted my mail account handling option for my domain to take advantage of Google Apps for Your Domain which provides me with a gmail accounts with 2GB+ space with all the features that Gmail provides but for my domain email accounts.

The option also allows use of Google [Talk, Calendar and Page Creator] for use with the domain. But I don’t think I will be using it that much, since I wanted a better interface and management features for managing incoming mail. This service is currently in Beta and the good thing is that as per their quick facts, once it gets out of beta the service will still be free for people who signed in during the beta phase.

In the past week I also registered with the networking site LinkedIn.com, which says:

Through your network you can:
* Find potential clients, service providers, subject experts, and partners who come recommended
* Be found for business opportunities
* Search for great jobs
* Discover inside connections that can help you land jobs and close deals
* Post and distribute job listings
* Find high-quality passive candidates
* Get introduced to other professionals through the people you know

Reads well ain’t it, for me i am just joining it to explore the possibilities. The thing with such networking sites is that people who register have to keep updating their profiles to be able to make best use of the features. The problem that arises currently is that people are currently so much hooked up to Orkut that even though some register at other sites, they never come back to those sites. I am talking from my experience with Gazzag and Facebook. Though I am not impressed with Gazzag, I had really liked the features that Facebook provided, but there are not many people I know in there and not many I request have joined in. For Linkedin at least a many people have shown interest by registering, let me see how it goes.