Hyderabadi Website of the month: How Well Do You Know Hyderabad? by Quizified India

About the Website :  Quizified India

1. Ease of access  

·         Pros:  Quick load of graphics

·         Cons: None.

2. Content 

·                Pros:  Detailed

·         Cons: None.

3. Currency

·         Pros:  None

·         Cons: All sections/pages need a date (last updated)

4. Design  

·               Pros:  Excellent

·               Cons: None.

5. Navigation 

·              Pros:  Easy

·        Cons: None

6. Miscellaneous

·             Age/Grade Appropriateness: Excellent. Curriculum Connection: Excellent;
 
7. Overview : 4 star- The website is user-friendly.

How Well Do You Know Hyderabad?

The Nizam's built this city with great passion and pride. How well do you know the Cyber City?

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Hyderabadi Website of the month: Osmania University Center For International Programs (OUCIP), Hyderabad

OUCIP: Conceived primarily as the international face of Osmania University, OUCIP came into existence in September 2006 after the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, handed over the management and administration of the American Studies Research Center (ASRC) to Osmania University. It is housed in the building complex of the ASRC and has inherited its academic and infrastructural strengths. However, OUCIP has broadened its scope and added new fields of study from humanities and social studies to American Studies." ACAS: "A UGC-funded research centre, ACAS promotes quality research in the field of American Studies. Established during XI Plan Period by the University Grants Commission (UGC) of India at Osmania University Centre for International Programmes (OUCIP), ACAS promotes inter/multi disciplinary research in the broad field of American Studies." (Source)

1. Ease of access

• Pros:  Quick load of graphics
• Cons: Library page is not loading.

2. Content

• Pros:  Detailed
• Cons: Needs a better site navigation; Hacked label/tag to be removed.

3. Currency

• Pros:  None
• Cons: All sections/pages need a date (to show last updated)

4. Design 

• Pros:  Over all OK
• Cons: None.

5. Navigation

• Pros:  Easy
• Cons: None

6. Miscellaneous

• Seo Perfomance:

• Google Pagerank 4/10
• Alexa #4,529,128

7. Overview : 3 star- The website is okay. Needs some major changes.


Media coverage + On the same shelf:

•  Website of the month: U.S. Consulate General Hyderabad, India
•  American Library Re-opens as 'American Corner' in Hyderabad
•  Americana : A Gateway

• OUCIP | Facebook

   

Hyderabadi Website of the month: U.S. Consulate General Hyderabad, India

http://hyderabad.usconsulate.gov/

1. Ease of access

• Pros: Quick load of graphics
• Cons: None.

2. Content

• Pros: Accurate. Sufficiently covered
• Cons: Needs a better site navigation

3. Currency

• Pros: News section is fairly recent
• Cons: All sections/pages need a date (to show last updated)

4. Design 

• Pros: Over all OK
• Cons: Needs reducing clutter like look-and-feel

5. Navigation

• Pros: Overall easy
• Cons: Confuses the first time visitor

6. Miscellaneous

• Seo Perfomance:

  • Alexa Rank: #20415
  • Google Page Rank: 6 (source)

7. Overview : 3 star- The website is okay. Needs some major changes.

8. User comments at Facebook:

(FB comment officially last updated : July 7, 2010

• Bhaskar Teegela, Priya Dharmavarapu, Rampras Vm and 2 others like this.
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  Kris Kishan Top Ten Web Picks : One of the best and must must visit

  July 7, 2010 at 5:41am
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  Rampras Vm yes!! have been observing for past a week!! Just one small mis-link., the 'back' is not working when we check the 221g status.,
  except that its wonderful!!
  it leads to page cannot be displayed:...See More

  July 7, 2010 at 6:25am
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  Bhaskar Teegela Having its location in Hyderbad, among the Telugu community, may be the website can contain details on Telugu emigration - like in form of an article or something to give where Telugus migrate, statistics etc.

  July 7, 2010 at 7:42am
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  Kaali Sudheer it can be improved .... photos size is too large and irrelevant to Hyderabad and it should be more city specific ...foot ball and American Entertainment are non issues on the website...

  July 7, 2010 at 9:45am
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  Magbool Shareef In Visas to the U.S. > Apply for a Visa , if we click on Photograph (in line 1) or passport size photograph in the checklist it is redirecting to the travel.state website where the page is moved to other location. Kindly fix it.
  
  Also in the checklist it is mentioned as "passport size photograph". In India passport size means 35mm X 45mm where US specification is 50mm X 50mm. It is contradictory

  July 8, 2010 at 3:46am

Media coverage + On the same shelf:

• ‘Be frank with Consular Officer’  
• From my archives: 
• Reviewing website: Best Practices  
• American Library Re-opens as 'American Corner' in Hyderabad

Hyderabadi Website of the Month: hyderabadassociationusa.com

Layout: Great header at the top, as the tagline says “Humara Shaher Humare log”. The template is great. Simple but decent. There are no ads or huge banners that normally divert the motif/content. You do see a somewhat large picture of the members, I might make it a little smaller.

Content: Good stuff 'Bringing Hyderabad Community Together'. Better in its coverage, than many others. It’s obviously not a personal site, so going with the social media developments, there should be a few more comments/voices of like minded (other than the board).

Strength: 'Safar Tasveer ke saath' is in its unique contribution. The site although local in its origin, but can become global in its outreach. Most Hyderabadi sites by NRI's are not so comprehensive. Gallery section is duplicating the front page. Few pages are blank now (including advertise, matrimonials), that need to be populated to give better look and feel. The page Membership (which means members of the Association), needs to go with About US. So also, Follow us on, needs to be live, to Assn's own pages in respective sites.

Weakness: "true Hyderabadi spirit and culture in a professional and well organized way" To meet its own stated goal, the site requires depiction of composite Hyderabad (not only Islam/Muslim) in every perspective, be it membership, coverage of the site or approach.

Technical stuff: Audio must be placed in a visible place, and the user given control to play if required. At present the audio is set to run (auto mode), works in Firefox, but does not show up nor auto-play in Internet Explorer. The background audio must also include Hyderabadi dholak ke, Golconda's Sound-and-light (dialogues), etc. Chrome has not issues, it's OK. The visuals can be google maps, and other historic sites.

Suggestions: One should a) have more Hyderabadi audios, videos, and visuals. b) Submit the site to google, and add links to a Facebook page, Twitter that would definitely help reaching the others. c) This site needs to be linked by other sites of like-minded folks (on the web and social media). and d) you can take a look at the multimedia and other gadgets at http://hyderabadiz.blogspot.ca/

Other Hyderabadi NRI relevant sites:

• http://www.hyderabad.co.uk/
• hyderabadassociationksa.com

• NRI's Now In Hyderabad Association

• HAWMA | Hyderabad Association of Washington

• Hyderabadis from Chicago : The Profile Engine

• orkut - Hyderabadis at IIT Chicago

• http://www.naseeb.com

• American Hyderabadi Association - YouTube

• Hyderabadi in Chicago - YouTube

• Charminar Connection Blog

• Hyderabadi Legends Toronto - YouTube

• Toronto-Hyderabadi Association [T.H.A] - Facebook

•  Twin-cities Expatriates Association of Hyderabad and Secunderabad

Hyderabadi Website of the Month: Deccan.com

www.deccan.com is the Web address (URL) of Deccan Chronicle - Indian Regional News & World news. This site in 1998:

This site in 2008:



Note: You may be surprised to see this note: deccan.com expired on 12/09/2009 and is pending renewal or deletion, here:

This is what appears, courtesy networksolutions.

PS. see the archive


This site today:
http://deccanchronicle.com/:

Hyderabadi Website of the Month: greaterhyderabad.com

Greater Hyderabad - Information About Greater Hyderabad Development, Hyderabad News, Topics, Yellowpages, Life Style greater hyderabad

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Hyderabadi Social Networking Site of the Month: Hyderabad Masti

Description: "A nice place for people to chill out. Make friends, share their experience and feel top of the world. We talk about the current issues, technologies, vacanvcies, fun and forwards- all in a lighter way, in Hyderabai way "Dil pe nahi lene ka....tension hua to...mamu...haath mein lene ka...kya:)" (2890 members) source

see also:

• Hyd-Masti Blog
• Hyderabad Masti Google Groups
• hyd-masti.com on reddit.com
• hyd-masti.com - Quantcast Audience Profile
• hyd-masti.com web stats from Statbrain.com
• hyd-masti.com - Traffic Details from Alexa

Note: Each month, we will select a site that demonstrates exemplary popularity, quality, flexibility, and accommodation of the Hyderabadi culture--with no room for intolerance, ignominious and insult to anyone. If you are a Hyderabadi and want your site to be considered, email us.

Hyderabadi Website of the Month: Mahbubia Alumni Association

"Mahbubians always cherish and celebrate their Girls School in Hyderabad, for being one of the most renowned educational institutions of India. Mahbubia has played a dominant role in creating and nurturing a unique Hyderabadi Society that is distinguished all over the world for its cosmopolitan culture, generosity, openness, hospitality, and tolerance." Zehra Rahman Khan

Membership for this Alumni Association is open to all Mahbubians and also to anyone involved or interested in Girls Education, and is free.

To become a member, please send an email to: mahbubians@yahoo.com.

Our school really flourished in his son, His Exalted Highness Mir Osman Ali Khan, The Nizam VII 's patronage of Higher Education in Arts and Sciences. He had truly earned his title "Sultan-ul-Uloom" (Emperor of The Sciences) by establishing Osmania University where Urdu as the medium of instruction for all subjects was successfully employed for the first time.

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Hyderabadi Website of the Month: iluvhyderabad.com

The team of iluvhyderabad.com welcomes you to our website. We are a bunch of interesting guys from diverse backgrounds, with different skills and professions yet bonded together by the true aura of Friendship. This endeavor is our dream; a dream transformed into an idea. To better put in the words of George Bernard Shaw "You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, 'Why not?'”

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Hyderabadi Website of the Month: hyderabadi.com

Hyderabad is the only place where you get authentic hyderabadi biryani however all over the world other then Hyderabad the biryani which is served as hyderabadi bryani is cooked with the help of hyderabadi recipe books or readymade hyderabadi biryani masala but some of the hyderabadi recipe book authors themselves don’t know much about the real hyderabadi biryani

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Hyderabadi Website of the Month: HyderabadRadio.com

Hyderabad Radio from the most comprehensive global news network on the internet. International News and analysis on current events, business, finance, economy, sports and more. Searchable news in 20 languages from WorldNews Network and Archive

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Hyderabadi Website of the Month: Hyderabadis.info

Hyderabadis.info - An Authentic and Reliable Resource on Hyderabad and Hyderabadis.

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Hyderabadi Website of the Month: hyderabad.co.uk

This site endeavors to present the rich heritage and culture of Hyderabad, along with an insight into Hyderabad today.


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Hyderabadi Website of the Month: Hyderabad House

Hyderabad House offers traditional dishes cooked to perfection and served in a well decorated and soothing atmosphere. We are dedicated to providing our customers with a mix of North and Hyderabadi Cuisine.

Location: 444 Gilbert Ave
Menlo Park CA 94025 US

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Hyderabadi Website of the Month: reachouthyderabad.com

ReachoutHyderabad.com - "The Cyber Address of Hyderabad"

Started about 5yrs back, ReachoutHyderabad.com is an infotainment plus business site on the city of Hyderabad. This site has got rave reviews from the press for its interesting contents and popularity.

It has sub-sections on Business, IT, Students, Movies, News and much more. The prominent among them are 'IT Hyderabad' which is a vortal section on all that's IT and Hyderabad. 'BizHyderabad' is also a vortal kind of a section on all the Businesses pertaining to the city of Hyderabad while 'Students Den' is a one stop page for the learners.
A unique feature of our site is that its 99% Hyderabad specific site to the core. ReachoutHyderabad.com attracts on an average around 4 Lakhs hits every month (Confirmed statistics available).

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Hyderabadi Website of the Month: fullhyderabad.com

fullhyd.com: Hyderabad and Secunderabad local guide and community

The Complete Hyderabad Guide
New to town? Visiting? fullhyd.com presents the most mammoth ever guide for Hyderabad. And the easiest. Let us help you plan your trip, your stay, your life.
URL: http://www.fullhyderabad.com/

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Hyderabadi Website of the Month: BESTHYDERABAD.COM

We are giving you all about hyderabad (the state capital of Andhra Pradesh) information, it gives you history and culture with monuments in hyderabad, it gives you hyderabad business, automobile, realestate, information technology (IT), shopping, Hyderabad lifestyle, banking and others.


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Hyderabadi Website of the Month: Charminar Connection

HYDERABADIAN CYBERSPACE MEY, BAIT KE KUCH BATAN KARINGE
"Rushke firdous chaman hai apna Hyderabad watan hai apna"

"It is a mistake to think that the past is dead. Nothing that has ever happened is quite without influence at this moment. The present is merely the past rolled up and concentrated in this second of time. You, too, are your past; often your face is your autobiography; you are what you are because of what you have been; because of your heredity stretching back into forgotten generations; because of every element of environment that has affected you, every man or woman that has met you, every book that you have read, every experience that you have had; all these are accumulated in your memory, your body, your character, your soul. So with a city, a country, and a race; it is its past, and cannot be understood without it." WILL DURANT

CharminarConnection Is a place where Hyderabadies from all over the world gather and discuss the events of the past and present. Original Web site (now inactive)

This is a Yahoo Group:
Members: 1430
Category: Issues and Causes
Founded: May 10, 2002
Language: English

Subscribe to CharminarConnection

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