cant see the site , but if the story was NOT a hoax there could be only one group i see benefitting from this -
Entrepreneurs in India running portals similar to that of ebay or yahoo who are losing traffic and are probably afraid that ebay or amazon will set up local shops for the market there.
Being an Indian , I have always felt that although India has opened up well in the recent years, socialism & sentiments of "swadeshi" (of ones own country) are still popular among political groups there.
Like others pointed out this idea of charging a duty will simply not work for the internet.
that was an interesting study but in my opinion getting a click on something is going to take more than just Visual Distinctness. Yes , it will definitely work the first time - i might wait to see what the DHTML car whizzing past the screen does.
But what almost always attracts a CLICK would have to do with good old Pertinence. Targetted advertising for some reason seems to be more prevalent in TVs and less so on the internet
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cant see the site , but if the story was NOT a hoax there could be only one group i see benefitting from this -
Entrepreneurs in India running portals similar to that of ebay or yahoo who are losing traffic and are probably afraid that ebay or amazon will set up local shops for the market there.
Being an Indian , I have always felt that although India has opened up well in the recent years, socialism & sentiments of "swadeshi" (of ones own country) are still popular among political groups there. Like others pointed out this idea of charging a duty will simply not work for the internet.
that was an interesting study but in my opinion getting a click on something is going to take more than just Visual Distinctness. Yes , it will definitely work the first time - i might wait to see what the DHTML car whizzing past the screen does.
But what almost always attracts a CLICK would have to do with good old Pertinence. Targetted advertising for some reason seems to be more prevalent in TVs and less so on the internet
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