Recently, I came across a new and innovative web portal Mentorpolis. The idea that drives mentorpolis is to connect mentors and mentees. This will bridge the gap between the mentees who are looking for academic and professional advice from suitable mentors. This portal has been started by Delhi IITians.
At Mentorpolis, mentees can directly gain access to mentors and take guidance from them on various topics related to professional career, higher education etc. Currently, Mentorpolis is concentrating on six major verticals
• Engineering India
• Engineering Abroad
• MBA India
• MBA Abroad
• Entrepreneurship
• Job Preparation
Mentees traffic includes school students, undergraduates, young professionals, whereas mentors are senior students and working professionals providing assistance in choosing right career path, where to study etc.
Taking guidance from mentors is not free; mentees needs to pay the amount charged by mentors around Rs. 500. Mentees can take advice by Telephonic Consultations and In-person Meetings (charges as set by mentors). Mentorpolis team arranges meeting between mentor & mentee. Mentorpolis also organize Web Seminars & online conversation by Mentors which mentees can attend free of cost.
Alexa Traffic Details
Heads Average Change
3 month 1 month 3 Month(+/-)
Website Reach* 0.000080% 0.000060% --
Traffic Rank** 973941 1335454
Page Views/ User*** 4.5 2.5 --
* Website Reach - Percent of global Internet users who visit this site
** Page Views/ User - The number of unique pages viewed per user per day for this site
*** Traffic Rank - Alexa traffic rank based on a combined measure of page views and users (reach)
My opinion is that Mentorpolis is a nice startup and site also looks clear. In short span of time, they have associate many contributors with them. Online chat facility should also be added for real-time chatting between mentor & mentees. Promoters should also focus on some more verticals such as IAS, Defense etc. and they can approach various universities and colleges seniors/ex-students to associate with them and provide their advice which would be helpful for mentees. As they are building their presence on various social networking sites like Twitter, Facebook etc., should also focus on offline mode to approach mentors and mentees and do advertising on TV, Radio, and Print Media etc.
Saturday, 30 May 2009
Tuesday, 26 May 2009
Google join hands with Reliance Energy
Google has now join hands with Reliance Energy for its Google Power Meter to allow the user to track its own electricity consumption information on iGoogle.
How it works?
According to Google.org, PowerMeter receives the information from utility smart meters & energy management devices and the electricity consumption is tracked on the user’s personal iGoogle. Data partners connect to Google PowerMeter via secure HTTP (HTTPS), and upload energy usage information to Google PowerMeter in an XML format based on Google Data API Specification.
Why Power Meter Required?
Most of us actually don’t know how much is the electricity our appliances are using, where is the wastage of electricity or how to manage the electricity bill. A study reveals that knowledge of home energy consumption results in 5-15% saving in electricity bill.
Power Meter Reach
Currently, all the users can’t have access to PowerMeter only limited group of people can have access to PowerMeter in India. Google is planning to expand in near future.
Google other associations
In initial stages, google will offer this facility in US, Canada and India. In US, google tied up with San Diego Gas & Electric for California partnership, TXU Energy for Texas, JEA for Florida and Wisconsin Public Service Corporation for Wisconsin. In Missouri, the White River Valley Electric Cooperative will work and Glasgow EPB in Kentucky.
In Canada, Google’s partner is Toronto Hydro and Today Reliance announces partnership with Reliance Energy. Reliance power distribution is more than 5,000 MW in India. Reliance and its associates has 5m consumers in Mumbai, Delhi and Orissa.
Google Ventures has also invested in a flush smart metering company Silver Spring Networks that will manufacture networking boards for power meters which will be used to monitor and curb electricity consumption.
PowerMeter is very innovation and powerful initiative from Google but need to see how this will be successful in India. Urban population can take advantage out of this, but what about rural population who don’t know how to access PowerMeter. As well as, google should also reveal information about power cuts so that government should take initiative in this front as well and provide power to check the consumption.
Nowadays, google is very active in promoting iGoogle through various means. Google is already promoting iGoogle through Airtel and Sify by showing it as starting page to Airtel broadband users and Sify Wi-fi consumers.
How it works?
According to Google.org, PowerMeter receives the information from utility smart meters & energy management devices and the electricity consumption is tracked on the user’s personal iGoogle. Data partners connect to Google PowerMeter via secure HTTP (HTTPS), and upload energy usage information to Google PowerMeter in an XML format based on Google Data API Specification.
Why Power Meter Required?
Most of us actually don’t know how much is the electricity our appliances are using, where is the wastage of electricity or how to manage the electricity bill. A study reveals that knowledge of home energy consumption results in 5-15% saving in electricity bill.
Power Meter Reach
Currently, all the users can’t have access to PowerMeter only limited group of people can have access to PowerMeter in India. Google is planning to expand in near future.
Google other associations
In initial stages, google will offer this facility in US, Canada and India. In US, google tied up with San Diego Gas & Electric for California partnership, TXU Energy for Texas, JEA for Florida and Wisconsin Public Service Corporation for Wisconsin. In Missouri, the White River Valley Electric Cooperative will work and Glasgow EPB in Kentucky.
In Canada, Google’s partner is Toronto Hydro and Today Reliance announces partnership with Reliance Energy. Reliance power distribution is more than 5,000 MW in India. Reliance and its associates has 5m consumers in Mumbai, Delhi and Orissa.
Google Ventures has also invested in a flush smart metering company Silver Spring Networks that will manufacture networking boards for power meters which will be used to monitor and curb electricity consumption.
PowerMeter is very innovation and powerful initiative from Google but need to see how this will be successful in India. Urban population can take advantage out of this, but what about rural population who don’t know how to access PowerMeter. As well as, google should also reveal information about power cuts so that government should take initiative in this front as well and provide power to check the consumption.
Nowadays, google is very active in promoting iGoogle through various means. Google is already promoting iGoogle through Airtel and Sify by showing it as starting page to Airtel broadband users and Sify Wi-fi consumers.
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