myclip.co.ke would be nice

On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 9:50 AM, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> wrote:

One more thing  in web development. Users HATE long URLs. No matter how much you love your long name, keep the URL short .www.standardmedia.co.ke/myclip(a whooping 30 characters) www.cnn.com/ireport(19 characters)  www.ireport.com(15 characters).

Keep in mind that your site is not designed to exercise peoples fingers and memories.
2009/7/6 James Muendo <timrick@gmail.com>

Tony et al,

Am thinking its a good way of sourcing for news.Crowd-sourcing is the
word to describe these.



On 06/07/2009, Simon Wachira <simowachi@gmail.com> wrote:
> Kenya and Nigeria are the most active countries on I report and other CNN
> programmes. Recently, the country earned recognition from one Hala Gorani,
> the I desk presenter. 'My Clip' will undoubtedly give Kenyans and indeed
> East Africans the opportunity to use the available stream to practise
> citizen journalism which is now becoming popular-if the Iranian experience
> was anything to go by.
>
>
>
> On 7/5/09, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I agree with Jose
> > Regards
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 9:06 PM, Jose Ngunjiri <ngunjirijnr@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Its an owesome opportunity for media students to practice in real life.
> > > Regards,
> > > José.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 7/4/09, Tony White <tony.mzungu@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > A cheeky way for them to get news clips for free! (or do they offer a
> > > > fee if aired?)
> > > >
> > > > Tony
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 2009/7/4 Al Kags <alkags@gmail.com>:
> > > >> The standard group has launched its 'myclip' service: their version
> of CNN
> > > >> i-report.
> > > >>
> > > >> What's your view of it?
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