Name of your website?Karmakerala
Your name?
Kumar Vadivel
Your Location (city, etc)
Cochin
Please give us a short summary of your website?
KarmaKerala is a Kerala tourism service for visitors who want to experience more of Kerala's culture, people, wildlife and history,which can be considered as an encyclopedia on Kerala.
What inspired you to launch your own website?
Unexplored opportunities. we felt the need to host a website entirely dedicated to covering the communities, ecology, geography and heritage, to tourism facilities and tourism sights. Also after National Geographic Traveler declared Kerala or God's Own Country to be "one of the top 10 paradises in the world" & "one of the 50 must see destinations of a lifetime" among its millennium destinations.
When did you launch your first website, and what was it?
Year 2005.www.karmakerala.com
How did you decide on a name for your website?
The name'Karma'(deed) is entrenched in the Indian culture from which the name Karmakerala was inspired.
What makes your website different from other, similar offerings?
In-depth knowledge of Kerala, covering the communities, ecology, geography and heritage, to tourism facilities and tourism sights.
What is your eventual goal? (To sell it, keep it for income, secure a book or other mainstream media deal?)
Keep it for income.
How does your investment of time and money balance against your success?
Income has overcome investment
If you had an unlimited development budget for development, how would you change your site?
Use latest user friendly software to develop the site.By adding more pages and links.
If your site got really big, really quickly, would you be able to keep up with the demand?
Yes!
What unexpected costs and headaches have you had to deal with?
Spams were one of them.But no unexpected cost.
What has been your biggest challenge?
SEO
What method has been most successful for promoting your website?
Contract with Google Search Engine and SEO link exchange.
How has running your website differed from your expectations?
Website exceeds expectations.
How long have you run the site already, and how long will you continue to keep it up if you don't enjoy big gains in traffic, income or popularity?
3 years and with the plan to keep it for ever.
Is the site user friendly:
Yes !
What is your website address?
Karmakerala
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