From the looks of it MSN launched a PK routed page. Offcourse as link is the prefered partner for MSN portal launch in the region, it advertises linkdotnet at the front. However i dont see much different b/w MSN arabia and pk.msn.com.
a little disappointment as i was expecting a content customization towards pakistan and urdu launguage.
> From the looks of it MSN launched a PK routed page. Offcourse as link is > the prefered partner for MSN portal launch in the region, it advertises > linkdotnet at the front. However i dont see much different b/w MSN arabia > and pk.msn.com.
> a little disappointment as i was expecting a content customization towards > pakistan and urdu launguage.
> Linkdotnet, hmm with the kind of support they have, I wonder how long their
> marketing team can cope with the technical / post sales glitches...
> --
> Faisal
> On 5/16/08, Haris Shamsi <cybersha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > From the looks of it MSN launched a PK routed page. Offcourse as link is
> > the prefered partner for MSN portal launch in the region, it advertises
> > linkdotnet at the front. However i dont see much different b/w MSN arabia
> > and pk.msn.com.
> > a little disappointment as i was expecting a content customization towards
> > pakistan and urdu launguage.
I doubt it has actually "launched" yet. Seems all they've done is add " pk.msn.com" and have yet to do anything else. It is still being routed through UK (for the uplinks I tried) and appears to be located in Egypt. Hardly a "local" site.
On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 10:10 PM, Babar <babar.bha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I tested the site but did not see any results/maps for local points of > interest. MSN could have done better.
> On May 16, 8:44 am, "Faisal Naik" <fna...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Linkdotnet, hmm with the kind of support they have, I wonder how long > their > > marketing team can cope with the technical / post sales glitches... > > --
> > Faisal
> > On 5/16/08, Haris Shamsi <cybersha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > From the looks of it MSN launched a PK routed page. Offcourse as link > is > > > the prefered partner for MSN portal launch in the region, it advertises > > > linkdotnet at the front. However i dont see much different b/w MSN > arabia > > > and pk.msn.com.
> > > a little disappointment as i was expecting a content customization > towards > > > pakistan and urdu launguage.
> I doubt it has actually "launched" yet. Seems all they've done is add " > pk.msn.com" and have yet to do anything else. It is still being routed > through UK (for the uplinks I tried) and appears to be located in Egypt. > Hardly a "local" site.
> On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 10:10 PM, Babar <babar.bha...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I tested the site but did not see any results/maps for local points of >> interest. MSN could have done better.
>> On May 16, 8:44 am, "Faisal Naik" <fna...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Linkdotnet, hmm with the kind of support they have, I wonder how long >> their >> > marketing team can cope with the technical / post sales glitches... >> > --
>> > Faisal
>> > On 5/16/08, Haris Shamsi <cybersha...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > > From the looks of it MSN launched a PK routed page. Offcourse as link >> is >> > > the prefered partner for MSN portal launch in the region, it >> advertises >> > > linkdotnet at the front. However i dont see much different b/w MSN >> arabia >> > > and pk.msn.com.
>> > > a little disappointment as i was expecting a content customization >> towards >> > > pakistan and urdu launguage.
> I believe this is just the first step in launching towards a local MSN > portal. Let's not be too harsh on them and wait till it's officially > announced.
> -- > Zaeem
> On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 10:41 PM, Sajjad Zaidi <sajjadza...@gmail.com> > wrote:
>> I doubt it has actually "launched" yet. Seems all they've done is add " >> pk.msn.com" and have yet to do anything else. It is still being routed >> through UK (for the uplinks I tried) and appears to be located in Egypt. >> Hardly a "local" site.
>> On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 10:10 PM, Babar <babar.bha...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I tested the site but did not see any results/maps for local points of >>> interest. MSN could have done better.
>>> On May 16, 8:44 am, "Faisal Naik" <fna...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > Linkdotnet, hmm with the kind of support they have, I wonder how long >>> their >>> > marketing team can cope with the technical / post sales glitches... >>> > --
>>> > Faisal
>>> > On 5/16/08, Haris Shamsi <cybersha...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > > From the looks of it MSN launched a PK routed page. Offcourse as link >>> is >>> > > the prefered partner for MSN portal launch in the region, it >>> advertises >>> > > linkdotnet at the front. However i dont see much different b/w MSN >>> arabia >>> > > and pk.msn.com.
>>> > > a little disappointment as i was expecting a content customization >>> towards >>> > > pakistan and urdu launguage.
Its a old news :) M$ is going to award same status to Link Dot Net
(which they have in Egypt). They had plans for BizTalk Services etc..
from Datacenter of LinkDotNet or Mobilink's Farid Farooqi Center.
Fortunately i was with teams back 3 years when they were doing this
planning and visits for datacenters. I still believe it will take
sometime before LinkDotNet have a same footprint like they have in
Egypt.
On May 16, 11:40 pm, "Zaeem Arshad" <zaeem.ars...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I believe this is just the first step in launching towards a local MSN
> portal. Let's not be too harsh on them and wait till it's officially
> announced.
> --
> Zaeem
> On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 10:41 PM, Sajjad Zaidi <sajjadza...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I doubt it has actually "launched" yet. Seems all they've done is add "
> > pk.msn.com" and have yet to do anything else. It is still being routed
> > through UK (for the uplinks I tried) and appears to be located in Egypt.
> > Hardly a "local" site.
> > On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 10:10 PM, Babar <babar.bha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> I tested the site but did not see any results/maps for local points of
> >> interest. MSN could have done better.
> >> On May 16, 8:44 am, "Faisal Naik" <fna...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > Linkdotnet, hmm with the kind of support they have, I wonder how long
> >> their
> >> > marketing team can cope with the technical / post sales glitches...
> >> > --
> >> > Faisal
> >> > On 5/16/08, Haris Shamsi <cybersha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > > From the looks of it MSN launched a PK routed page. Offcourse as link
> >> is
> >> > > the prefered partner for MSN portal launch in the region, it
> >> advertises
> >> > > linkdotnet at the front. However i dont see much different b/w MSN
> >> arabia
> >> > > and pk.msn.com.
> >> > > a little disappointment as i was expecting a content customization
> >> towards
> >> > > pakistan and urdu launguage.
