Vali Petcu blog

It’s been in the news, but there is no secret to Romanian IT professionals that ROTLD (the manager for Romanian internet domains) is behind its times in security and management (and even in communication skills, since the Tuesday incident has not been addressed in any way by ROTLD officials and not even mentioned on their […]

iPhone 5 was announced a few days back and the numbers of negative/angry comments are way higher that when they’ve introduced 4S. Mainly, people are saying Apple has become boring and stopped innovating. What they really want to say is that they hoped iPhone5 will include a lot of new technology (NFC, Wireless Charging) and […]

A few months ago i noticed Vimeo is not working too good in Romania, especially with HD videos. Upon further investigation, it seemed it’s not an isolated problem. Vimeo has discovered East Europeans watch a lot of videos and decided to cut them off. I can upload with almost half a meg, but i can […]

Another search engine algorithm update, called “Penguin”, hit the web a few days ago. Webmasters are screaming and complaining their positions were lost. Some of them are asking if this is Google’s way of saying SEO is dead. It is, but… Search Engine Optimisation is a very unfortunate term. Website Optimisation sounds much better, as […]

Our good friend Vivi is looking for ideas and recently i found a good one. Every clothing and perfume brand has an online store with a database a consumer can check for fake products. But every brand has it’s own online site and not everybody can go with a laptop and mobile internet shopping. So […]

Turning down product testing you know are not right for your audience is a step forward in blogging. I’ve turned down 3.000€ laptops and luxury cars, because i don’t know if my audience would benefit from me testing them. And a picture of the car on facebook is not the kind of exposure i have […]

According to this badly written presentation, Rand Fishkin from SeoMoz will be present to an event called SEM Days in Bucharest on June 5th. Good for Romanian Search enthusiasts, they will have much to learn from him. But, upon further research, he will not be present in person, but will answer questions via skype. OK, […]

As a foreigner, you are vulnerable. People may be trying to take advantage of you, including policemen. This may not happen at all… but give yourself a pleasant surprise. This, of course, is not a legal restriction. You are allowed to drink alcohol in public – in organized spaces like restaurants. All places selling alcohol […]

A few days ago, the pirate scene rules have changed, changing video standards from .avi to .mp4 on the basis of using a better codec (x264) instead of the old one (xvid). Torrent users complain now (one, two) that their devices cannot play mp4 files and they ask the torrent uploaders to switch to good […]

I’ve remembered one argument some bloggers have when they speak about me: he’s a nobody, meaning nobody ever heard about me, i have just a small audience that does not matter in the real world. Partially true.  There are 5 to 7 million Romanians online every month on the internet and only 120.000 visited my […]