Beverly Morgan (left) of the Jamaica Exporters Association and Minister of Industry and Tourism Aloun Assamba, in a jovial mood at the launch of the Unique Jamaica Website, held at the Knutsford Court Hotel, Ruthven Road on August 29. - WINSTON SILL/FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER
SANDOR PANTON of Top5Jamaica.Com, in association with the Gleaner Online, guides you through what's new, cool and interesting on the Internet. From Jamaica to the wider Caribbean and the rest of the World, this is the 'Week on the Web'.
TECHJAMAICA.COM
The 'Grand Daddy' of Jamaica's technology portals, TechJamaica.com, has been online for over three years now and continues to be the leader in terms of popularity. Its message board has a base of over 3,000 members and is usually very active, with local and foreign-based individuals posting in a range of forums covering everything from computer hardware and software topics to mobile phones, gaming and tech classifieds.
CHANNELJAMAICA.COM
ChannelJamaica.com was launched just over two years ago as a technology portal with a specific focus - its main target audience is web developers and others who may be involved or interested in the design, development, marketing and maintenance of websites.
TECHWATCHCARIBBEAN.COM
TechWatch is the newest (launched just last week) Jamaican Technology web portal, but already it promises and delivers useful commentary and analyses of technology and telecom-related happenings and trends here in Jamaica, as well as for the wider Caribbean.
BUG ME NOT
If you're visiting a website that requires you to register first using your e-mail address (in order to get complete access), but you don't have the time for this process, visit http://www.bugmenot.com where they're likely to have an access login that you can use for free.
WEBSITES OF THE WEEK
http://www.jamaicanservices.com - JamaicanServices.com is an online directory with a difference, offering detailed listings of online as well as offline Jamaican businesses and the products/services that they provide.
http://www.mediabuyerplanner.com - As with previous weeks, I've featured a second site which is not specifically Jamaican, but which should be of interest to some who are business-minded.
MediaBuyerPlanner is for marketers, and it offers up-to-date marketing news as it relates to various medium including television, radio, print, interactive, direct, outdoor and online.
Top 5 views on Jamaica Gleaner week ending September 17
1. 'I CAN SEE AGAIN"
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20050914/lead/lead1.html - 11,170 views
2. 12 killed in a day - 29 murdered since Saturday
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20050915/lead/lead2.html - 10,317 views
3. Kidnapper killed - Abductees reunited with family
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20050916/lead/lead1.html - 9,296 views
4. Teen slain at school gate
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20050913/lead/lead4.html - 5,182 views
5. Death trap - Three workers killed in JPS well
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20050911/lead/lead1.html - 4,863 views
Top 4 views on Jamaica Star week ending September 17
1. Poster Girl
http://jamaica-star.com/poster_girl/pg_86.html - 14, 468 views
2. Hottie Hottie Girl
http://jamaica-star.com/hottie-girls/651.html - 10,866 views
3. Poster Girl
http://jamaica-star.com/hottie-girls/651.html - 6,655 views
4. Ken tells wife sorry - Singer wants forgiveness for airport incident
http://jamaica-star.com/thestar/20050914/ent/ent1.html - 5,627 views
