IGSA Talk Series: Mehdi Yahyanejad, Founder of Balatarin.com
The Evolution of Balatarin.com:
A Model Web 2.0 Website in Persian
Mehdi Yahyanejad
Founder, Balatarin.com
In this talk, Mehdi Yahyanejad, will share his experience in founding, managing and marketing Balatarin.com with the audience. The talk will cover the evolution of the website from idea to its current status with a reach of 8 million page views per month.
Mehdi Yahyanejad received his PhD in Physics from MIT in 2004. Now, he works on social media and web 2.0.
Date: Friday May 1st, 2009 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Time: Reception starts at 12:15 with refreshments, and talk will start at 12:30
Location: USC Campus, SGM-101
RSVP: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=89363033453
**Lunch will be provided by IGSA.**
Balatarin, which means the highest in Persian, is a community website that helps its users to find the best content on the web. The underlying idea is similar to digg and reddit. The submitted links to articles are voted on. The submissions with more votes get more prominence on the website. The topics discussed on Balatarin range from social issues and human rights to entertainment and sports. In 2008, Balatarin was selected as the best Persian social website of the year.
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