Doomsday websites click new wave

BANGALORE, INDIA: As the world entered 2012, doomsday clocks began ticking away. Alhough there are 11 months to know if Mayans are right, the virtual world is already reaping astrological blessings.

Banking on the subdued fear, websites are generously doling out information that is not very easy to brush off as irrational. The ticking seconds on these sites act as a gentle reminder that the countdown has begun. That's complemented by the Mayan period predictions, so-called scientific theories and everything between them.

From acquiring the hard-to-ignore IP address to posting the most (un)believable predictions, the websites are making the most of the Mayan calender, according to which December 21, 2012 marks the end of a 5,200-year Mayan cycle of creation i.e. the end of the world. Perhaps the websites have won many a battle to get the most alluring IP address.

Calling itself the home for December 21 2012 prophecy, maya12-21-2012.com makes an attempt to correlate science and spirituality with posts linking everything-- even an increase in UFO sightings-- to the Mayan calendar. Aptly tagging itself as the official survival guide, it also sells survival food and surival kits!

Like it or not, you just can't ignore them for the simple fact that everything is based on one big If theory. What if Mayan's 2012 prediction is real? What if a rogue planet dubbed “Nibiru” hits Earth and destroys the World? What if the world crumbles like it did in John Cusack's 2012?

Scientists dub such theories as ridiculous. An expert at NASA said that if such a planet as Nibiru was headed towards Earth by December 21, 2012, it would have been already visible.

“Nibiru is ridiculous because it doesn’t exist, it never existed as anything other than a figment of the imagination by pseudo-scientists who don’t seem bothered by a complete lack of evidence,” astronomer Don Yeomans, manager of NASA’s Near-Earth Object program office in California, was quoted by a website.

None of that affects the websites as they are more bothered about traffic to their sites.

For all those believers in Mayans, there is www.december212012.com with a video on Doomsday survival and statements by celebrity believers like Hollywood's Ashton Kutcher and Mel Gibson. Whether reel stars are real in their statements, you should be able to judge it for yourself.