Indian Portals 2007 – A Look Back
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The new year is here and the Indian Internet space has grown by leaps and bounds over the past one year. Heres a look at the activities of some of India’s Portals
Rediff
Rediff has had an elusive and progressive new year, with new introductions to its services and tie ups alike. The portals revenues have risen through 2007 and it doesn’t seem like Rediff wants to slow down. With I –share, unlimited email storage and Rediff books being launched, it managed to stay refreshing and popular. It kept up with competition by introducing a messenger application in its web mail and it’s QnA as a reply to Yahoo Answers. The portal did not ignore the local market and launched itself in regional languages as well. Another highlight was all the speculation about Rediff being taken over by Google and Yahoo followed by some unidentified merger. However, come 2008 Rediff has not been taken over and it looks like the company is to continue on its roll, a bright year to look forward to for Rediff. Here are some highlights that caught our attention.
November 3rd 2007 · Rediff Rides High on Revenues, Visitors & Page Views! Soon to Launch ‘Regional Language Search’!
October 9th 2007 · Is rediff.com being bought over??
October 1st 2007 · Gandhi Jayanti – Another Online Marketing Opportunity?
September 24th 2007 · Rediff.com trying to be Amazon.com of India
September 18th 2007 · Rediff launches web messenger in mail!
September 15th 2007 · Rediff Iland goes regional and Blogshowcase opens to public
September 6th 2007 · Anecho by Rediff ishare that may get louder!
August 2nd 2007 · Guruji Spamming on Rediff?
July 27th 2007 · Rediff has big plans for iShare. Tie-Ups and offline marketing soon
July 16th 2007 · Google or Yahoo might acquire Rediff?
July 10th 2007 · Rediff launches iShare = YouTube + Flickr + Napster?
May 17th 2007 · Rediff revenues increase by 66%
May 15th 2007 · A look at Rediff Games
March 22nd 2007 · Rediff among top ten dynamic indian companies
March 8th 2007 · Rediffmail launches unlimited space email!
January 24th 2007 · Rediff and Sify revenues on the rise!
January 15th 2007 · Rediff goes QnA in reply to yahoo answers!
January 5th 2007 · Rediff becomes wise about money!
Yahoo
2007 was a progressive year for Yahoo as well. One of the reasons why it’s still among the top Indian portals. Mergers and tie ups were the way to go and a lot of strategic mergers were seen under Yahoo’s belt. Major highlights were the launch of Yahoo Answer’s Ask the planet 2007 and Yahoo One Search. Some more tie ups for Yahoo travel and the site seemed raring to go just before it fell into some trouble after a blogger alleged that her recipes were directly stolen by Yahoo. Another noticeable feature was the launch of Yahoo Mail for the blind and the integration of Flickr on Yahoo’s image search. Yahoo followed other portals and launched the messenger application on its web mail as well along with its feasibility of use with all messenger applications like MSN, AIM, ICQ for yahoo mobile.
December 5th 2007 · Top Yahoo! Search Trends In 2007!
November 22nd 2007 · Yahoo! Mail For The Blind
November 14th 2007 · Yahoo! Ties Up With BSNL, BPL Mobile And Others For OneSearch On Mobiles!
October 31st 2007 · Yahoo Mail Goes Hindi And Upgrades IM
October 12th 2007 · Yahoo and MSN talk about Mobiles and Social Networking!
August 27th 2007 · Yahoo planning email 2 sms feature
August 6th 2007 · Yahoo MD George Zacharias Resigns to pursue Entrepreneurship!
June 27th 2007 · Yahoo integrates Flickr on its Image search
June 20th 2007 · New Features For Yahoo Mobile
May 16th 2007 · Yahoo! oneSearch launched in India
May 11th 2007 · The new & improved Yahoo Travel
May 4th 2007 · Yahoo launches Web-based Instant Messenger- SO WHAT!!!
April 12th 2007 · Chat from Yahoo, MSN, AIM, ICQ all at once from Your mobile phone.
March 30th 2007 · Yahoo to partner with travel site
March 28th 2007 · Yahoo ties up with Jagran to launch hindi web portal
March 28th 2007 · Yahoo! Mail goes the Unlimited Way
February 19th 2007 · Updated: Bloggers hold protest against Yahoo!
February 14th 2007 · Yahoo to place ads on mobile across 19 countries
February 7th 2007 · Yahoo launches city centric mash up ourcity!
January 24th 2007 · Yahoo offers mobile IM on Reliance
January 14th 2007 · Yahoo Answers launches Ask The Planet 2007
January 12th 2007 · Yahoo goes mobile 2.0
Msn India
Local penetration was MSN’s formula for 2007 as it went about launching a host of varied services for the local and personalized market in India. Its novel initiative to increase registrations, namely coolhotmail.com was a huge investment and did manage to make some waves. Its long term effects are yet to be seen. Tie ups to make sure that its services had quality were also seen. In a huge development Msn purchased stake in the ever popular networking site, Facebook.com to up its ad sales through a staggering $240 million dollar deal.
Msn also expressed its desire to occupy Yahoo as it started feeling the pressure of it lagging behind Yahoo and Google in terms of search engine users.
December 13th 2007 · Webaroo & MSN Adds Ads to SMSGupshup & MSNMobile.in
December 12th 2007 · Microsoft And Mobile : Another Battle ?
December 11th 2007 · Microsoft India Gets Innovative, Introduces New Email Domain For India!
November 20th 2007 · MSN launches India-Centric Mobile Services, Wants To Develop Location Based Search!
November 19th 2007 · Microsoft India Launches Upgraded Version Of MSN LIVE Services For Indian Users!
October 26th 2007 · 5 Reasons Why Microsoft bought 1.6% of Facebook for 240M$!!!
October 11th 2007 · MSN launches Cool TVC for for CoolHotmail.com
June 18th 2007 · MSN Relaunches mobile website.
May 26th 2007 · BBC World ties up with MSN India
May 23rd 2007 · Going local with Microsoft unique email ids
May 6th 2007 · MSN tests web 2.0 waters through contribute and debate
May 4th 2007 · Microsoft wants Yahoo!
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