Comments on: Is Regional Content Key To Internet Growth? Or Is It Access To Fast Cheap Internet? http://www.watblog.com/2009/12/08/is-regional-content-key-to-internet-growth-or-is-it-access-to-fast-cheap-internet/ The Refreshing Blog on Web, Advertising and Technology in India! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:34:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: bazee http://www.watblog.com/2009/12/08/is-regional-content-key-to-internet-growth-or-is-it-access-to-fast-cheap-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-32591 bazee Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:37:50 +0000 http://www.watblog.com/?p=15988#comment-32591 Direct question to IAMAI members..if they knew it, why did they sit quiet & kept pushing english as a prime lingo over internet for last 10 years? Blame it now - keyboards were not there? Do we have now? Who stopped them from lobbying Govt to push manufacturers for multilingual keyboard? Another question - why is ITC (for e-choupal) not part of IAMAI? The problem is - these guys have whatsoever no Idea on Indian smaller town & their needs. Direct question to IAMAI members..if they knew it, why did they sit quiet & kept pushing english as a prime lingo over internet for last 10 years? Blame it now – keyboards were not there? Do we have now? Who stopped them from lobbying Govt to push manufacturers for multilingual keyboard?

Another question – why is ITC (for e-choupal) not part of IAMAI?

The problem is – these guys have whatsoever no Idea on Indian smaller town & their needs.

]]> By: Pratik http://www.watblog.com/2009/12/08/is-regional-content-key-to-internet-growth-or-is-it-access-to-fast-cheap-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-32538 Pratik Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:36:50 +0000 http://www.watblog.com/?p=15988#comment-32538 I have always believed in regional content. And I feel that connectivity is not what will decide its growth but it will be the content. Assume a good Hindi content site. If as a user I am enticed into visiting that site from Delhi, I will let my friends/family in a Kanpur or a Ranchi know about it, who in turn would like to try the site. And people are entering this space especially from the content side. The optimist in me says that regional content will be a hit, the only question is "when?". I have always believed in regional content. And I feel that connectivity is not what will decide its growth but it will be the content. Assume a good Hindi content site. If as a user I am enticed into visiting that site from Delhi, I will let my friends/family in a Kanpur or a Ranchi know about it, who in turn would like to try the site.

And people are entering this space especially from the content side. The optimist in me says that regional content will be a hit, the only question is “when?”.

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