Zomato Accuses Burrp of Data Theft. Network 18 In A Tight Spot

by | posted: September 27, 2011
Zomato has accused Burrp for blatantly copying their website data dealing with restaurant listings. Burrp has been unable to defend itself since it has been revealed that Burrp has not only copied restaurant...
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Timescity.com – Food Search Engine (Review)

by | posted: March 23, 2010
I’m here again to serve you with another startup. Well this time is not exactly the startup but review about a revamped site. I’m talking about oldest city guide – TimesCity.com (local city guide,...
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Infomedia18 Sued, Askme.in Down & Deap Ubhi Quitting?

by | posted: January 31, 2010
Its all happening in the wrong way for Infomedia18 the arm of Network18 which acquired burrp.com and recently launched the classifieds listings portal Askme.in. We reviewed askme and clearly stated that...
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Burrp! Acquired By Infomedia18 – Strategy Or Distress?

by | posted: April 3, 2009
Burrp! the local lifestyle listings company has been reportedly been acquired by Infomedia18 which is a part of the Network18 group. If one may recollect burrp! was funded by Haresh Chawla the CEO of Network18...
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Recap 2008: Local Search Space

by | posted: December 31, 2008
The local search space came into focus in India way back in 2006 with the funding of guruji.com and then there were a flurry of players that ventured into this space right from onyomo, asklaila, yulop,...
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Breaking: In.com Integrates Gmail, Windows Live Mail, Yahoo mail & Rediffmail Login – Also Integrates Burrp & Bookmyshow

by | posted: December 24, 2008
In.com has done a bunch of feature and vertical addition to its horizontal portal. Recently we had blogged about all Web18 properties being brought under the in.com basket now it seems In.com is taking...
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Burrp Goes Offline Ties Up With Infomedia For New Year Guide

by | posted: December 22, 2008
The new year is round the corner and like last year new year parties information would be one of the most searched the world over. Burrp.com the lifestyle and entertainment infomation services portal has...
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Local Search Update: AskLaila Launches in Mumbai While Guruji Plans on Adding more Local Languages!

by | posted: January 20, 2008
Mumbai gets its own Laila  Asklaila the funded local search engine expanded its reach to another city after bangalore. Its Mumbai! Asklaila has launched its local search service for mumbai. Users can...
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Local Search Engine Tie Ups in 2007, An Overview

by | posted: December 26, 2007
With local search engines spurting out on a  regular basis we have been able to observe certain interesting trends in their strategies over 2007.       Here’s a look at some tie ups and mergers...
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Online and Mobile Local Search spreading its wings – Onyomo, Burrp, Sulekha and Mkhoj in the race..

by | posted: September 12, 2007
Local search has been a category which has seen tremendous traction and growth in terms of startups venturing into this space in the last one year. So its no surprise that even google launched its own...
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Google increases India focus launches Labs and Local Search

by | posted: August 21, 2007
If you are one of google’s followers then you would know about google’s all famous labs which showcases google’s products in beta and allows users to test these products. Google launches...
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AskLaila where is Majnu? – One more local search site?

by | posted: August 6, 2007
Well go local and then search seems to be the mantra thats catching on the web. So if one player like guruji.com which was funded for 7 million$ wasn’t enough there are a bunch of other players like...
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Burrp, Pixrat and Khichdee in Top Non-US Web 2.0 list! – Business 2.0 Magazine

by | posted: July 26, 2007
Business 2.0 magazine has come out with a list of the Best Non-US web 2.0 websites that are promising and could make waves in the future. So among the list of 30 best Non-US web 2.0 startups...
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The Ringmaster of TOLMOLBOL talks about his portal.

by | posted: July 24, 2007
The local search engine market is booming. One such website TOLMOLBOL that caters to local search engine and more presented at Proto.in that took place over last weekend. We Caught up with Anand Morzaria,...
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Is SMS alerts the way to go for Internet Players?

by | posted: July 18, 2007
We have recently blogged about how sms is the highest revenue generator in mobile VAS space and though the question of internet players heavily leveraging sms to reach to a larger audience might...
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Guruji – Search and Win! Innovative, but will it retain users?

by | posted: July 13, 2007
Let’s start off with a comment  which we got from one of our readers Mahesh at WATblog.com: Mahesh didn’t like the iBiBo ‘Earn crores to blog’ campaign. He feels Guruji is...
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