The Indian internet landscape is getting more competitive by the day. Not only is it widening in breath, it is also getting deeper. Search engines have traditionally been at the heart of how the internet works, and we now have multiple local search engines to choose from. The latest (and most promising) entrant to this field is Guruji, which launched last week. Read ahead….
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The activity in India web search is sure to heat up with more and more startups offering a variety of search solutions. Avake, a California based startup recently launched two vertical search engines both focused on India market.
TolMol.com, a Local Comparison Shopping Site and
Gladoo.com, a Job Search Engine
Obviously, the ones with substance will survive the competition. But it’s great to see such solutions entering India market.
check this indian local search out @ http://www.srch.in … i did look for local listings and was quiet impressed… being an expat this works well … have been using this service for over a month… dont know why they are not marketing this site
Madhur,
Your point on AdSense is well taken. In fact, that’s one of the reasons behind G’s acquisition of Youtube where it gets to keep the Ad revenues instead of the `rights holders’ ( of the video ) themselves. It could choose to part with some of it to the right holders in case if youtube has previous understandings with the biggies such as Universal Music, Fox etc.
The instant effort to Coop is also another such initiatives where G grows its biz at the developer’s creative initiatives. Ingenious indeed…!