Comments on: Indian local search gets hot with the launch of Guruji… http://www.venturewoods.org/index.php/2006/10/23/indian-local-search-gets-hot-with-the-launch-of-guruji/ India's leading venture capital and startup blog Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:53:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: Prashant Monga http://www.venturewoods.org/index.php/2006/10/23/indian-local-search-gets-hot-with-the-launch-of-guruji/#comment-63893 Prashant Monga Wed, 09 May 2007 14:49:49 +0000 http://www.venturewoods.org/index.php/2006/10/23/indian-local-search-gets-hot-with-the-launch-of-guruji/#comment-63893 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. <a href="www.tolmol.com" title="Comparison Shopping India" rel="nofollow">TolMol.com</a>, a Local Comparison Shopping Site and <a href="www.gladoo.com" title="Job Search Engine India" rel="nofollow">Gladoo.com</a>, a Job Search Engine Obviously, the ones with substance will survive the competition. But it's great to see such solutions entering India market. 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.

]]> By: dave http://www.venturewoods.org/index.php/2006/10/23/indian-local-search-gets-hot-with-the-launch-of-guruji/#comment-21062 dave Fri, 29 Dec 2006 04:56:16 +0000 http://www.venturewoods.org/index.php/2006/10/23/indian-local-search-gets-hot-with-the-launch-of-guruji/#comment-21062 check this indian local search out @ 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 check this indian local search out @ 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

]]> By: Krish http://www.venturewoods.org/index.php/2006/10/23/indian-local-search-gets-hot-with-the-launch-of-guruji/#comment-14042 Krish Thu, 26 Oct 2006 02:09:43 +0000 http://www.venturewoods.org/index.php/2006/10/23/indian-local-search-gets-hot-with-the-launch-of-guruji/#comment-14042 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...! 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…!

]]> By: Madhur Khandelwal http://www.venturewoods.org/index.php/2006/10/23/indian-local-search-gets-hot-with-the-launch-of-guruji/#comment-13928 Madhur Khandelwal Wed, 25 Oct 2006 02:20:20 +0000 http://www.venturewoods.org/index.php/2006/10/23/indian-local-search-gets-hot-with-the-launch-of-guruji/#comment-13928 Ravi: While customizable search engines from G and Y are good idea for personal websites and bloggers or maybe even corporates, I dont think it is of any use for anyone trying to make money by providing search service. As Vaibhav says, there is no flexibility there from the developer perspective to tweak relevance of the results, nor from bizdev perspective because the ads are AdSense ads which are owned by Google. Ravi:

While customizable search engines from G and Y are good idea for personal websites and bloggers or maybe even corporates, I dont think it is of any use for anyone trying to make money by providing search service. As Vaibhav says, there is no flexibility there from the developer perspective to tweak relevance of the results, nor from bizdev perspective because the ads are AdSense ads which are owned by Google.

]]> By: Vaibhav Domkundwar - india 2.0 http://www.venturewoods.org/index.php/2006/10/23/indian-local-search-gets-hot-with-the-launch-of-guruji/#comment-13912 Vaibhav Domkundwar - india 2.0 Tue, 24 Oct 2006 23:24:03 +0000 http://www.venturewoods.org/index.php/2006/10/23/indian-local-search-gets-hot-with-the-launch-of-guruji/#comment-13912 Ravi: Google's Coop definitely adds an interesting angle to this, generic Indian web search or even local search or local indian job search. Google's CSE is however not really flexible in allowing a programmer to tweak and structure the results. It definitely hurts a lot of the pure play vertical search engines and it will be interesting to see how this evolves. Ravi:

Google’s Coop definitely adds an interesting angle to this, generic Indian web search or even local search or local indian job search. Google’s CSE is however not really flexible in allowing a programmer to tweak and structure the results. It definitely hurts a lot of the pure play vertical search engines and it will be interesting to see how this evolves.

]]> By: Ravi Venkatraman http://www.venturewoods.org/index.php/2006/10/23/indian-local-search-gets-hot-with-the-launch-of-guruji/#comment-13905 Ravi Venkatraman Tue, 24 Oct 2006 22:39:29 +0000 http://www.venturewoods.org/index.php/2006/10/23/indian-local-search-gets-hot-with-the-launch-of-guruji/#comment-13905 On a related note, Google announces co-op search http://www.google.com/coop/ .Now anyone can build their own customized Search engine . On a related note, Google announces co-op search http://www.google.com/coop/ .Now anyone can build their own customized Search engine .

]]> By: Vaibhav Domkundwar - india 2.0 http://www.venturewoods.org/index.php/2006/10/23/indian-local-search-gets-hot-with-the-launch-of-guruji/#comment-13758 Vaibhav Domkundwar - india 2.0 Mon, 23 Oct 2006 18:16:35 +0000 http://www.venturewoods.org/index.php/2006/10/23/indian-local-search-gets-hot-with-the-launch-of-guruji/#comment-13758 I respectfully disagree because Google and Yahoo are still the best search engines for Indian content and there is really no local search engine that delivers, unless I am totally missing something here. Also while there is a huge opportunity in local search, especially with a strong mobile angle, there is a severe lack of local content to search across. Yellow pages, which form the foundation of bulk of the US local search services, are not up to the mark yet in India and most of them are closed with hardly any APIs to build services around. I wrote more here: http://blog.indiagoes.com/?p=36. And totally agree with Madhur here. I respectfully disagree because Google and Yahoo are still the best search engines for Indian content and there is really no local search engine that delivers, unless I am totally missing something here. Also while there is a huge opportunity in local search, especially with a strong mobile angle, there is a severe lack of local content to search across. Yellow pages, which form the foundation of bulk of the US local search services, are not up to the mark yet in India and most of them are closed with hardly any APIs to build services around. I wrote more here: http://blog.indiagoes.com/?p=36. And totally agree with Madhur here.

]]> By: Madhur Khandelwal http://www.venturewoods.org/index.php/2006/10/23/indian-local-search-gets-hot-with-the-launch-of-guruji/#comment-13753 Madhur Khandelwal Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:45:34 +0000 http://www.venturewoods.org/index.php/2006/10/23/indian-local-search-gets-hot-with-the-launch-of-guruji/#comment-13753 What exactly does Guruji.com does today and what would they be doing going forward? How are they different from Google India or China's search king Baidu? I have posted some of my thoughts on these questions at http://ileher.com/2006/10/22/more-on-gurujicom-web-search-or-local-search/ What exactly does Guruji.com does today and what would they be doing going forward? How are they different from Google India or China’s search king Baidu? I have posted some of my thoughts on these questions at http://ileher.com/2006/10/22/more-on-gurujicom-web-search-or-local-search/

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