India - Social Networking
The fact that India has over 18 million Internet users in the age group of (15+) (Source:http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=137510) inspired me to do some research around social networking sites coming up in India.
It seems a lot is happening:
www.peopleaggregator.net - Open Social Networking, *Open Source P2P Social Network Engine*, Marc Canter (Broadband Mechanics: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Canter) started it. Based on FOAF. v1.1 is already live.
Read more on http://slashdot.org/articles/04/03/30/2333258.shtml
Upcoming Social Networking Sites in India
www.Fropper.com - Gaining momentum in India, they are marketing heavily in India
www.yaari.com - Lot of Buzz around this, upcoming social networking site, customized to Indian user’s needs, that’s what they claim on there blogs.
www.linknsurf.com - Mobile Social Networking
www.goyaar.com - beta live
www.humsubka.com - Seems to be a MySpace clone
It’s interesting to note that, mobile social networking has also started to pick up in India.
I’ve been trying to figure out exactly what features are customized to India. Next post probably!
























icreative said
am November 25 2006 @ 10:12 pm
interesting article and interesting site… does social networking sites extend to an integration with real time/physical arena…….apart from cell phones…whether in india or abroad?
(totally techno illiterate)
George Philip, Elevatta said
am February 28 2007 @ 9:50 pm
Facebook does that . . .
George Philip, Elavatta said
am March 7 2007 @ 11:39 pm
Face book does it …and does it well!!!!
George Philip, Elavatta
http://georgepsblogs.blogspot.com/
Mahesh said
am March 13 2007 @ 2:41 am
I was looking for an Indian site that can combine news, movies, cricket and also social networking aspects such as forums, blogs, private messages etc. I stumbled upon http://www.hangoutwith.com and found to be great! Hangoutwith.com is a good social networking site especially for Indians and it is much cleaner that other sites such as orkut, tagged etc. I agree that it is still in Beta and need to get fine tuned. But I am sure that people at hangoutwith.com are doing their best to get there!
Give it a Spin!
aashish said
am April 17 2007 @ 6:03 am
I wanted a site where I could connect wid a lot of people and share stuff…n till now I was using orkut only cuz I thought it was the best I could use, despite of some of its drawbacks…but now I think im gonna switch to www.bigadda.com, which happens to be started by Reliance and soon to be open for the public…have heard quite a lot bout it so I guess it will be the next BIG thing…also, visited the site where u can vote for which logo u like..no other site has ever done this and it sounds pretty interesting..so guys have a look at this site…
anand said
am April 25 2007 @ 1:27 am
Asia’s First Social Cause Networking Website…..www.bechums.com
What is this Bechums???Bechums is a Social Cause Networking Website.Social Cause Networking means we use Social Networking for a good cause.The Concept here is very simple,It is a known fact that websites make money by hosting advertisements.More members a website has…more money they earn.What have you done is made the firm dance to the bank.What if this money earned by the site is used for feeding a Poor child,Spreading Aids awareness and helping Aids affected patients???That is exactly what Bechums does.We will give out 70% money earned from advertisements in our website to organizations working on these missions.Now what is your contribution here?We are not asking any money from you….All we need you to do is keep this website alive by spreading this website and asking your friends to join this website,as more the members…more will be the advertisement deals.What about the remaining 30% of the money earned from the advertisements? We will use the same for paying out our Hosting bills.So what are you waiting for…..Have Fun with a meaning…..Remember your Single blog article or scrap could feed a Hungry soul somewhere in the world…..
Press Release:http://www.prlog.org/10014750-asia-first-social-cause-networking-website.html
India Social Network said
am May 3 2007 @ 6:32 am
Interesting article. I’d like to introduce myself as the founder of India Social Network. I did spend a lot of time researching the social networking in Indian context and did not quite find anything interesting where a casual surfer could have fun and meet like minded people. I started India Social Network to fill this gap.
It took me ~3 months of weekends and late nights to put this together in a web 2.0 plateform - large fonts, AJAX etc. I’d love to hear your comments and feedback.
Thanks!
Girish
India Social Network
India Social Network said
am May 18 2007 @ 5:37 am
Hi All,
I’d like to introduce a new social networking site aimed at global indians - India Social Network.
Build from ground up, it’s a new way to find Indians who match your interests. Participate in hot conversations, tag, upload photos and more!
Please try out and let us know your feedback!
Thanks,
http://www.IndiaSocialNetwork.Com
sushil said
am June 5 2007 @ 4:00 pm
Hi
all
I’d like to introduce a new social networking site aimed at global indians - India Social Network.
I think the most popular website of social networking
like jokes, poems ,forum blogs, and other
www.desidirectory.com
Indian friend said
am June 18 2007 @ 9:05 am
heloo folks,
any body here about that most popular site for Indians?
which was developed by Indians for Indians.
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