[Air-l] Internet Usage in India

[Kath O'Donnell]

from a personal perspective, when I was in India last year, the guys
at work used http://in.rediff.com/ and yahoo.com a bit. there were
lots of ads for it also (tv and billboards). also the arranged
marriage sites were popular with those looking for marriages. I can't
remember the site name in particular that a workmate showed me but
they had profiles - photos, info about the person, caste, what they
were interested in, salary, education, manglik status etc (I have an
audio recording of him explaining it to me - can send u the link if
that helps as I or he might have mentioned the site name. have a video
of it somewhere too). a few music people I met used myspace for
networking. the guys at sarai (sarai.net), a new media/arts org might
be able to offer suggestions - especially if there's any research on
it. perhaps even contact the newspapers there (eg Times of India) as
there were articles in the paper about internet usage and how people
were using it so they might have stats?

kath

On 4/17/07, Nicole Reinhold <nicole.reinhold at philips.com> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I'm interested in Internet usage in India, in quantitative number but even
> more in what services, sites are popular and why.
> Especially I would like to learning more about  user generated content and
> social networking sites in the Indian online community.
>
> Is there anybody with the same interest or that is part of the Indian
> online community that can share her/his experience.
> I'm also thankful for any related report, link or publication.
>
> Thanks Nicole



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