Comments on: Guruji.com: Baidu of India? http://ileher.com/2006/10/12/gurujicom-baidu-of-india/ Catching the Internet wave in India Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:27:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Sourav Mukherjee http://ileher.com/2006/10/12/gurujicom-baidu-of-india/comment-page-1/#comment-28663 Sourav Mukherjee Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:49:32 +0000 http://ileher.com/2006/10/12/gurujicom-baidu-of-india/#comment-28663 Good job Guruji guys... Indias first search engine is there. But it needs rapid advertising and self crawling. Many websites still not appear in it. Sourav Mukherjee Travel Monitor India Good job Guruji guys…

Indias first search engine is there. But it needs rapid advertising and self crawling. Many websites still not appear in it.

Sourav Mukherjee
Travel Monitor India

]]> By: iLeher » India Internet - status check Catching the Internet Wave in India http://ileher.com/2006/10/12/gurujicom-baidu-of-india/comment-page-1/#comment-23368 iLeher » India Internet - status check Catching the Internet Wave in India Tue, 17 Jul 2007 07:15:55 +0000 http://ileher.com/2006/10/12/gurujicom-baidu-of-india/#comment-23368 [...] Search engines - One of the popular category of sites. This category pretty much reflects the global trends in terms of the popularity of search engines. (Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Ask). The interesting thing to note here is that there is no Indian company in the list. Given the variety of different cultures and languages in India, one might think local players might have an edge if they really tried. Currently though, most of the Internet population is English, but this is certainly going to change as the penetration increases. If Chinese search engine Baidu is anything to go by, there is certainly room for a local player in India too. And hey, its not like no one is trying. But frankly, other than Guruji, no one seems to be anywhere close to the standards of the big global players. We have talked about Guruji here and here, let’s see how they progress in the coming years. [...] [...] Search engines - One of the popular category of sites. This category pretty much reflects the global trends in terms of the popularity of search engines. (Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Ask). The interesting thing to note here is that there is no Indian company in the list. Given the variety of different cultures and languages in India, one might think local players might have an edge if they really tried. Currently though, most of the Internet population is English, but this is certainly going to change as the penetration increases. If Chinese search engine Baidu is anything to go by, there is certainly room for a local player in India too. And hey, its not like no one is trying. But frankly, other than Guruji, no one seems to be anywhere close to the standards of the big global players. We have talked about Guruji here and here, let’s see how they progress in the coming years. [...]

]]> By: Purnendu Singh Chauhan http://ileher.com/2006/10/12/gurujicom-baidu-of-india/comment-page-1/#comment-21763 Purnendu Singh Chauhan Thu, 05 Jul 2007 05:56:07 +0000 http://ileher.com/2006/10/12/gurujicom-baidu-of-india/#comment-21763 Well... I would disagree... Two reasons 1. Baidu became popular because of two reason - 1. Chinese are not well conversant in English 2. Chineses Government opposition to Google. 2. Guruji.com fails because its a search engine against Google and in the same language. And there are no govt. restrictions here for Google. So I would say that the comparison is inappropriate. Regards Purnendu http://www.younguttaranchal.com Well…

I would disagree…

Two reasons

1. Baidu became popular because of two reason - 1. Chinese are not well conversant in English 2. Chineses Government opposition to Google.

2. Guruji.com fails because its a search engine against Google and in the same language. And there are no govt. restrictions here for Google.

So I would say that the comparison is inappropriate.

Regards

Purnendu
http://www.younguttaranchal.com

]]> By: Manik das http://ileher.com/2006/10/12/gurujicom-baidu-of-india/comment-page-1/#comment-1907 Manik das Tue, 27 Feb 2007 07:51:47 +0000 http://ileher.com/2006/10/12/gurujicom-baidu-of-india/#comment-1907 Hi i strongly believe guruji.com will become one of indias best search engine ever and i got afriend who works for a Public relation firm (handling guruji)said thr is much to wait for as some unique features are comming by march end Hi i strongly believe guruji.com will become one of indias best search engine ever

and i got afriend who works for a Public relation firm (handling guruji)said thr is much to wait for as some unique features are comming by march end

]]> By: Search Engine Marketing India http://ileher.com/2006/10/12/gurujicom-baidu-of-india/comment-page-1/#comment-1155 Search Engine Marketing India Mon, 05 Feb 2007 07:06:19 +0000 http://ileher.com/2006/10/12/gurujicom-baidu-of-india/#comment-1155 I hope gurji.com will be one of the well known Search engine Link GOOGLE, Yahoo, & MSN.I is very great to see that GURUJI is creating its Identity and will be one of the well know search Engine of India. I hope gurji.com will be one of the well known Search engine Link GOOGLE, Yahoo, & MSN.I is very great to see that GURUJI is creating its Identity and will be one of the well know search Engine of India.

]]> By: iLeher » Offline presence- All about Internet industry in India http://ileher.com/2006/10/12/gurujicom-baidu-of-india/comment-page-1/#comment-334 iLeher » Offline presence- All about Internet industry in India Mon, 18 Dec 2006 18:48:30 +0000 http://ileher.com/2006/10/12/gurujicom-baidu-of-india/#comment-334 [...] I’ve referred to this multiple times in the past. Off the top of my head, here and here. I think offline presence is very very important to build a large user base esp. if the service is targeted towards general masses (as opposed to say social networking site that is targeted towards teen and youth demographics) Every Internet usage report that comes out, we get to see the same thing coming out - Internet penetration is still limited to bigger cities, main mode of access is still not home - more than 50% of the Internet usage is seen from cyber cafes, offices, schools. [...] [...] I’ve referred to this multiple times in the past. Off the top of my head, here and here. I think offline presence is very very important to build a large user base esp. if the service is targeted towards general masses (as opposed to say social networking site that is targeted towards teen and youth demographics) Every Internet usage report that comes out, we get to see the same thing coming out - Internet penetration is still limited to bigger cities, main mode of access is still not home - more than 50% of the Internet usage is seen from cyber cafes, offices, schools. [...]

]]> By: iLeher » Exclusive interview with CEO of Guruji.com - All about Internet industry in India http://ileher.com/2006/10/12/gurujicom-baidu-of-india/comment-page-1/#comment-133 iLeher » Exclusive interview with CEO of Guruji.com - All about Internet industry in India Thu, 09 Nov 2006 09:29:05 +0000 http://ileher.com/2006/10/12/gurujicom-baidu-of-india/#comment-133 [...] I wrote about Guruji.com on the very first day of their press release and then followed up with another post clarifying on what they are doing. My initial response was skeptic as I didn’t quite get what their value proposition was. Local search definitely sounded like an opportunity but that clearly wasn’t their main (or only) focus. In the Indian content search area, Google.co.in already seemed to be doing a good enough job. I am sure some of you would have got similar doubts, but hey, they are backed by Sequoia and generated quite a bit of buzz in the media. I had a chat with Anurag Dod, their CEO and asked a few questions to clarify some of the doubts. [...] [...] I wrote about Guruji.com on the very first day of their press release and then followed up with another post clarifying on what they are doing. My initial response was skeptic as I didn’t quite get what their value proposition was. Local search definitely sounded like an opportunity but that clearly wasn’t their main (or only) focus. In the Indian content search area, Google.co.in already seemed to be doing a good enough job. I am sure some of you would have got similar doubts, but hey, they are backed by Sequoia and generated quite a bit of buzz in the media. I had a chat with Anurag Dod, their CEO and asked a few questions to clarify some of the doubts. [...]

]]> By: iLeher » Search engines in different languages, different interfaces- All about Internet industry in India http://ileher.com/2006/10/12/gurujicom-baidu-of-india/comment-page-1/#comment-76 iLeher » Search engines in different languages, different interfaces- All about Internet industry in India Wed, 25 Oct 2006 18:14:09 +0000 http://ileher.com/2006/10/12/gurujicom-baidu-of-india/#comment-76 [...] Search engines seem to be the flavor of this festive season in India. There has been quite a bit of discussion on local search engines in the last couple of weeks with the launch of Guruji.com. We covered that in enough details here and here. Two important things came out of the discussions: [...] [...] Search engines seem to be the flavor of this festive season in India. There has been quite a bit of discussion on local search engines in the last couple of weeks with the launch of Guruji.com. We covered that in enough details here and here. Two important things came out of the discussions: [...]

]]> By: iLeher » More on Guruji.com - Web search or Local search?- All about Internet industry in India http://ileher.com/2006/10/12/gurujicom-baidu-of-india/comment-page-1/#comment-56 iLeher » More on Guruji.com - Web search or Local search?- All about Internet industry in India Sun, 22 Oct 2006 19:49:25 +0000 http://ileher.com/2006/10/12/gurujicom-baidu-of-india/#comment-56 [...] I first wrote about Guruji.com the day of the press release on Oct 12th. As expected, there has been a lot of news all over the media and quite a lot of comments/discussions here on iLeher because: 1. It drew comparisons with the media and investors’ darling Google 2. Search is hot (all Internet users today search because of the information overload on the web, and every searcher is unknowingly a potential customer) 3. They are funded by Sequoia - one of the most successful VC firms in Silicon Valley 4. They have a smart and experienced team on board [...] [...] I first wrote about Guruji.com the day of the press release on Oct 12th. As expected, there has been a lot of news all over the media and quite a lot of comments/discussions here on iLeher because: 1. It drew comparisons with the media and investors’ darling Google 2. Search is hot (all Internet users today search because of the information overload on the web, and every searcher is unknowingly a potential customer) 3. They are funded by Sequoia - one of the most successful VC firms in Silicon Valley 4. They have a smart and experienced team on board [...]

]]> By: Shalin Shekhar Mangar http://ileher.com/2006/10/12/gurujicom-baidu-of-india/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Shalin Shekhar Mangar Sun, 22 Oct 2006 14:56:23 +0000 http://ileher.com/2006/10/12/gurujicom-baidu-of-india/#comment-55 Perhaps you're not aware of our local search service called Onyomo. We have recently revamped our site and also launched a SMS Search service which is available in Delhi/NCR and Bangalore at present. You can find more information at: http://www.onyomo.com/sms Perhaps you’re not aware of our local search service called Onyomo. We have recently revamped our site and also launched a SMS Search service which is available in Delhi/NCR and Bangalore at present. You can find more information at:
http://www.onyomo.com/sms

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