Ten Great Web Companies from India

by Harsh Agrawal on January 11, 2010

in Tech & world news

The Internet has become the core economic driver in developed and developing worlds. The Internet has provided people will new opportunities to do business and promote their services.

Currently, web is not just an extension of business but the business itself. Web products and solutions are thriving in today’s Global Internet eco-system. As a result, the existence of Web eco-system is important for country’s economic and social growth.

In case of India, it is still in the initial phase of web revolution. The growth will require strong web companies to bring out innovative products to the market. Here are the list of 10 great web  companies in India.

1. Buzzintown.com

buzzintown

  • Alexa Rank: 6,886
  • India Rank: 383
  • Since : 2007

Buzzintown is the one-stop-shop for all information related to events and happenings – musicals, plays, book reads, concerts, sports, live bands, exhibitions and expos, and, very importantly, those that are personal/social in nature.

Most media (print, radio, TV), for lack of space or time, tend to focus on topics that are big, and will catch peoples attention. For events, coverage revolves around the Shakira or Jagjit Singh concerts; Pt. Hariprasad or Ustad Zakir´s recitals; Rajnikant or SRK´s release; a Consumer expo or a Booker award winning author. Period. Buzzintown will incorporate these events too (their information is easy to get), but our stress will be on the long tail of events – those that are not likely to get any media coverage.

2. guruji.com

guruji

  • Alexa Rank: 1461
  • India Rank: 99
  • Since : 2006

Guruji.com is the first crawler based search engine developed completely in India and designed to make search simple for Indian users. Our proprietary algorithm automatically identifies content on the web and organizes it in such a way that Indian users get search results that are most relevant, real fast. Our team of young, dynamic and passionate engineers from India’s premier institutes like the IITs,IISc and other top engineering colleges, is working arduously to better understand the user’s search query and make “our very own search engine” better each day.

3. buzzom.com

buzzom

  • Alexa Rank: 12,971
  • India Rank: 6,773
  • Since : 2009

It would be clichés to mention that social media is the BUZZ in the market. The world is seeing a change in the activity of the people. These days people want to express, share and indulge in discussion.

Buzzom is the first social media profile management application being launched in India. Buzzom’s main aim is to bring all the social networking platform’s profile to one place to manage and monitor them. Currently, Buzzom’s main focus is in Twitter, Facebook, but soon it plans to cover LinkedIn, Digg and other profiles.

Buzzom has two model of service – Paid and Free. Buzzom recently launched its Premium version with features to monitor your Twitter Account and your Twitter Stream. The main focus of the application is in reducing the spam messages in the inbox and allowing user to schedule their status for larger coverage.

The Free Version provides user to search people in Twitter, get Profile Statistics, find your fans and much more.

4. justdial.com

justdial

  • Alexa Rank: 1153
  • India Rank: 66
  • Since : 2007

The company bridges the gap between buyers and sellers by helping buyers find the right providers of products and services while helping sellers improve the efficiency of their marketing channels

Key Highlights of the services are :

  • The leading local search brand in India
  • Large customer base and nationwide coverage
  • Highly scalable platform
  • Excellent track record in user experience
  • High customer satisfaction
  • Modern infrastructure and constantly updated technology

5. indiagames.com

indiagames

  • Alexa Rank: 58,336
  • India Rank: 3,932
  • Since : 2000

Indiagames Ltd is India’s benchmark mobile and online games company and a leading global mobile game publisher. The Company is engaged in publishing and developing games across various platforms including Online and Mobile. Indiagames’ products are developed and published across all major technology platforms and are distributed through partnerships with mobile operators in over 75 countries.

In India, the Company also distributes games via its consumer focused website and operates a broadband Games on Demand service located at http://www.indiagames.com. Indiagames has over 300 employees and offices in Mumbai, London, Los Angeles & Beijing. Internationally the company publishes mobile titles via its IG FUN brand. Key investors include UTV– India’s foremost Media & Entertainment Company, Adobe Inc. and Cisco Systems Inc.

6. mginger.com

mginger

  • Alexa Rank: 13,304
  • India Rank: 857
  • Since : 2007

mGinger is the first of its kind opt-in permission-based mobile marketing platform in India. It is a service providing targeted advertisements on mobile phones. The advertisements are targeted on a consumer base who have opted-in to this service. The consumer base is built through a registration process in which the consumers specify their commercial interests, maximum number of ads they would like to receive in a day, convenient time-slots and their demographic information.

Apart from getting information related to their particular interests, the consumers also receive monetary incentives for every ad they themselves receive and for each ad received in their network upto two levels of referrals.

7. ibibo.com

ibibo

  • Alexa Rank: 762
  • India Rank: 51
  • Since : 2007

ibibo.com is India’s first entertainment and talent based social network. It gives the youth of India a unique platform to showcase their talent, express themselves, create their own social network, audience and fan club and hence get recognition.

The core age group is 18-24, with a male, female ratio of 70:30. The ibibo community is currently more than 4 million strong, making it the largest India based social networking site in the country. And most importantly, 59% of user base is from tier 2 and tier 3 cities and towns of India.

ibibo visions to provide a platform to the ibibo community to showcase their talent and get recognized. In line with this vision, ibibo has been incubating and unleashing numerous innovative talent applications for the youth. And it has been recognizing and rewarding individuals with immense talent.

In a short span of time, ibibo.com has also received its due recognition from different quarters of the industry. The company has become one of the fastest growing Internet based social media businesses in India. It has also won the PC Web Awards 2008 for Best Designed Social Network.

8. bharatstudent.com

bharatstudent

  • Alexa Rank: 636
  • India Rank: 50
  • Since : 2007

Bharatstudent.com is a social utility that brings together all the young Indians living across the globe. It is for every Young Indian who is a student or a non-student, fresh graduate, a working professional or an Entrepreneur, and is focused on providing comprehensive solutions for any personal and professional issues.

Social Networking India is the country with the highest number of young people in the world. Bharatstudent.com targets this demographic segment with many networks – Students in schools / colleges, Fresh graduates, Employees in corporates, Young Entrepreneurs, Groups of Artist / talented youngsters in different regions.

Though each of these networks is independent, they each have inter-connectivity with other Indian networks. To join Bharatstudent.com, one has to be of Indian Origin and can join into a school or work network, or they can join a regional network. Members can grade their schools or work places, write reviews, connect with old friends, make new friends, share interests, join groups, send messages, write Blogs, share photos, watch videos and much more.

9. santabanta.com

santabanta

  • Alexa Rank: 1014
  • India Rank: 78
  • Since : 2000

Initially it was envisaged to be a site dedicated to fun and humour only. However it has grown out of its initial mould to become a world famous portal providing a wholesome and complete entertainment. As a result, it has become a part and parcel of the daily itinerary of millions of netizens from across the world.

The site gets around 30 million downloads per month. It has a vast array of interesting anecdotes, fanciful e-cards, a multitude of wallpapers of celebrities, lively cartoons, captivating humorous visuals, Love Caf, Satire, Photo Galleries, Rasoi (our recipe section) and a host of other spicy features for almost all age groups.

Currently the site gets more than 140 million monthly page views, which make us one of the fastest growing portals in the region.

10. komli.com

komli

  • Alexa Rank: 829
  • India Rank: 47
  • Since : 2006

Komli is about innovation and client service in the online advertising space. It is a digital advertising and technology company enabling marketers to reach and acquire their audiences and publishers to maximize their revenues. Komli Media powers India’s only ad network platform with solutions across lead acquisition, audience targeting, rich media, online audience measurement and brand impact measurement.

Komli Media also represents premium content channels in Autos, Lifestyles, News, Sports, Technology, Entertainment, Youth and Business and Finance segments over the Internet. Headquartered in Mumbai, Komli Media is also located in Delhi (India) and New York (US).

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{ 11 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Mad Geek @beingPC January 11, 2010 at 13:55

And One more ShoutMeLoud

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2 Rajesh Kanuri @ TechCats January 11, 2010 at 15:06

Free SMS channels like 160by2, indyarocks were also performing well.. btw excellent compilation.. this is what I like in SML

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3 ajeet January 11, 2010 at 15:21

Thats a good list , but there are many others also..

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4 tushar January 11, 2010 at 18:36

nice list harsh….actually i am bit surprised to see santabanta here…

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5 Himanshu January 11, 2010 at 18:38

Great list Harsh, I know many of them and few are new to me. I am expecting one more name in the list. And you know it very well :)

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6 d3monoid January 11, 2010 at 18:39

good thought! :P but i think some site’s alexa rank behing than sml! :P
Good goin!

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7 Devang Vibhakar @ SpeakBindas January 11, 2010 at 20:10

I wasn’t aware of Buzzom. nice list.

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8 Naveen January 11, 2010 at 20:14

hey how about way2sms ?? is it not credible to be in top 10?

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9 Nandan January 12, 2010 at 01:03

nice but something missing

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10 Kevin Rodrigues January 12, 2010 at 20:38

Quite a nice list. Some of them are new to me.

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11 Sanjay Goel January 19, 2010 at 18:51

Do check out http://www.mustseeindia.com also and give your comments. mustseeindia.com is a free travel information and planning portal for India and boasts of exhaustive and credible information for more than 400 tourist destinations in India.

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