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@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