Web2 Corp's ByIndia.com Blends Search, Social Network, Video Sharing and Auctions into One Product for Indian Internet Users

WebKnowHow
Thursday, November 2, 2006; 06:21 AM

ByIndia.com has integrated MySpace-style communities, YouTube-like video sharing, and eBay-like auctions into a new form of search engine for India.

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Aiming to build on its lead as the innovator in Indian search, ByIndia has redefined the market. ByIndia gives users all of the most popular features of other regions blended with India's first Indian-indexed search engine. People ByIndia.com lets users build profiles and interact in a full-featured free social network similar to MySpace that spans India. Video ByIndia lets users watch, upload and share video clips with each other for free. Videos are rated by users and most popular selections are provided. Movies are flooding in every minute from all over India. Auctions ByIndia provide auctions similar to eBay free of charge to users. Classifieds ByIndia offer free classified advertisements of jobs, goods and services to Indian users. Blogs, a directory of sites and news round out the feature sets that set ByIndia in a class of its own.

The combined power of these services in one place saves time and makes a useful, fun and repetitive experience for users, acording to the creators. They said the community aspect of all features creates a fertile environment for viral growth of ByIndia's user base.