Top 50 Indian Sites

Top 50 Web1.0 Web-Sites of India by ARUN PRABHUDESAI · 15 COMMENTS

We are moving into Web2.0 world. However, the list compiled below are the sites that till now are / were the most accessed sites on the net in India. They did not have social networking built into them, neither were they viral. They did not have shiny interfaces nor were they very user friendly. Many top Web1.0 sites have only adopted RSS very recently. But now these sites are falling behind. If you browse the list, you will see very few of these sites are adopting Web2.0 culture. The one’s who are not are lagging behind. Fortunately, India’s top portals are making a move to web2.0 culture with sites like Rediff getting into social networking in a big Way. As of today, A lot of these Indian sites have been replaced with Web2.0 sites and blogs like Orkut , facebook, Youtube, Zapak etc… Interesting Fact: Infosys was registered in July 92, followed by Wipro in December 92 and CIOL in September 93 S.No Site Date of Registration Type 1. Rediff.com 2/8/97 Portal 2. Indiatimes.com 22/12/96 Portal 3. Sify.com 6/10/98 Portal 4. Shaadi.com 30/7/96 Matrimony 5.

Naukri.com 16/5/00 Jobs 6. IciciBank.com 16/7/96 Bank 7. Indiafm.com 15/6/98 Music 8. Sulekha.com 25/2/98 Society 9. Hindustantimes.com 14/8/96 News 10. MapsofIndia.com 14/9/98 Maps 11. Timesjobs.com 13/12/02 Jobs 12. Makemytrip.com 8/5/00 travel 13. Expressindia.com 13/11/96

News 14. Monsterindia.com 22/10/96 Search 15. Timesofindia.com 8/4/96 News 16. Wipro.com 8/12/92 Computer 17. Infosys.com 17/7/92 Computer 18. Tcs.com 25/11/97 Computers 19. Tata.com 15/10/96 business 20. Airindia.com 13/2/96 Airlines 21. 123india.com 27/3/97 Jobs

22. JeevanSathi.com 4/12/98 Matrimony 23. Jobsahead.com 17/2/00 Jobs 24. Musicindiaonline.com 17/10/98 Music 25. Samachar.com 31/5/97 News 26. IRCTC.co.in 15/7/98 Railways 27. Bharatmatrimony.com 27/12/99 Matrimony 28. airdeccan.net 10/4/03 Airlines 29. Sharekhan.com 20/7/99 Shares 30. Indiainfoline.com 21/12/98 Business 31. Indya.com 9/9/99 32. Relianceinfo.com 14/3/02 Business 33.

Dgreetings.com 13/9/99 Greeting 34. Indiadaily.com 7/5/96 News 35. Net4domains.com 22/2/00 Computer 36. Ril.com 4/1/96 Business 37. Ignou.ac.in Education

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38. Raaga.com 27/3/98 Music 39. Santabanta.com 25/12/99 Jokes 40. Indiamart.com 8/3/96 B2B+hosting 41. indianrail.gov.in 2/8/97 Directory 42. airtelworld.com 21/10/97 Mobiles 43. marutiudyog.com 28/8/97

Automobiles 44. Indiaproperties.com 21/9/96 Properties 45. Indiacar.com 23/3/99 Automobiles 46. Indiabulls.com 14/12/99 Business 47. Contests2win.com 1/3/99 Contest 48. India.com 13/8/97 Business 49. Nse-india.com 20/12/97 Share 50. Ciol.com 9/9/93 Computers I plan to compile a list of current top 50 Indian sites that include web2.0 ventures. It will be interesting to see how the list changes as compared to this one !