Comments on: The Local Search Business in India – Traffic Check

By: vinod

vinod — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:19:15 +0000

Hi guys

i stumbled across Findnearyou.com a couple of months back and it is really good. I dont know what happened but those simply wnet and changed the UI and missed out on cities they were covering. The new UI is great but i am kind of wondering -what to do next…Guys at findnearyou -wake up you have a great name and promising UI great events coverage but way to go

By: Local Authorities | b r a n t s

Local Authorities | b r a n t s — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 06:25:49 +0000

[...] a few. And then there are sites which work more as directory listings. Pluggd.in recently had a good overview (with specific numbers) of the state of local search entities – AskLaila, Onyomo, Yahoo [...]

By: Benji

Benji — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:52:37 +0000

I prefer calling JustDial for any info i need pronto.. movie listings, businesses’ ..been using their service since lets see 5 years i think.

Burrp has excellent restaurant and the best feature i like on it is their TV listings, its very user friendly.. errr, and addictive too!

By: The Unigon

The Unigon — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 05:52:14 +0000

@Naman: I don’t know who is going to be the ultimate winner, but I surely feel that this area is alive and buzzing. Another player – http://www.greenmango.co.in

By: Vibha

Vibha — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:12:59 +0000

You guys might want to have a look at http://www.eventnu.com Its not a local search but provides pretty good information about local events..

I like their UI..

By: GS

GS — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:28:47 +0000

I’m surprised to see MetroMela’s comparison with other local search engines when it has only 15 Restaurants, 0 ATMs and 0 Banks in Bangalore city.

By: GS

GS — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:26:44 +0000

I’m surprised to see its comparison with other local search engines when it has only 15 Restaurants, 0 ATMs and 0 Banks in Bangalore city.

By: rajesh

rajesh — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:39:15 +0000

Well..if their UI is sick..whats the harm in calling it sick?
As far as strategy is concerned, isnt that visible, i.e. lack of strategy?

By: Ajay

Ajay — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:15:05 +0000

I agree that Yahoo missed the boat – the icons are pretty tacky (like Rediff) and there don’t seem to be too many reviews. Even Yelp is hardly very vibrant, but definitely more consistent and buzzy. I wonder if Justdial is just keeping its strategies under wraps.

Personally I like the Onyomo logo and visual design, especially the Solve the Movie jumble – a lot of it comes down to the play & conversation with users.

By: naman

naman — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:01:30 +0000

@ajay: It says “Not much is happening in terms of new strategies or features.” That means “no new strategy or no strategy change” and it does not mean “no strategy”.
And the Yahoo UI is really “SICK”. See the color combination, does it look “vibrant” as claimed by Yahoo. And the design is a “chaos”.

By: Ajay

Ajay — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:50:29 +0000

Dude, your analysis is so biased in places. You’ve made sweeping statements about Justdial and Yahoo (No strategies, sick UI etc) without any major data points for validation. This is exactly the reason why TechCrunch like sites beat our best tech portals hands down. You’ll never see a word like “sick” on TechCrunch.

-A