Yahoo India Launches Spotm – Social Networking Portal
Yahoo India has launched Spotm, social network for the Indian market 
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The product is currently in closed beta (invite only) and boasts of a neat UI and interesting feature set.
Social networking in India is largely dominated by Orkut and Facebook and it would be interesting to see how Y! fares.
I have 3 invites to give away – leave a comment if you wanna test ride the product.
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Ashish, can I pleeeeeeeeeeeease have an invite
YASNS!!… ok that was Yet Another Social Networking Site.
I thought we were done with them, maybe I should think of launching another one & I just might be lucky and someone will acquire me
)just kidding.
That aside Ashish what’s with Yahoo? Have you heard their new radio ads playing on Radio Indigo for Yahoo India Search? Faster Search Engine which gives you answers on first page… seriously chief, you should be telling them not to run such lame ones
Hey Ashish!
Well can I get a chance to have a look at it..
Expecting that its not as worse as it earlier Mosh (Or something, I even forgot the name..)
Waiting for the link..
Why?
you mean they want to catch them young? not sure why yahoo cant think like a opensocial platform..when will they stop ‘add friend’ game.
anyways, i dont fall under the target audience..:)..so i might be wrong
“typical target group: college going kids, 16-24 years”
Kids of 16-24 years age? Looks like someone is getting old here
How do they position the product to attract the youths, as youths are always hangout in orkut/FB, how y! is trying to attract those ppl. Since y! has great products behind the portal.
Any invites left? Would love to test this!
As deepak says it looks to be just another social network from a known company.
2 things about the promotion
- Invite concept !!!!! are you kidding ?
would I wait to get an invitation or simply log into orkut/fropper/hi5 ………. 1000+ etc………
had they followed 4 years back, people would have had some curiosity left to give it a look
- url simplicity
http://in.spotm.yahoo.com/welcome
I am gonna googleit everytime I login
How many of you remember yahoo’s professional networking site !! it starts with KICK and ends with START
regards,
Mano
http://www.hexolabs.com
[...] by offering two features: the idea of a secret friend and SMS integration with anonymous chat. According to Yahoo, SpotM will allow users to make friends with other users and if they choose, make those [...]
[...] by offering two features: the idea of a secret friend and SMS integration with anonymous chat. According to Yahoo, SpotM will allow users to make friends with other users and if they choose, make those [...]
Do yahoo restrict the access based on email address ? I mean if the user needs to have .edu mail address.I dont thinkso. Then how do they going to ensure the person who is signing is less than 24? I think they will gain some user base and open to everyone.
Anyway do give me a invite, as a early adopter of tech
i would like to try 
[...] by offering two features: the idea of a secret friend and SMS integration with anonymous chat. According to Yahoo, SpotM will allow users to make friends with other users and if they choose, make those [...]
[...] by offering two features: the idea of a secret friend and SMS integration with anonymous chat. According to Yahoo, SpotM will allow users to make friends with other users and if they choose, make those [...]
1) http://www.apnacircle.com
http://www.ibibo.com(is not advertising by T.V commercial supported)
2) http://www.bharathstudent.com
3) http://www.bigadda.com(is not advertising by T.V commercial)
4) http://www.desiji.com
5) http://www.desimartini.com
6) http://www.frooper.com
7) http://www.indyarocks.com
9) http://www.indiastudychannel.com
10) http://www.jhoom.in
11) http://www.minglebox.com
12) http://www.orkut.co.in
13) http://www.snehah.com
14) http://www.saffronconnect.com
15) http://www.yaari.com
1) http://www.facebook.com
2) http://www.myspace.com
3) http://www.friendster.com
5) http://www.hi5.com
6) http://www.plaxo.com
If I missed any other,writing link would be helpful for pluggdin users!:)
The best among this list is http://www.IndiaStudyChannel.com. What makes it different is:
1. It is an educational website with lot of social networking features.
2. Members earn revenue from Google AdSense while they spend their time in that site.
So, it is a social networking site with revenue opportunities and educational value.
2 things about the promotion
- Invite concept !!!!! are you kidding ?
would I wait to get an invitation or simply log into orkut/fropper/hi5 ………. 1000+ etc………
had they followed 4 years back, people would have had some curiosity left to give it a look
- url simplicity
http://in.spotm.yahoo.com/welcome
I am gonna googleit everytime I login
How many of you remember yahoo’s professional networking site !! it starts with KICK and ends with START
[...] to enter college. Yahoo SpotM is currently under beta, and i dont have any invite yet. However beta testers have reported, in addition to usual social networking features, SpotM will also have SMS [...]
[...] SpotM?2???????????????:????????????????????????????SMS?????????? ??????????SpotM???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????SMS???????????????????????????SMS?????????? [...]
all those who get an invite! please invite multiple people !!
let me in!
maverickROARK AT NO SPAM GMAIL DOT COM
Well, india is dominated by social networking site orkut.. It looks difficult for yahoo! to be successful in india with Spotm until they come with out of box, something innovative…
more info direct from yahoo labs
http://labs.yahoo.com/node/2363
Rajamanohar
http://www.hexolabs.com
[...] is launching a social network called SpotM in India for people of the age group of 16-24 in an attempt to [...]
[...] by offering two features: the idea of a secret friend and SMS integration with anonymous chat. According to Yahoo, SpotM will allow users to make friends with other users and if they choose, make those [...]
[...] of 16-24 as Yahoo India saying,but Yahoo believe that they can manage this problem. According to Pluggd.in SpotM has added two completely different features in SpotM as compare to other social network [...]
I feel the battle of social networks in India will come down to 2 networks: Facebook and Orkut. All others will be a also ran or employ a struggling strategy of building temporary “user accounts” through spamming popular social networks.
Orkut is in danger and faces from an outsider – Facebook which seems to be gaining more momentum day by day. With products like Apps, FriendConnect, etc Facebook is kind of grabbing market share, although it is slightly overshadowed by Orkut due to lack of any aggressive branding or strategy by facebook (who I am guessing is taking a hands off apporach for Facebook India for now at least)
I wish India start-ups aim for something out of the box and reach out to a global audience. Products like Twitter, Meebo, Facebook, etc coming out of India will be the day India is on the global map and is recognized instead of being relegated to a “background-services oriented” country
Hey gr8 news …please some one invite me…so that i can be a part of it…!!!
den_harsh@yahoo.com
[...] with anonymous chat will let users correspond via SMS without revealing their phone number. More at Pluggd.in Share [...]
dunno if any invite left or not… would like to try though. left my yahoo email in the comment form.
Another thought, spotM sounds very similar to myM another pending social n/w site by Yahoo.. Anyone knows what happened to it?
Some greets from germany – if its possible and im not to late, put me on your loooong waitinglist for an invite …
Salut
[...] SpotM is currently in closed beta, and open only to invitees. Ashish Sinha, a Yahoo employee, had mentioned two features of the social networking site on his [...]
Can i have invite plssssss
Hi,
please send across an invite- would like to check out the service as I am studying SN trends in India. Thanks
Hi, could you send me an invite please.. thanks!
evn me…himanshu1_gupta1@yahoo.com
invite me,definitely i wanna try spotm
pandey_dce@yahoo.co.in or rickey_dce@yahoo.co.in
can i expect a invitation please..!!
thanx in advance!!
hey there….cud I please get an invite..i’ve been waiting forever for the invite
. The id is
aks_incognito@yahoo.com …thanks in advance
[...] now, the service is in closed beta, and aimed, of course, at the youth market. From Pluggd.in, some features: allows users to define secret friends that their other friends won’t be able [...]
hey plzzzz! can i be so lucky as to get an invite???
Hmm.. a nice post but i don’t think that this system will work..!!!
anyways i got a new website through which you can send free sms to india