As of now, if you search for BigAdda in Google, the first organic result is not of BigAdda.com, but BigAdda.in (a site on jokes). Looks like somebody has really screwed up the seo at BigAdda site – only ~4K pages are indexed by Google. Also, there is no pagerank information available for BigAdda.com as well. Traffic...
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BigAdda claims a user base of 3 million (85% of the registered users are between the age group of 18 to 30 years with almost 32% being between 21 to 24 years). Barely 3 months back, they claimed 1.5 million users – so essentially,
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Jivox (earlier raised $10.7mn from Opus Capital and Helion Ventures) has partnered with BigAdda and will enable BigAdda video publishers to monetize their video assets with its online video ad service. Jivox’s self-service advertising service (called AdSlate) enables businesses to create
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Big B has published his blog stats and here is a quick snapshot: Unique visitors – 1,05,0,520 since April Total number of visits since April ‘08 – 2,37,0,000 approx, includes unique and regular visit Total page views since April – 1,14,00,000 approx Now, take a look at BigAdda site traffic stats
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BigAdda claims to have 1.5 million users and is adding 15,000 users daily. The social network is targeting 4-5mn$ in a year and is  betting big on it’s mobile presence. “We are reaching out to 40 mn internet users in the country, and with us going on to mobile platform, we will be able to...
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Rock On, the much awaited movie about a rock group’s journey  – story of 4 boys who “put together the greatest band this country has ever seen, but never make it. Ten years hence, fate conspires to bring them together again and set them on a journey back to where they left off… a...
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BigAdda is using an interesting strategy to promote microblogging – instead of directly reaching out to consumers, they are banking on BigB to lead the marketing pitch. BigAdda has enabled microblogging for BigB’s blog – http://blogs.bigadda.com/ab/ Considering that he blogs once or twice everyday, with MoBlog he can now keep his fans updated on his activity...
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After BigAdda and BigFlicks comes Reliance’s next venture – BIGMaps. The site is not yet up, but a look at whois.org gets you the following results: Reliance Big Entertainment Pvt. Ltd., Manav Sethi (linkedin profile), +91.9323145122, Fax: +91.2230385599, Reliance Centre, Ballard Estate,19, Walchand Hirachand Marg MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA, 400001,IN’ Given that there are tons of other services, from...
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Last week, when BigAdda announced that Big B will start blogging @ BigAdda, I just dismissed the entire news as a marketing gimmick. But Big B lives upto his commitment (as always) and is taking blogging very seriously and writes his heart out! Check out his blog In the latest post entry, he slams...
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By now, you and I have sort of realized that most of the social network startup in India are losing out to Orkut. While reasons could vary from one startup to the other, it’s really important to understand why Indians use social networks. As per Nielsen’s research, 82 % want to keep in touch with...
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BigAdda to launch InstantMessaging client? IM client is in making and will see the light in the next 6 weeks! Users can make an original video using a handycam, digicam or mobile or write a script and upload it on the BigAdda site. These would have to be uploaded on the ‘Direct...
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First things first – BigAdda has just launched ; so it won’t be fair to write it off but instead let me share my first feel of the product! I took a quick ride of and have mixed...
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Came across this contextual ad on my blog. Interestingly, apart from the logo polls, Reliance is also asking users to vote for the layouts. From the looks of it, BigAdda is definitely a lot more than being *just another* social network . And most...
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