Tag Archives: rediff

09 May

DealFace – Mouthshut too joins the deal wagon, launches a deal site

By sinha 8 Comments
DealFace - Mouthshut too joins the deal wagon, launches a deal site

Yet another deal site. After startups are done creating this “big deal” category (and we pat their back for this), biggies have woken up and are now launching their deal site (Rediff launched Rediff DealHoJaaye, Times Internet launched TimesDeals). Mouthshut … Read More »

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26 Apr

Rediff Does The Obvious. Launches a Deal Site

By sinha 6 Comments
Rediff Does The Obvious. Launches a Deal Site

There is something common between Microsoft and Rediff- both do not believe in being an early mover. While former has a history of climbing up the market share (by being a late entrant), Rediff surely does need a bit of … Read More »

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18 Jun

Remember Rediff ?

By sameer 24 Comments
Remember Rediff ?

Rediff almost represented the Indian internet to us at one point, and it isn’t a good feeling to see it lose out each space it operates in. Yes, its still a popular site in the Indian context, and manages enough eyeballs, and there’s the odd update, feature that shows a spartk. But overall, the lack of efforts at beating the market curve, or spotting online trends early, and its traffic and revenue graphs betray a trend which is a little alarming and very, very heartbreaking. Read More »

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07 Nov

Rediff – Adless homepage adds up to the loss [Quarterly Report]

By sinha 2 Comments
Rediff – Adless homepage adds up to the loss [Quarterly Report]

Rediff Redesign, like we mentioned earlier was one of the most gutsy step by any content player – removing ads from homepage (and even otherwise) isn’t an easy decision – and the impact of removing those intrusive and non-contextual ads … Read More »

 
31 Oct

Rediff Invests in Imere, LBS Startup

By sinha 6 Comments
Rediff Invests in Imere, LBS Startup

Rediff has announced an investment in Imere, Bangalore based startup that provides location-awareness platform. Imere gives service providers and application developers the ability to quickly and easily location-enable their applications. This includes integrating digital maps and database content drawn from … Read More »

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16 Jul

Rediff Redesign – Minimalistic, but Unreal? [Review]

By sinha 22 Comments
Rediff Redesign - Minimalistic, but Unreal? [Review]

Rediff has launched the minimalistic design (similar to Rediff Abroad) in India and before jumping into reviewing the redesign, here are a few data points for you: Rediff’s Falling Pageviews Inspite of all the ‘sizzling’ slideshows, overall pageviews are not … Read More »

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27 May

Rediff’s Annual Report – in Red. Time to change Gears?

By sinha 2 Comments
Rediff’s Annual Report - in Red. Time to change Gears?

Rediff has published it’s Q4 results for the year ending Mar 31st, 2009 and here are some highlights: Quarterly Revenues dropped by 50% (as compared to Mar 31st, 2008) : $4.49mn vs. $9,06mn last year Annual Revenue stands at $25.43mn … Read More »

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27 Jan

Rediff’s Quarterly Results..in Red.

By sinha 7 Comments
Rediff’s Quarterly Results..in Red.

Rediff’s Q3 08 results follow the industry trend: Advertising revenues for Rediff India dropped 41% (compared to same quarter, 2007; and 34% compared to last quarter)) : $4.1 million. Total # of Advertisers : 229. US publishing dropped 29% compared … Read More »

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30 Dec

Rediff goes Pakistan – Testing new UI as well? [False]

By manish 4 Comments
Rediff goes Pakistan - Testing new UI as well? [False]

Rediff has launched it’s content portal in Pakistan – and is probably trying out the new interface as well (which Ajit talked about earlier). The Pakistani site runs on Joomla (can easily make out from the URL structure), interface is … Read More »