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There are approximately 42,69,340 (approx 42 lakh) registered Facebook users in India.
(30th Sept, 2009) |
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Of this, 39,55,980 (approx 39 lakh) are between the ages of 16 and 40. |
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Orkut has approximately 1,71,00,000 (approx 1.7crore) registered users in India as of June 2009. |
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Internet connectivity and its saturation level increasing tremendously in India. As of 2008, there were over 11,00,00,000 (11 crore) active internet users in India. |
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Majority (close to 80 percent) of traffic is from tier I and tier II cities. |
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Twitter recently partnered with mobile giant Airtel giving access to 110 million people to tweet from their phones. |
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India is already one of the top ten countries that tweets, and this could potentially put it in the top five. |
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Increasing number of individuals use Google and Yahoo! maps to look for business’s and their locations. |
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Local search engine’s like AskLaila and Burrp! are growing in popularity every day. It’s imperative that business’s go live on these sites. |
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Justdial is increasing in popularity everyday as consumers call Justdial to obtain business information. |
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Thousands of videos are viewed on YouTube every day, and are shared in Facebook, twitter, orkut and blogs increasing its reach and popularity. |
