Yahoo India launches Local Beta, OrderMonger plans expansion
Yahoo India has launched Local, a local search site for Indian cities. The service is currently available for Delhi-NCR, Bangalore, Chennai and Mumbai and provides information like business listings, maps, directions, local events, movies etc. You can review listings, mark businesses on the map and share info with others.
While the site is useful, I wonder why Yahoo hasnt seeded content from their Yahoo OurCity site. Having two different sites, both targetted locally, doesnt make much sense - even though there may be differentiation in terms of content.
OrderMonger, a Hyderabad based startup, which provides web based ordering for food, flowers and groceries, is planning to expand to four additional cities during the next year. They plan to raise Rs 2 crores and create three separate websites for each category. As per Krishna Natarajan, CEO, they hope to make Rs. 40 lakhs from the web based flowers business this year.
via BS
