To most of you, it wouldnt come as a surprise that Google reigns in the Indian Internet market. From Blogger to Orkut to Google search to Youtube, it is one of the most visited network sites in the Indian market.
For every online hour spent in India, 18 minutes are spent on a Google site. Or in other words, 29 percent of the total online time in India goes to Google network of sites – NYT
I have said this way before and I will say it again – Microsoft and Yahoo battling Google in the US market is probably a battle lost already, but ignoring markets like India and Brazil will basically be repeating that very same mistake again.
‘I have said this way before and I will say it again – Microsoft and Yahoo battling Google in the US market is probably a battle lost already, but ignoring markets like India and Brazil will basically be repeating that very same mistake again.’
This is very well said pranav, they should not ignore the indian market at all.
Good article.. google is king .. check any website traffic.. there approx more then 60% visitors come from google search engine
Monopoly Sucks…!!!
It’s true that google is the king here…and the king can deny anyone of his rights, without providing any reasons or explanations. That is what recently happened with me. Google refused to approve my adsense account and refused to provide any reason for it. There mail smelled of sheer arrogance. I would post the mail content to share the arrogance
Hello Amit,
Thank you for your interest in Google AdSense. After reviewing your
application, our specialists have found that it does not meet our program
criteria. Therefore, we are unable to accept you into our program.
We have certain policies in place that we believe will help ensure the
effectiveness of Google ads for our publishers as well as for our
advertisers. We review all publishers, and we reserve the right to decline
any application. As we grow, we may find that we are able to expand our
program to more web publishers with a wider variety of web content.
Please note that we may not be able to respond to inquiries regarding the
specific reasons for our decision. Thank you for your understanding.
Sincerely,
The Google AdSense Team
I was pissed off with the mail, but still I tried to search for alternatives and found out that Yahoo doesn’t provide advertising accounts in India. So, they(MS and Yahoo) complain about the monopoly and are themselves not ready to do business everywhere…may god help them, as they are not willing to help themselves…;)