Desi Search Engine for Desi Crowd
Nycil George, Oct 12, 2006 1804 hrs IST
Today, at Bangalore, India's first local Internet search engine was launched named, guruji.com.
In a press meet organized in Bangalore today, India's first local Internet search engine was launched named, guruji.com. guruji is being backed by Sequoia Capital India and is aimed at the Indian web consumer.
guruji.com is focused on providing better search results to Indian consumers, by leveraging proprietary algorithms and data in the Indian context. Reportedly, the company has assembled a farm of servers to index the entire universe of Indian websites and is using propriety algorithms to go deep into the Indian Internet domain and fetch locally relevant results to search queries of Indian consumers.
Two young entrepreneurs, Anurag Dod and Gaurav Mishra, ex-IIT Delhi alumni with significant Internet and search experience have started guruji.com, after Sequoia Capital India provided seed funding to the venture. This is the first and only company in the Indian Internet search space to be backed by a leading venture capital firm. Sequoia Capital is a pioneering investor in several leading Internet businesses globally including Google, Yahoo, Paypal, and Youtube.
Sumir Chadha, managing director, Sequoia Capital India, added "We are excited to have
partnered with guruji.com as it pushes the envelope on providing better search for Indian Internet users. Their internet search engine is the best in the market."
Anurag Dod, co-founder and ceo, guruji.com said, "guruji.com is the result of the feeling that there is a need for an Indian search engine which can help our people and people who visit our country find what they are looking for. The search is more specific here. What sets us apart is our focus on the Indian market and the Indian consumer. We have worked very hard to build the best local search product in the market."
Gaurav Mishra, co-founder and coo, guruji.com explains, "90% of Internet search queries are local in nature, and guruji.com will deliver better search results than any
other search engine in these instances. For example, if a user types a search "Pizza
in Koramangala, Bangalore " or "Chinese restaurant Juhu, Mumbai" the user will be
able to see local business listings as well as articles, reviews, blogs, or any other web references."
USER COMMENTS
Guruji is a neat idea. It is high time we throw out the global internet patroller Google. We honestly don't need Google to tell us about India and its facts/culture. I would rather have a 100% swadeshi search engine cater to our Indian searches. It is high time each one of us shifts to guruji for our india searches. My only hope is that after a while, guruji does not sell itself to Google, who has a penchant for buying out any competitors to remain the indisputed search engine.
by Ron, Alexandria, on Jan 06, 2008 07:04 AM, Report abuse
Yes this is where the Desi word would work for us all. East or west Desi is the Best. Thanks to Guruji.com Sourav Mukherjee http://travel-monitor.com
by Sourav Mukherje, Delhi, on Aug 28, 2007 08:38 PM, Report abuse Reply
please help for write email in hindi
by omprakash, delhi, on Mar 15, 2007 05:11 PM, Report abuse Reply
please help for write mail in hindi
by omprakash, delhi, on Mar 15, 2007 05:09 PM, Report abuse Reply
This is neat work. City search is really impressive. I do not agree with the guys about the UI. The UI is neat and very Indian color-scheme. Minimal yet functional
by sanjay, Chennai, on Oct 27, 2006 02:35 PM, Report abuse Reply
I wanted search for some geological maps for the south states. The search was really good and wonderfull. It helped me a lot. Keep the good work going and mark your presence in the market soon.
by Pavan Kalyankar, Pune, on Oct 18, 2006 12:20 PM, Report abuse Reply
i gave a search and it came up with 6 pages of results...but none of the pages beyond 3 work!!...really lame!!! this is not a beta version...this is more of an alpha!!!
by zgeorgem, blore, on Oct 13, 2006 08:58 PM, Report abuse Reply
addition: when u click search, it cleans up the search textbox and you have to write the search string again if you want to search a modified string again. I understand its abeta version, but such silly mistakes must be taken care of.
by tester, jodhpur, on Oct 13, 2006 05:15 PM, Report abuse Reply
a local search engine is a good idea, but obviously it will search the data from internet only, which other sites are also doing anyway. GUI is very silly.. stupid color scheme. Basic search rules doesnt work, for eg even if you type something in "quotes" it will show results as per its own stupid AI. I compared results with google, and its showing only half the relevant links.
by tester, jodhpur, on Oct 13, 2006 05:11 PM, Report abuse Reply
nice attempt and a very indian look to search. Guruji Looks Great
by mihir, delhi, on Oct 13, 2006 02:53 PM, Report abuse Reply
Checked out guruji.com' results and google's results for the same word. google gives still more resutls form the same indian site as compared to guruji. an observation and experience from a novice
by Moksh Juneja, Mumbai, on Oct 13, 2006 12:27 PM, Report abuse Reply
Try http://www.raftaar.com as well.
by vishwajit, Pune, on Oct 13, 2006 11:57 AM, Report abuse Reply
if you search guruji.com the first result shown is http://www.shreeguruji.com/ hahaha if it can not check/display it's own site what is the use :-))
by buggy, pune, on Oct 13, 2006 11:55 AM, Report abuse Reply
The replies do not match the request. And the response repeates for the next 10 pages
by Vasu, Goa, on Oct 13, 2006 10:55 AM, Report abuse Reply
Its not competition for Google....no way!..GOOGLE is a global thing! ...and its no point comparing... yea...it surely can give GOOGLE (INDIA) competition coz its what every indian has wanted for a very long time...A local search engine which gives information that matters to his/her place of residence....
by Karan012, Mumbai, on Oct 13, 2006 10:36 AM, Report abuse Reply
I tried it...Search result are good...I didnt like the colour scheme, though..
by Jinto, Chennai, on Oct 13, 2006 10:33 AM, Report abuse Reply
Can guruji.com become the Baidu of India? I have some thoughts about this on http://ileher.com/2006/10/12/gurujicom-baidu-of-india/
by Madhur Khandelw, Mountain View, California, USA, on Oct 13, 2006 06:43 AM, Report abuse Reply
hmm I've seen in google there is an option pages from india but that is not that helpful.
by bobbyc, Calcutta, on Oct 13, 2006 03:22 AM, Report abuse Reply
good effort.i hope they spend the money on building the content.its not an easy job to compete with google unless the search is really comprehensive and highly relavent.
by vishnu manyam, san jose, on Oct 13, 2006 12:46 AM, Report abuse Reply
Good start, it will help to develop more local searches
by MotoGuy, Mumbai, on Oct 12, 2006 07:22 PM, Report abuse Reply
VIEW ALL LATEST
Now, Visit the Forbidden City Virtually
News > Internet , October 14, 2008 1153 hrs IST
Take a tour of the world renowned palace for free ...
Sony Xperia X1 Unboxed
News > Gadgets , October 14, 2008 1112 hrs IST
Also gets compared with the HTC Touch Pro ...
New Chatbot Closer To Passing Turing AI Test
News > Software , October 14, 2008 0847 hrs IST
Almost as annoying as a human ...
Now Showing: Star Trek on YouTube
News > Internet , October 13, 2008 1806 hrs IST
Catch all the action online ...
Turn Your iPhone into a Netbook
News > Gadgets , October 13, 2008 1752 hrs IST
Simple and interesting. But doable? ...
MOST REQUESTED REVIEWS
Internet NEWS
|
Report: India tops Asian Spammer ListBut the numbers leave us skeptical over the report's findings |
|
Google Puts Adsense in Online GamesExpands its online advertising footprint |
|
Google Shares Dip 5%Nightmare on Wall Street |
Internet REVIEWS
|
Opera 9.5 - Now leaner and meaner!Reviews | Software | Internet | 13 Jul 2008 Opera is more than just a browser. It's a browser, email client, rss reader,... |
|
Firefoxing away to Version 3Reviews | Software | Internet | 06 Jul 2008 The enhancements to the latest version though not revolutionary are certainly... |
|
Tata Indicom Plug 2 SurfReviews | Peripherals | Networking | 11 Oct 2007 One internet connection device for your laptop as well as desktop PC |
Internet USER REVIEWS
|
BSNL Broadband Service BSNL Broadband ReviewInternet | BSNL Broadband Service | Sun, 24 Jun 2007 If you're contemplating on getting a new broadband service for yourself, and... |
|
TATA INDICOM BROADBANDInternet | TATA INDICOM | Tue, 27 Mar 2007 |
MOST POPULAR NEWS
|
Could A DVR Save Your Marriage?News | Consumer Electronics | 04 Sep 2008 ...Or should you stick to your shrink? |
|
Firefox Counters Chrome's Speed TestAccording to Mozilla's SunSpider test, Firefox 3.1 is 28% faster than Chrome on ... |
|
Nokia N96 for Rs. 40,000?False alarm everyone... We have learnt from Nokia that the N96 will be priced be... |
MOST POPULAR REVIEWS
MOST POPULAR GAMES
MOST POPULAR DOWNLOADS
|
Forbidden.exe |
|
md5deepDownloads | System Tools | 04 Sep 2008 |
|
RivaTunerDownloads | System Tools | 03 Sep 2008 |
great idea! I dont like the jarring orange on the results page though.
by Mary, sacramento, on Oct 12, 2006 11:41 PM, Report abuse Reply