Digg copycats: Indian news ranking sites October 16, 2007
Posted by Pallav Sharda in : News , trackbackHere is another list-it-in-one-post-cuz-there-are-too-many-out-there type review. Just like the Youtube copycats post that is an ongoing list of all Indian video sharing half-baked startups, this post is about collecting Digg copycats.
I feel like one of the weirdos who like to collect AOL mail CD’s, but must admit that its fun to see this list grow. Its yet another proof of the rising, rash entrepreneurship spirit in Indian online market today. Lots of money floating around, no time to sit and think, just copy the next western web 2.0 concept and roll out a desi version. ‘Copycats’ focused posts like these are going to be a trend at eIndia, I can foresee that.
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Indians are continuing to give compliments to Kevin Rose, thanks to open-source software like pligg. So here is the list of Indian websites that have been shaped after Digg, with almost mind-numbing similarity:
- Xoomly
- Rambhai
- BestofIndya
- IndianPad
- Newscola
- PutVote
- Ekjut
- Jigg.in
- Desipitara
- IndianBytes
- My22Yards (Neat.. focuses on cricket)
- Readster.in
- Humsurfer
- GyanIn
- Kify India Stocks (focused on Indian stock related news)
- HotSamachar
- MinkIt (creatively named as DiggIndiaNews when it started)
- DolBajao
- IndiaRooster
- NewsMirchi (almost defunct)
Needless to say, I’ve spent zero time browsing each site in detail. So if you are a founder/fan of any of the sites above and think that there is a brilliant business model that differentiates it from Digg, let me know. Additions to the list are welcome, as always.
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