Monetizing Indian Websites

Interesting post by Karamveer on how to monetize your Indian websites.  According to him, the four best advertising networks to use are Adsense, Axill India, The News Room, and Kontera.  So far, I’ve only used adsense, but I’ll be trying out the other ones soon.

Yahoo releases new tools in India (maps, local search and more)

http://www.bigmouthmedia.com/live/articles/yahoo-india-launches-new-services-.asp/3707/

[QUOTE]While Google may be dominating the global search market on the whole, it is Yahoo! who is at the forefront of the online market in India. India is behind many European countries in terms of its online advertising revenue, currently spending only around $60 million per year. About 85 per cent of the country’s internet users visit the Yahoo! search engine and the company has long been noted for its innovation in India.[/QUOTE]

Interesting to see a current figure for advertising spending. Anyone care to guess how far and fast that will increase in years to come? Online usage is predicted to triple in the next 3/4 years:

According to an estimate by Kaufman Brothers, the number of internet users in India, which stood at around 45 million in 2006, is set to reach 67 million in 2007 and 147 million by 2010.