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Rediff.com
Rediff.com.Logo.gif
Main page as of 24 July 2009
Type of businessPublic company
Type of site
web portal
Available inEnglish
Traded asNasdaq: REDF
Founded1996
HeadquartersMumbai, India
Key peopleAjit Balakrishnan, Chairman and CEO
IndustryInternet Services
Revenue$21.80 million (2011)
Employees316 (Dec 2009)
URLrediff.com
RegistrationOptional
LaunchedFebruary 8, 1997 (27 years ago) (1997-02-08)

Rediff.com is an Indian news, information, entertainment and shopping web portal, founded in 1996[2] as "Rediff On The NeT".[3] It is headquartered in Mumbai, with offices in Bangalore, New Delhi and New York City.[4]

According to Alexa,[5] Rediff is the No. 17 Indian web portal.[6] It has more than 316 employees.[7] 89.1% of the millions of visitors[8] to Rediff.com are from India, while the rest come primarily from the USA (3.4%) and China.[9] In April 2001, Rediff.com acquired and began offering India Abroad.[10] As of February 2011, it ranked 295 on Alexa.[11] Rediff.com was the first website domain name registered in India in 1996.[12]

In 2001, Rediff.com was alleged to be in violation of the Securities Act for filing materially false prospectus in relation to an IPO of its American depositary shares.[13]

History

  • Rediffmail – Web based e-mail which has around 95 million registered usernames.[14] It offers unlimited free storage space.[15] Like other popular web-mail services, Rediff provides an AJAX based mail interface.[16] It also allows users to send and receive mails in many Indian languages on Microsoft Windows.[17] Rediffmail is also available on mobiles through the free mobile application. In October 2010, Rediff.com launched a paid mobile email service named "Rediffmail NG" with support for all mobile phone platforms including Symbian, Java and Android. In addition, it offers synchronization across users' phone and PC.[18]
  • Rediff News App – On 14 September 2012, Rediff launched its Android App for Rediff News.[19]
  • Rediff iShare – On 10 July 2007, Rediff users were able to upload their videos, music and pictures to the Rediff iShare multimedia platform.[20]

Awards and recognition

Rediff.com was recognized as a CIO Choice 2014 in the category of Enterprise E-Mail Solution (SME).[21] CIO Choice-recognized brands are chosen through an independent advisory panel of imminent CIOs as well as an independent survey of Chief Information Officers (CIOs) and information and communications technology (ICT) decision makers from across India.[22]

References

  1. ^ "Rediff.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Rediff.Com reports Q1 results: India revenue up 42%". Financialexpress.com. 24 July 2008. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
  3. ^ "Internet Archive Wayback Machine rediffonthenet.com". {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  4. ^ "Rediff.com India Ltd, Business Wire India, Press Releases, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Bengali, Kannada, Gujarati, Malayal". Businesswireindia.com. 14 December 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
  5. ^ Alexa Ranking
  6. ^ "Top Sites in India". Alexa. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  7. ^ "REDF : Rediff.com India Limited FAQs". Investor.rediff.com. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
  8. ^ 5 million unique visitors worldwide
  9. ^ At least 66 per cent of the visitors come from India
  10. ^ "Pioneering publisher Gopal Raju passes away". India Abroad. 10 April 2008. Retrieved 4 May 2008.
  11. ^ "Rediff.com Site Info". Alexa.com. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  12. ^ "India completes 20 years of commercial internet". Indian Digitel Review. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  13. ^ "Cauley Geller Bowman & Coates, LLP Announces Class Action Lawsuit Against Rediff.com India Ltd. Seeking Damages on Behalf of Purchasers of Rediff American Depository Shares - REDF". 25 May 2001. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  14. ^ "Rediff records 15 percent growth in registered user base". Medianewsline.com. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
  15. ^ "Rediff.com introduces web-messenger in Rediffmail". Moneycontrol.com. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
  16. ^ "Hotmail vs Rediffmail - Difference and Comparison". Diffen. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
  17. ^ "A software to make typing Indian languages easier: Rediff.com Business". Business.rediff.com. 21 April 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
  18. ^ "Mobile email service from Rediff.com". The Hindu. 21 October 2010. Retrieved 12 November 2010.
  19. ^ "Rediff News Android App". Rediff.com. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  20. ^ "Now share videos, music on Rediff's iShare". Livemint.com. 10 July 2007. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  21. ^ "CIO CHOICE 2014 Recognized Brand - Rediff.com". CIO Choice. Archived from the original on 30 August 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  22. ^ "About CIO CHOICE". CIO Choice. Retrieved 4 April 2015.

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