Rediff.com
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Type of business | Public company |
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Type of site | Web Portal |
Available in | English |
Traded as | Nasdaq: REDF |
Founded | 1996 |
Headquarters | Mumbai, India |
Key people | Ajit Balakrishnan, Chairman and CEO |
Industry | Internet Services |
Revenue | $3.63 million (2015)[1] |
Employees | 316 (Dec 2009) |
URL | rediff.com |
Registration | Optional |
Launched | February 8, 1997 |
Rediff.com is an Indian news, information, entertainment and shopping web portal, founded in 1996[3] as "Rediff On The NeT".[4] It is headquartered in Mumbai, with offices in Bangalore, New Delhi and New York City.[5]
According to Alexa,[6] Rediff.com is the No. 24 Indian web portal.[7] It has more than 316 employees.[8] 89.1% of the millions of visitors[9] to Rediff.com are from India, while the rest come primarily from the USA (3.4%) and China.[10] In April 2001, Rediff.com acquired and began offering India Abroad.[11] As of February 2011, it ranked 295 on Alexa.[12] Rediff.com was the first website domain name registered in India in 1996.[13]
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.[14]
History
- Rediffmail – Web based and app-based e-mail which has around 95 million registered usernames.[15]
- Rediff Shopping – An online and app-based marketplace, headquartered in Mumbai, India, selling mobile phones, shopping, apparel and accessories, home utility and electronics.
- Rediff News App – On 14 September 2012, Rediff launched its Android App for Rediff News.[16]
- Rediff iShare – From 10 July 2007, Rediff users were able to upload their videos, music and pictures to the Rediff iShare multimedia platform.[17]
References
- ^ "Rediff Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2016 Results". Rediff.com. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
- ^ "Rediff.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
- ^ "Rediff.Com reports Q1 results: India revenue up 42%". Financialexpress.com. 24 July 2008. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
- ^ "Internet Archive Wayback Machine rediffonthenet.com". Archived from the original on 9 August 2000. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
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suggested) (help) - ^ "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.
- ^ Alexa Ranking
- ^ "Top Sites in India". Alexa. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
- ^ "REDF : Rediff.com India Limited FAQs". Investor.rediff.com. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
- ^ 5 million unique visitors worldwide
- ^ At least 66 per cent of the visitors come from India
- ^ "Pioneering publisher Gopal Raju passes away". India Abroad. 10 April 2008. Retrieved 4 May 2008.
- ^ "Rediff.com Site Info". Alexa.com. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
- ^ "India completes 20 years of commercial internet". Indian Digitel Review. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Rediff records 15 percent growth in registered user base". Medianewsline.com. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
- ^ "Rediff News Android App". Rediff.com. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
- ^ "Now share videos, music on Rediff's iShare". Livemint.com. 10 July 2007. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
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