Rediff.com
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| Type of business | Public company |
|---|---|
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) |
| Website | rediff.com |
| Alexa rank |
 414 (October 2016) [2] |
| 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 2016-10-12.
- ↑ "Rediff.Com reports Q1 results: India revenue up 42%". Financialexpress.com. 2008-07-24. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
- ↑ "Internet Archive Wayback Machine rediffonthenet.com". Archived from the original on 9 August 2000. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ↑ "Rediff.com India Ltd, Business Wire India, Press Releases, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Bengali, Kannada, Gujarati, Malayal". Businesswireindia.com. 2009-12-14. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
- ↑ Alexa Ranking
- ↑ "Top Sites in India". Alexa. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- ↑ "REDF : Rediff.com India Limited FAQs". Investor.rediff.com. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
- ↑ 5 million unique visitors worldwide
- ↑ At least 66 per cent of the visitors come from India
- ↑ "Pioneering publisher Gopal Raju passes away". India Abroad. 2008-04-10. Retrieved 2008-05-04.
- ↑ "Rediff.com Site Info". Alexa.com. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
- ↑ "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". May 25, 2001. Retrieved Jul 17, 2013.
- ↑ "Rediff records 15 percent growth in registered user base". Medianewsline.com. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
- ↑ "Rediff News Android App". Rediff.com. Retrieved 2012-09-14.
- ↑ "Now share videos, music on Rediff's iShare". Livemint.com. 2007-07-10. Retrieved 2014-11-17.