New Delhi, June 14: Internet search giant Yahoo!
on Sunday said India is one of the `top emerging markets` and it
would release a slew of products over next few months for
further consolidating its position in the country.
"India is one of the top two countries in the emerging
markets segment and holds a lot of promise for us ... Products
developed in the Indian lab and centres abroad are part of the
pipeline of innovative products that will help us in the
Indian market," Yahoo! Head of Audience (Emerging Markets)
Gopal Krishna said.
He, however, declined to comment on the details of the
products.
"Innovations around mail, instant messenger and front
page (landing page) would be prime focus areas. We would also
look at news properties like News, Bollywood and Buzz," he
said.
Emerging markets contributes up to 65 per cent to the
total users for some of the key global Yahoo! properties and
is the fastest growing region from business perspective as
well, he added.
One of the leading properties/products is Yahoo! Cricket,
which attracted 2.4 million unique users per month emerging as
the top cricket site in India, according to Comscore April
2009 data.
Bureau Report
