MySpace Eyes India
I’d heard murmurs of MySpace’s India plans a few days ago – that there’s an announcement of India plans due by the end of the month – and we were in the process of getting more information. Now FT (via MSNBC) reports that MySpace is looking to expand by launching “locally targeted sites” in Brazil, India, Poland and Russia over the next four months. I just checked and MySpace.in is taken. Travis Katz, head of MySpace’s says that the new sites could initially be loss-making, and other companies having a head start is a cause for concern. It’s not that Indians are unfamiliar with MySpace, so I wonder what they’ll do differently. The report suggests that MySpace is considering local language sites…a Hindi social network? You think that will work?
Best website is http://www.minglebox.com…myspace will have a problem
From your post it seems like MySpace is CLUELESS about what they want to do in these markets locally. They thus join a long list of dot coms who came to India from overseas and did nothing substantial (Remember Chaitime, Yahoo India…)
Old Hand: Interesting that you should point out Chaitime. A familiar name, in the following article : )
http://www.expressindia.com/news/fe/daily/20001116/fco16003.html
so who, in your opinion, has a clue?
No it wont work
orkut has already taken the lead in india! nothing can compete orkut now! myspace would definitly be a disappointment localising itself in india!
looking fwd to this dual
It would be hard for myspace to get rid of orkut
I failed to use it.
myspace is overrated.