Survey Picks Yahoo, Indiatimes, Naukri, Shaadi As Top Portals

News Release: According to a study by Indian Internet research company JuxtConsult, Yahoo is the most preferred communication portal (for email and chat), while Indiatimes takes the lead as event and sports news provider; Google is the king of information search, Naukri the leader in jobs space and Shaadi for matchmaking and matrimonial services.
The research also finds that most popular net activities are social and professional interaction, keeping track of news and events, check for sports and cinema content, information search and employment.
These and other key insights have emerged out of one of the largest online surveys conducted by JuxtConsult in April 2005 among the Internet users in India. The survey sampled more than 30,000 users with the aim to unravel the identity of the net user along with his lifestyle choices.
Also read:
Yahoo clicks in India; is most popular e-mail host (The Financial Express)
Yahoo for mail, Indiatimes for Whatever! Survey digs into online habits of Indian netizens (Exchange4media)
What Indians search on the net (CIOL)

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