India-specific search engine for the following purposes:
- Local Language/Vernacular search: Search engine that indexes and returns regional content [Hindi/Kannada/Marathi etc…] is the one that will be most relevant.
- Local Interface - Give me a local interface, i.e. ability to type in the regional language. Typically Indians think in their local language and convert that to the foreign language (i.e. English). Remove that barrier. Allow users to type the query (e.g. quilpad) in their local language (and of course index the local content too)
- Verticalized Search - To stay relevant and be needed, one of the most effective ways for Indian search engine would be to focus on specific verticals - e.g. Health related, Food/Recipes, Literature, Indie Blogs, Bollywood, etc..
- How about something on the lines of Goog's Book scan/digitization effort? One of the most significant value add that Indian search engine can do is to make rich literary work searchable and save it from extinction. Most of the great literary works are lying in the shelf ('waiting for the worms') and any desi effort to digitize them (and make them searchable) will be the most relevant piece that a search engine can ever do.
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