In.com Launched
First off, A horizontal portal refers to an Internet portal site that offers a broad range of content and services. Examples could be Rediff, Yahoo!, MSN, AOL etc.
Few days ago LiveMint covered In.com, Web18 launched In.com today. I just explored it and it is really good. Asutosh reported on his blog that Web18 bought the domain for 2 crores! The domain name is pretty cool, and if it is not a rumor then In.com is good domain to have, even if it costs them 2 crores. It goes well with the desi-web these days!
You need to have an invite to access the site .I left my mail id there and the message says it will take me a couple of weeks to get an invite. I also left my mobile number there but got this message. Got invitation, and even got shekhar@in.com as my ID there, which was again another cool ID to have!
In.com comes very close to which was needed for the desi-web for long time, a good UI & UX and easy to use unlike other portals Rediif, Indiatimes, Yahoo! etc… Here are some screenshots…
For now, In.com appears to be a massive meta-search and aggregator in the making; seems to be an attempt to make it the de-facto destination for searching for news, music, travel, videos, games and all kinds of classifieds. Here are main sections…
