oh no….......! another one?? not ANOTHER one???

I get an internal error while trying to register.

P.S. Observe the captcha on the registration page.

Indiatimes seems to be following many and not heading any-significant-where.

I know how much the domain cost… :) It was quite a bit.

LordHawHaw: since you’re using an anonymous ID, maybe you can tell us how much. :D

Seems Indiatimes is lossing its focus with each passing day :) Even the brand name iTimes they are using sound like an online mag or some content based site…seems it will fade out soon is BTW Network 18 is following a diversification strategy too ....now they want to open a cinema chain ...Nikhil, whats ur take on Network 18 approach towards media diversification ..

From what I can make out, this looks like a classic camouflage… Rommel tried this in World War 2 and distracted the Allies by opening up another front. Looks like Indiatimes is being clever and not as stupid as we think. I’d wager that they’re opening up another brand… and while they may have lost focus in the past, this is one area they understand best: marketing and brand building. By the way, the product isn’t bad - where else can one find an email inside a social networking site. I also hear that BigAdda is shutting down.

@Jack
BigAdda has had it… The writing was on the wall months ago…

PS: Rommel was on the losing side… Haw Haw Haw…

@Nikhil
As my marketing prof used to say… if you don’t know or have nothing to say. say pass…

Pass…

Rommel didn’t lose his battle. Hitler lost the war because he tried another diversion in Russia that failed. Get your history right milord. And read Sun Tzu too. I’ve been checking out itimes a bit more and I like it. And that’s what matters. So there!

i like the interface… and the fact that it has more to do than just become victims to “frandship seekers” ... i have imported my blog from blogspot and its working pretty well… not bad for a start i’d say….the blue is too orkutish though, i hope more colours are coming soon.

Actually I’m well read on Military History… And Sun Tzu is for sissies.

I said he was on the losing side…

AND

he did lose…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_El_Alamein

“In the end the Allies’ victory was all but total. Axis casualties of 37,000 amounted to over 30% of their total force. Allied casualties of 13,500 were by comparison a remarkably small proportion of their total force.[36] The effective strength of the Panzerarmee after the battle amounted to some 5,000 troops, 20 tanks, 20 anti-tank guns and 50 field guns.”

I love Wikipedia… fantastic for arguments…

I have to say this… itimes looks better than orkut atleast…

Mr Lord and Jack, stop fighting over history….if u know more about iTimes..enlighten CS readers on that ?

I liked the site from outside….but not sure if Indiatimes from its past, start abusing the privacy of the user like they did with email. Point is to build trust with users….SN sites still have long way to go in India. Orkut is no. 1 but not as evolved like facebook which is confusing sometime with so many applications. If itimes hit the user at right areas they can really pull back, but I am worried about the marketing guys sitting at the back and if thr is any increase in traffic they will start bombarding the users with thr useless ads.

Can’t see any ads! Hope it stays a virgin site!! Another reason why I love it…

@ jack yeah no ads from indiatimes is worth quite something. Facebook banners these days are quite a put off…and myspace…i dont even get that site, theres just sooooo much there!
i subscribed to the news feeds from ibn-cnn and its super-cool to see Indiatimes actually let me go out of their site to read the entire article :O…now thats some opening up ;)

dal, mein kuch kaala hai…

60 lakhs.
worth it?

Yeah… I think Indiatimes has opened up. Finally. Maybe that’s why this site took so long. As for that 60 lakhs? I find it difficult to believe Times would shell out so much! Not that it matters. Check out the smileys…

I think the site is pretty good. I am happy that an Indian site can stand up to facebook. i am hoping that a lot of developers will get involved and we should see some cool apps

hey guys

wait something else also is on a launch in june or july date not fixed .... and then u might have to say bye to bigaddas , etc etc etc for sure

UI is weak, but then again that is not surprising.  As far as the cost of the domain, who cares it’s part of the startup costs. It would be like asking how much rent someone is paying in Nariman Point or BKC - get over it.

You should check out http://www.corners.in in the meantime - takes a different angle and focuses on “content” based social networks unlike orkut or facebook which is around user profiles. Also you dont really need to upload content yet again to this site - you can pull the content from internet via search….how many places one would want to upload stuff….think about that.

I think Nikhil has given some valid suggestions, it would make far more sense for Times to consolidate their existing properties into this new Social Networking site.

They are going to find this extremely difficult to add value to their total basket of internet services otherwise…

hi guys ,

I have just come to know about the itimes - it is pretty cool yaar.

seems World’s 1st social networking site which has all the feature in one platform

Hey garima,

I totally agree with u to the fact ,Privacy settings – you can set your content to either private, only friends or public in itimes.Best part i have found in itimes.
do u hv any idea where u get the same feature .i pretty much doubt.

Anyways for colour lets make a suggestion to iTIMES

dear all

It is the best social networking site to be in future…....................... all i can say after sufing.

We can use email independently of social networking page . This is like any other email portal giving complete privacy to mails.  Friends in social networking page cannot see my incoming or outgoing mails.

I would like to ask all community lovers to join itimes and have their say on what they think about the unique feature

First. I dont agree that there is a slowdown in times spent on community sites. 2nd: ITIMES is a community site with a difference. You should use it to believe it.

Is there anything wrong if the user has to provide two separate mail ids for separate products by the same company. Ok. Mr.Pahwa is comparing it with Orkut where the user can register with any of the existing mail id(whether gmail or yahoo….).But I dont see there is any flaw in it.

As far as the cost of the domain, who cares,it is none of my business.what i am looking for is better n faster way to save photographs.

wherin itimes i could link back photos uploaded at Flickr or Picasa to itimes. You just need to type in the username and save it.

what else u need dude ,being a photographer found it interesting.

Guys with respect to all bloggers I must say we should be concentrating on the features & use it till the core rather than commenting on the sites.

Why can’t we have two separate mail id’s don’t we have more than two private ID’s.
I think it is a good tool to intact your privacy.

i must say it’s brand duplication from igoogle and product duplication from so many other sites. So all duplicate nothing original. At the same time another id now think about the confusion.

when u lack ideas this happens…

I wish my site would find praise from “People” like itimes is getting here ;-)

Just read what Rex has to say a few comments above… man.. ROTFL :))

And, i have almost believing that its a genius move not to integrate itimes with the parent email service.. well so many “People” are trying to make me believe.. ITS FUN man :)) again ROTFL

oh well itimes is a relatively new site and is having its share of ups and downs…which i guess is natural…i mean most of us in india got to know about orkut and facebook when it was like a couple of years old here!guess we sould give it some more time to evolve and see where its heading towards before giving our final verdict on it.

psst…i personally find the idea of blogging,gaming,email and social networking in one platform really hassle free.orkut is way too cluttered now,facebook very uni dimensional and myspace,bigadda & ibibo..well lets not even get there!! :p

itimes has some features which will certainly attract a niche segment of users and get brownie points for itself.

The way to go ahead is social networking and indiatime have done a right thing to lauch it now. I am sure in years to follow it will create its own market in this industry.

social networking should be for a cause.  The hot issue right now is our neighbour.  all people having contacts should mobilize efforts to ensure world view remains in our favour.

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it is a reallly cool site. it have everything to compete with orkut or facebook kind of stuff..it gave my desired mail id ,which i was searching from long time. Unlike orkut it is giving suggestion for friends ,i don’t need to go and search for my classmates, it automatically populate them for me. I Love this site. i feel like satisfied after coming to this site.other things will automatically sattel down when more and more user will use this.

I know exactly how much was paid for the domain itimes.com but I won’t tell. SECRET !!!