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Rediff/Rediffmail India Limited Rediff.com.Logo.gif Type Public (NASDAQ: REDF) Founded 1996 Headquarters Mumbai, India Key people Ajit Balakrishnan, Chairman & CEO Industry Internet Services Revenue $21.80 million (2011) Employees 316 (Dec 2009) Website rediff.com Alexa rank steady 160 (November 2011)[1] Type of site web portal Registration Optional Available in English Launched February 8, 1997; 14 years ago [show]Screenshot Rediff.com India (NASDAQ: REDF) is a news, information, entertainment, and shopping portal. It was founded in 1996[2] as "Rediff On The NeT"[3] and is headquartered in Mumbai, India with offices in New Delhi and New York City, USA.[4] Visitors to rediff.com in 2008 According to Alexa,[5] Rediff is the No. 9 Indian web portal.[6] . It has more than 316 employees.[7] 89.1% of the millions of visitors[8] to Rediff.com are from India, while the rest come primarily from the USA (3.4%) and China.[9] In April 2001, Rediff.com acquired and began offering India Abroad.[10] It is ranked 146 on Alexa.[11] Rediff.com was the first website domain name registered in India in 1996.[12] Contents [hide] 1 Rediff products 2 See also 3 References 4 External links [edit] Rediff products Rediffmail: Web based e-mail which has around 95 million registered usernames.[13] It offers unlimited free storage space.[14] Rediff recently launched an AJAX based mail interface.[15] Rediffmail also allows users to send and receive mails in many Indian languages on Microsoft Windows.[16] Rediffmail is also available on mobiles through the free mobile application. In October 2010, Rediff.com launched a paid mobile email service named `Rediffmail NG' with support for all mobile phone platforms including Symbian, Java and Andriod. In addition, it offers synchronisation across users' phone and PC.[17] Rediff Bol: instant messenger with support for Hindi language[18] Rediff SongBuzz: A social, music search & discovery service, featuring Hindi music primarily[19] It also offers various other web based services such as a web search, shopping, classifieds, a matrimonial service, social networking, blogging, a music-video sharing platform and a community-driven knowledge base.[20] On April 26th 2011, Rediff launched new service, group deals, named Rediff Deal Ho Jaye!The service, essentially, offers consumers local services in about 40 cities across India at discounts that range from 30 per cent to 60 per cent on any deals that they avail of. Among others "Rediff Deal Ho Jaye! will help consumers discover new services and experiences in their city, such as restaurants, spas, hotels, healthcare, tattoos, hobby classes, adventure sports and other local attractions across 70 categories and at 30-60 per cent discounts, thus helping them make the most of their quality time with their family and friends," Ajit Balakrishnan, Chairman and CEO of Rediff.com told reporters during a press conference called to announce the launch of the service. [21][22]