India with 73.9 million Net users is the world's third largest Internet population, overtaking Japan after China and the US, according to research firm ComScore in their “India Digital Future in Focus 2013” report.
Key [March 2013] highlights from the 2013 India Digital Future in Focus include:
- At 73.9 million home and work internet users, the Indian online population currently ranks as the 3rd largest in the world after China and the U.S.
- With 75 percent of its internet users under the age of 35, India has the youngest skewing online population among BRIC countries.
- Across all age and gender groups, Women between the ages of 35-44 are the heaviest internet users in the Indian market.
- The Indian blogging audience grew 48 percent in the past year to 36 million visitors while 26 percent of category traffic comes from mobile phones and tablets.
- 54 million internet users in India watched online videos on their computer, representing a 27-percent increase over the past year.
Above five, points makes a strong case for all small businesses and enterprises in India should have their web and mobile presence. It is increasingly becoming necessary for all small business to have some sort of online presence to ensure that people who are searching for information on the Internet should find your business.
Web presence can be your business website, you business listing on some local directories like JustDial or map yourself on Google Map. This way anyone searching for information can find your business before he or she get down on the street!
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