BWI: Bhaskar’s Local Search and Classifieds Now Powered by Getit

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: GETIT
Friday, May 04, 2012 02:03 PM IST (08:33 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, People; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Information technology, Telecommunications; Technology
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Bhaskar's Local Search and Classifieds Now Powered by Getit
Newly integrated 'Go shopping' option will allow Bhaskar users to search for any Mall across 50+ cities in India

New Delhi, Delhi, India, Friday, May 04, 2012 -- (Business Wire India) -- GETIT Infoservices Pvt. Ltd., the leader in directional advertising and pioneer of Yellow Pages in India has announced a strategic alliance with Dainik Bhaskar, one of the largest media houses in India to power their 'Local Search' and 'Classifieds'. The local search and classified services will be powered on Dainik Bhaskar's Hindi portal (Dainikbhaskar.com), English portal (Dailybhaskar.com), Gujarati Portal (Divyabhaskar.com) and Marathi portal (Divyamarathi.com). With this alliance, users of Bhaskar group four websites in various languages will be able to search local information and post classified ads on the Getit's Freeads network. This alliance will be instrumental in driving additional responses to Local and regional SMEs/advertisers on GETIT's network, as each one of these above portals is the leading sites in their respective regions/languages - aggregating more than 7 Mn UVs per month and about 100 Mn page views in overall.

The users can navigate to Dainik Bhaskar Classifieds and Local Search through a widget placed on the homepage and city pages of the websites. This alliance will enable users to have not just regional news and photos but also relevant information catering to their daily purchasing needs. Users can search the Classifieds across various categories like Auto, jobs, Computers, household items etc. Also any such classified ad posted through this alliance will be visible not only to Bhaskar users but to all the users accessing Getit's Freeads network. Similarly through 'Local Search' widget would help customer to search service providers or advertisers across 4500 plus categories in their area. This information would enable users to get in touch with the service providers of daily utilities like restaurants, Hotels, cab services, movers and packers, plumbers, financial service providers, real estate agents etc.

Another Unique feature integrated integrated in this widegt is 'Go Shopping' option - which will be very valuable for shopping lovers, as via this option, a user can search for Malls for shopping purpose across 50+ cities in India. This will also enable user to search for Malls by Brands, Categories, name, and specific locations, thus enhancing the discovery of modern shopping destinations in his/her city, through the Getit's service - www.getitmalls.com.

Commenting on the launch, Sidharth Gupta, CEO, GETIT Infoservices Pvt. Ltd. said, "We are delighted to have alliance with one of the most reputed media houses in India. The combination of news from Dainik Bhaskar.com and GETIT's leadership in the Free Classified, Local Search and Malls shopping space should be able to unlock significant value for both the companies by reinforcing the credibility of their services."

Gyan Gupta, CEO, IMCL said "Through this alliance, we hope to give a holistic view of the search and classifieds section. We expect to add value to our users by the virtue of this appliance."

About GETIT Infoservices (P) Limited

Established in 1986, GETIT Infoservices (P) Ltd pioneered Yellow Pages and later free-classifieds in India. GETIT focuses on bringing buyers and sellers together through information products and services. To users it offers high quality local search and classified services that can be accessed through any media - online, voice, mobile & print. Alongside it helps local businesses grow by bringing quality customers and enquiries.



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