Ghughuti
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| ghughuti (Hindi: घुघुती) | |
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| URL | http://www.ghughuti.com/ |
| Slogan | A Sweet Call That Ties..Ghughuti! |
| Commercial? | No, Free community |
| Type of site | Social Network Service |
| Registration | Not mandatory |
| Available language(s) | English & Hindi |
| Owner |  Neelkant Dobriyal |
| Created by | Neelkant Dobriyal |
| Launched | 2007 |
| Revenue | None |
| Current status | Active |
www.ghughuti.com is a first social networking website targeted to northern Indian people from Uttarakhand state, India. The website was facilitated by Neelkant Dobriyal in 2007 and is named after a bird locally known as ghughuti. (English: Mountain Dove of aves class, Hindi: घुघुती ). The bird is exclusively found in the northern hilly state of india and has been focal point of musicians and singers from both garhwal and kumaon regions. Ghughuti birds also be a symbol of local community folklores[1].
Since its inception, Ghughuti.com has offered free registration for the users. Registration is not regulated and unregistered users can reach home page to access most of its contents without having to create an account. However, some of the features are only available to registered users[2].
Unlike other social networking websites, ghughuti offers users with a discussion forum besides features like Profile, Blog, News, Event Organizer, Private Message Board, Instant Messaging, Personalized Group, online Chat, Mail, Streaming online Songs, Picture Gallery, Videos, Personalized community and a free Business Directory with search and listing tool[3].
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[edit] History
ghughuti.com was launched in 2007. The peer to peer networking idea was in line with orkut and facebook but limited to Uttanchali inhabitants and migrants. However, as of now, there has not been a mechanism to check or block users that do not have association with Uttaranchal state.
The initial approach to advertise relied solely on word of mouth. The engine and plug ins had been replaced 3 times over a period of one year leading to improved accessibility and reducing pages' download time on users part. In 2007, developer incorporated uttaranchali online music hosted on its own server and video through youtube.com.
[edit] Features
- Picture Profile, exploring new friends and keeping update with existing ones
- Blogs
- Photo Gallery
- News
- Music
- Video uploading ( hosted on Youtube.com)
- Discussion/Message Board
- Event Scheduler
- Poll
- Personalized Communities
- Quizzes Creation
- Games
- Free Business Directory/ Yellow Pages (Search & Listings both)
All sections are interactive and members have ability to participate and contribute**in all of given sections.
(**registration required)
[edit] Users Base & Growth
Alexa ranks the website www.ghughuti.com 22,000 within India. Thus the website has registered a growth of plus 32% over past three preceding months. The website, as of May 2008, 10th, has an user base of 1700 (on May,17,2008) members including dormant accounts. The average users login on any day ranges between 700-800.
Majority of users come from India. Although, site is also maintained and moderated by members living abroad.
[edit] Funding
Since the site is privately owned and does not seek monetary contribution from users, therefore, there has been provision to display google adverts in the discussion forum. However, users using certain softwares don't see the adverts.
