There has been a great increase in usage of Internet in India off late. The era of Web 2.0 is truly emerging finally. With increasing Broadband penetration and availability of network, many net savvy entrepreneurs have been quick to realize the huge potential of the India as a market along with global market. Initially, most sites targeted the global Indians who had more access to the Internet, but nowadays many local Internet businesses have come up targeting users in India as well driving the E-commerce, social networking and more. Experts believe that Internet/web 2.0 will definitely going to drive the future of businesses, which has been giving birth to various innovative business models including web/online services companies who can help businesses to reach more people directly and in an cost effective way.

Witnessing the trend the SmartTechie announces the prestigious "Top 25 Most Promising Internet Companies" list. This merit roll is an annual listing of the 25 Internet companies in India.

We at the SmartTechie believe that each company in this annual list had all those, which is needed to climb ladder of success as their products and plans are indeed progressive, and the technologies are groundbreaking. Perhaps, what makes all of them to tick is their innovative and need based approach. The final merit list was decided by our panel of judges consisting of accomplished CEOs, CIOs, VCs, and analysts including the SmartTechie editorial team based on following criteria. Ease of use, evidence of success, scalability and monetization potential. And of course, based on nominations we received from our esteemed readers.

The SmartTechie wishes all the winners a bright future!