Today I have found an article on Best Indian websites on PC world magazine. From social networking to health, job search to health, and Legal services to matrimony, they have published an extensive list of websites divided in 31 categories. PC World called in a panel of experts to rate the Indian websites. The ratings given to the websites were based on three criteria, Design Score, Technology and User evaluation. In Design score, their experts rated sites on two levels - design and usability. Design included colors, typography, visual appeal, consistency and typography. Usability took account interactively and customization to India. It was of 40 points out of 100. Technology having 40 points covered navigation with structure, interface, diversity error handling and security whereas in User evaluation which has 20 points, website content and overall user experience were taken care into. In case of a tie (same number of points), the website having higher technology score was given the higher priority. I am sharing the list of all the best websites in respective categories. Believe me, some of them were unknown to me before reading that issue of PC world magazine.

Category — Best Website

Portal — yahoo.co.in
Social Networking — orkut.com
News — ibnlive.com
Health — healthy-india.org
Jobs Search — monsterindia.com
Books — granth.com
Matrimony — shaadi.com
Filing Taxes — taxsmile.com
Shopping — homeshop18.com
Legal Services — legalserviceindia.com
Travel — cleartrip.com
Food and Beverage — kitchensofindia.com
Cricket — cricinfo.com
Parenting — indiaparenting.com
Properties — hdfcrealty.com
Online Directory — sulekha.com
Online Radio — raaga.com
Entertainment — indiafm.com
Search — google.co.in
Bill Payment — visabillpay.in
Automobiles — carwale.com
Education — schoolsahead.com
Tourism — keralatourism.org
Astrology — ganeshaspeaks.com
Technology — tech2.com
Mobile Contents — rediff.com/mobile
Gaming — indya.com
Movie Rentals — seventymm.com
Gifts and Flowers — fnp.in
Photo Sharing — zoom.in
NGO — careindia.org