Nov 12
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I am Halal
A promising search engine that filters Halal contents to its users, Imhalal.com has surpassed its popularity expectations. It was designed for Muslim internet users but the surprising factor was its adaption from Western Countries. European parents now trust it more for their children.
But recent results from ALEXA, a website used for tracking popularity graph for websites, reveals that almost 42% of users of Imhalal.com comes from Pakistan with India following with 12.5%.
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But besides all his popularity Imhalal.com still has to find an appropriate business model if it wants to play with the big players like Google and Yahoo.
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