The new social networking site IndyaRocks has been launched in Beta. Before continuing with the post, I thought to take a test drive so I entered my profile to get the invitation, which I received within an hour.

The registration part was a bit lengthy as they asked for almost everything e.g. your interests, subscription options, and education background (though some categories were optional). Apparently, IndyaRocks might turn out to be MySpace for the Indians around the world.

Well, the site has almost all the features, which one may find on MySpace. The home page features different sections including My Diary, Graffiti Wall, My Calendar, My Message Center, My Friends, My Bookmarks, and Browse Profiles.

The ‘My Diary’ function can be updated with text entries. But, the thing that makes me ponder is that though they allow the users to subscribe to everything a user shares except the fact that you won’t be able to subscribe to other users’ notes.

The ‘Graffiti Wall’ feature works like the Facebook’s Wall. The free SMS integration is all about getting a text message left by someone for you through the web.

One of the captivating features in almost all the sections of the site is the editing toolbar that lets the users to customize his profile. This feature adds to the friendly user interface of the site. You can share photos, blogs, forums, and classified with other users of IndyaRocks.

They have an array of user friendly features which I think a social networking site should possess especially the enhanced customization. I think they need to work a bit more with the design of the page. But still, IndyaRocks rocks is its own way and it could possible become a MySpace for Indians.64061