Cari Internet
Cari Internet Sdn. Bhd. is a Malaysian company founded in 1996. It operates the eponymous website Cari.com.my, the country's first
The word cari (IPA: /tʃari/) means "search" in the Malay language.
Business development
Cari was founded by Liew Chew-Keat (Chinese: 柳树吉).[4] It was unique for its early provision of trilingual services: English, Malay, and Chinese.[2] After its founding, Cari grew to become one of the country's top ten web portals, while maintaining tight control over costs. It received RM2.5 million (US$657,808) in venture capital funding from AKN.com in 2000 in exchange for a 15% stake, which was later transferred to Swansoft Technologies. The bursting of the dot-com bubble actually aided Cari's cash flow, allowing it to cut advertising spending from RM450,000 in 2000, to just RM50,000 in 2001. However, it was still not profitable in 2001.[5]
In 2003, Cari Internet announced the rollout of its in-house developed
Legal disputes
In 2000, Cari Internet had a legal dispute with Catcha.com and considered suing the latter for copyright infringement.
Traffic and rankings
According to Alexa Internet's rankings, cari.com.my was the 144th-most popular website among Malaysia's 74.6% visitors in March 2018.[9]
References
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- ^ "網民埋怨治安差 [Internet users complain of poor public safety]", Wen Wei Po, 27 November 2006, archived from the original on 26 September 2011, retrieved 8 July 2011
- ^ "那一夜,Cari版主网聚再创记录 [That night, Cari moderators set a record again]", TechDaily, 23 November 2009, retrieved 9 July 2011
- ZDNet, archived from the originalon 29 January 2012, retrieved 8 July 2011
- ^ Yeoh, Oon (12 June 2008), "Food, glorious local food", The Star, retrieved 8 July 2011
- ^ "梁宗寶醜聞風波‧佳禮須交出網友資料 [Neoh scandal: Cari must disclose internet user's information]", Sin Chew Daily, 6 November 2008, archived from the original on 26 March 2012, retrieved 8 July 2011
- ^ K. Kasturi Dewi (7 November 2008), "Court orders website to reveal identities", The Star, archived from the original on 10 November 2008, retrieved 8 July 2011
- ^ Top Sites in Malaysia, Alexa Internet, archived from the original on 20 January 2022, retrieved 1 April 2018