The next time you want to know how your blog ranks in the Indian blogosphere, log on to http://india.blogstreet.com. Blogstreet, formed in 2002, is the first Indian blog search engine that also indexes blogs worldwide. In October 2004, it launched the Indian version of the portal, Blogstreet India.

The number of blogs in India is estimated to be around 100,000, of which the active blogs (updated at least once a month) are around 15,000. Currently Blogstreet India indexes only about 2,000 active Indian blogs because of its stringent listing policy. To participate in the listing, bloggers have to send in a request to Blogstreet, which in turn vets all the information given in by the blogger. Each time a blogger blogrolls (links) another blog, it gets indexed as a blog count. Blogcounts are aggregated over a six-month period and rankings are given accordingly.

The portal is owned by Netcore Solutions, whose chairman Rajesh Jain was one of the most successful Indian Internet entrepreneurs. In 1999, he made the headlines when his portal, Indiaworld, was bought over by Sify for Rs 500 crore.