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| URL | mashable.com |
| Slogan | The Social Media Guide |
| Type of site | social media news |
| Available language(s) | English, French and Spanish |
| Owner | Pete Cashmore |
| Created by | Pete Cashmore |
| Launched | July 2005[1] |
| Alexa rank | 788 |
| Revenue | Est. $166,000 per mo.[1] |
Mashable is an Internet news blog. With a reported 7+ million monthly pageviews[2] and an Alexa ranking around 750,[3] it ranks as one of the largest blogs on the Internet. Mashable regularly writes about YouTube, Facebook, Google, Twitter, MySpace, Apple and startups,[4] but it also reports on less high-profile social networking and social media sites.[1]
Mashable is popular on many social networks. As of October 6, 2009, it has over 1.5 million Twitter followers, nearly 50,000 fans on Facebook, and over 300,000 RSS subscribers.
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Open Web Awards
On January 10, 2008 at Palace Hotel, San Francisco, Mashable announced the winners of the first Open Web Awards[5].
The 2nd Annual Open Web Awards was a solely on-line international competition that took place between November and December 2008. Amongst the winners in the 'People's Choice' component were Encyclopedia Dramatica in the wiki category, beating out WikiHow in second place and Wikipedia in third. Others included digg in the 'Social News and Social Bookmarking' category, Netlog in the 'Mainstream and Large Social Networks' category and MySpace in the 'Places and Events' category.[6]
Acquisition of Blippr
On March 9, 2009, Mashable announced that it had acquired Blippr, a micro-reviews service where users can review games, books, movies, music, and web applications in 160 characters or less.[7]
See also
- Ars Technica
- Download Squad
- ReadWriteWeb
- TechCrunch
References
- ^ a b c "Mashable" (in English). Small Biz (BusinessWeek). 2007-07-13. http://images.businessweek.com/ss/07/07/0714_bloggers/source/12.htm. Retrieved 2007-09-12.
- ^ Self-reported from the Mashable homepage
- ^ Alexa ranking for mashable.com
- ^ See category tabs on the Mashable website
- ^ Mashable Open Web Awards Winners, 2008-02-04, http://mashable.com/2007/12/21/open-web-awards-winners/, retrieved 2008-02-04
- ^ Mashable Open Web Awards Winners, http://mashable.com/2008/12/16/open-web-awards-2-winners/, retrieved 2008-12-16
- ^ [1]
External links
- Official website
- Blippr
- Mashable on Twitter
- What is Mashable, twitQA
- Top 100 Undiscovered Web Sites, PCMAG
- The Bigs of the Blogs, Fastcompany
- Bloggers Bring in the Big Bucks, Business Week
- Video Profile on Founder Pete Cashmore by Current, Current TV
- Blogger’s Choice Winners for Open Web Awards, SociableBlog.com
- 5,000 Resources to Do Just About Anything Online Mashable.com
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