Ghacks

This article is about the blog by Martin Brinkmann. For the book about Google, see Google Hacks.

Ghacks
Type of businessSubsidiary
Type of site
blog
FoundedOctober 2005
Headquarters
Essen
,
Germany
OwnerSoftonic
Founder(s)Martin Brinkmann
Key peopleMartin Brinkmann, Editor-in-chief
ServicesReviews / Recommendations
Employees5
URLwww.ghacks.net

Ghacks Technology News is a technology blog created by Martin Brinkmann in October 2005. Its primary focus is on web browser and Windows tips, software, guides and reviews.

Coverage

The editor-in-chief and founder is Martin Brinkmann. All authors that contribute articles for the site are listed in the footer area on the website.

An average of five posts are published each day of the week with topics ranging from Windows[1] and Linux operating system news to web browser tips (focusing on Firefox,[2] Google Chrome and Opera, online services like Gmail and Outlook.com, and general tech news and tips.

Popular posts include login related troubleshooting guides like Gmail[3] or Facebook.[4]

Ghacks Technology News articles have been republished by sites such as Lifehacker,[5] Gizmodo,[6] DonationCoder.com, and other sites due to its coverage of cyber security, troubleshooting and FOSS.[7][8][9][6][10][11][excessive citations]

History

Ghacks was created in 2005 as a development blog for a software called Google Hacks.[12] Trademark issues made the founder of the site pick ghacks as the domain name. The software was soon thereafter discontinued and Ghacks turned from a development type blog to a software and online news oriented blog.[citation needed]

In April 5, 2008, Grand Effect blog advertising network, co-founded by Sarah Perez and David Peralty, included eXtra for Every Publisher, gHacks, ParisLemon, SheGeeks, Sarah in Tampa, and The Last Podcast!.[citation needed][importance?]

From 2008 to 2011, the site held an annual Christmas Giveaway, with commercial software given away to readers.[13][14][importance?]

The website received more than 400,000 visitors per day as of January 2017,[citation needed] and as of June 2019 has an Alexa traffic rank of 9,537 worldwide and 4,269 in the United States.[15]

In October 2019, Ghacks was acquired by Softonic.[16]

Reception

Ghacks Technology News has received recommendations by DL.TV,[17] Diggnation,[18][not specific enough to verify] and KNLS Radio's Eye on the Web with Mary Westheimer.[19][failed verification]

Technorati listed Ghacks as a top 100 blog in both the general technology and info technology category; in September 2013, it occupied position 21 in the Info technology category and 68 in the overall technology category on Technorati.[20]

References

  1. ^ "Windows | Latest Posts". Ghacks.net. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
  2. ^ "Firefox | Latest Posts". Ghacks.net. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
  3. ^ Brinkmann, Martin (May 4, 2009). "Gmail Login Troubleshooting". gHacks Technology News. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
  4. ^ Brinkmann, Martin (October 17, 2009). "Facebook Login Page Help And Troubleshooting". gHacks Tech News.
  5. ^ Chen, Jason (October 18, 2011). "Instant Elevator Music Automatically Plays Whenever You Move Files Around". Lifehacker. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
  6. ^ a b loganbooker (September 3, 2018). "You've Been Moving Chrome Tabs Wrong This Whole Time". Gizmodo Australia. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
  7. ^ "Patch Tuesday Lowdown, April 2019 Edition". Krebs on Security. April 19, 2019. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
  8. ^ loganbooker (August 8, 2015). "Recover Lost Drive Space From Windows 10's Technical Preview". Lifehacker Australia. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
  9. ^ loganbooker (August 9, 2015). "Your Windows 10 Upgrade May Be Using More Space Than It Should". Gizmodo Australia. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
  10. ^ Papadopoulos, P (2020). "Keeping out the Masses: Understanding the Popularity and Implications of Internet Paywalls". Proceedings of the Web Conference 2020. pp. 1433–1444. arXiv:1903.01406. doi:10.1145/3366423.3380217. ISBN 9781450370233. S2CID 211010637. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
  11. ^ "W3C in the Press – 2018". W3.org. World Wide Web Consortium. 2018. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
  12. ^ "Welcome to gHacks.net". Ghacks.net. October 3, 2005. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
  13. ^ "Christmas Giveaway". Ghacks.net. Archived from the original on December 4, 2008.
  14. ^ "Christmas Giveaway". Ghacks.net. Archived from the original on January 13, 2012.
  15. ^ "ghacks.net Traffic Statistics". Alexa Internet. Archived from the original on January 28, 2019.
  16. ^ Brinkmann, Martin (October 7, 2019). "Ghacks has a new owner, and that is good for everyone". Ghacks.net. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
  17. ^ "Cool Websites" (video). DL.TV. May 9, 2008. Retrieved September 27, 2024 – via YouTube.
  18. ^ "Diggnation". Archived from the original on August 6, 2005 – via Revision3.
  19. ^ "This month's shows". Eye on the Web with Mary Westheimer. Archived from the original on November 10, 2019 – via Kevincaron.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  20. ^ "gHacks technology news". Technorati. Archived from the original on September 29, 2013.