AskMen.com
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| URL | AskMen.com |
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| Commercial? | Yes |
| Type of site | Online men's publication |
| Registration | Optional |
| Owner | IGN Fox Interactive Media News Corporation |
| Created by | Ricardo Poupada Chris Bellerose Rovny Luís Rodrigues |
| Launched | January 2000 |
| Alexa rank |  941 (March 2012[update])[1] |
AskMen.com is a free online men’s web portal, with international versions in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States.
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[edit] History
AskMen.com was founded in August 2006 by Ricardo Poupada, Christopher Bellerose Rovny, and Luís Rodrigues, all three graduates of Concordia University's John Molson School of Business in Montreal. The company secured $500,000 in venture capital in 2000 while its main competitor, TheMan.com, obtained $17 million in financing from Highland Capital. In November 2000, TheMan.com shut down operations, providing an opportunity for AskMen.com to become the largest men's lifestyle website online.[2] By 2001, AskMen.com surpassed the other websites in its category to become the largest men's lifestyle website.[3]
Through a combination of partnerships with AOL and MSN, AskMen.com became the leader in the men's lifestyle space, though it still trailed ESPN.com and other websites in terms of total reach within the male segment on the Web.
In 2010 the site ranked #819 for world-wide traffic on Alexa.[4] In December 2009, the site had an estimated 12 million unique visitors.[5]
[edit] Website content
AskMen.com’s sections feature topics that are geared toward men. The sections include:
- Fashion and lifestyle
- Fine living
- Cars
- Health and sports
- Dating and love
- Car reviews
- Sexuality
- Women
- Men
- Power and money
- Entertainment
- Gaming
- Amateur hypnotism
- Poker
- Joke of the day
- Cool site of the day
- Video of the day
- Gadget of the day
AskMen.com has an annual list of Top 99 Most Desirable Women, The AskMen.com Top 49 Men, and The Player’s Guide, a paid subscription sub-site.
According to Hitwise, AskMen.com is consistently ranked No. 1 in the "Lifestyle – Men’s Sites" category, as it has over 40,000 articles available for free online.[6]
[edit] Print
AskMen.com launched a three-book series published by HarperCollins in May 2007, starting with their first book titled From the Bar to the Bedroom.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ "Askmen.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/AskMen.com. Retrieved 2012-03-02.
- ^ Stefanie Olsen (2000-11-01). "Latest dot-com bomb: TheMan.com". CNET News.com. http://news.com.com/news/0-1007-200-3360232.html. Retrieved 2006-09-03.
- ^ "One-year-old AskMen.com Surpasses Maxim & GQ and Remains Profitable". PRNewswire. 2001-06-04. http://ca.askmen.com/mediakit/yahoo_nielsen_ratings.html. Retrieved 2006-09-03.
- ^ "Askmen.com Site Info". Alexa.com. 2010-02-16. http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/askmen.com. Retrieved 2010-11-12.
- ^ "CBC News - Technology & Science - AskMen.com: a decade of manliness". Cbc.ca. 2009-12-15. http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/12/11/askmen-decade-online-internet.html. Retrieved 2010-11-12.
- ^ "Category Spotlight: Lifestyle - Men's Interest". Hitwise. http://www.hitwise.com/news/us200506.html.
- ^ Bassil, James (2007), AskMen.com Presents From the Bar to the Bedroom: The 11 Rules for Picking Up and Pleasuring Women, HarperCollins, ISBN 9780061208522
- Bassil, James (2007), Askmen.com Presents the Style Bible: The 11 Rules for Building a Complete and Timeless Wardrobe, Collins, ISBN 9780061208508
- Bassil, James (2008), Askmen.com Presents the Guy's Guide to Romance: The 11 Rules for Finding a Woman & Making Her Happy, HarperCollins, ISBN 9780061242861
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