Piczo
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| Type | Blog company |
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| Founded | 2003 |
| Founder(s) | Jim Conning [1] |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California |
| Key people | Jeremy Verba (CEO) |
| Website | www.piczo.com |
Piczo, Inc is a privately held blog company based in San Francisco, California. Investors include Catamount, Sierra Ventures, U.S. Venture Partners, and Mangrove Capital Partners.[2]
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[edit] Piczo as a service
Their eponymous service, also called Piczo, is an online photo website builder and community, which is for generation of free advertising-supported websites.
Piczo, launched in 2004, allows users to add images, text, guestbooks, message boxes, videos, music and other content to their site using plain text and HTML. Partners include YouTube, VideoEgg, Photobucket, Flock, Yahoo & PollDaddy!.
In addition to the website development aspect of the site, Piczo has a User Generated Content repository, the Piczo Zone, where users can browse, post, and consume content that they or others have used on their site.
feature is "The Board" where Piczo informs users about HTML and Internet safety.
In August 2008 Piczo announced "Piczo Plus," a feature that allows you to buy an "ad-free" site.
Recently, Piczo members were able to create their very own avatar which they were also able to use as their profile picture. By doing simple things like exploring other people's sites, checking your piczo inbox and entering your editor, you receive points which you use as money to buy items and features for your character.
Another new feature is the Meebo chatrooms. Piczo members can create their own Meebo chatroom for everyone to chat in and they can also add other members' chatrooms.
[edit] Popularity
Piczo sees around 10 million unique visitors a month,[3] but according to Hitwise, is by no means the most popular social networking site available.[4][5][6][7][8][9]. While primarily offering services in English and German, Piczo is also available in French, Spanish, Romanian , Russian, Japanese and Korean BETA versions.[10]
[edit] References
- ^ Software engine developer
- ^ Piczo Corporate Site
- ^ Piczo Corporate Site
- ^ Hitwise US - Top 20 Websites - February, 2008
- ^ Hitwise UK - Top 20 Websites - February, 2008
- ^ Hitwise Australia - Top 20 Websites - February, 2008
- ^ Hitwise Australia - Top 20 Websites - February, 2008
- ^ Hitwise Australia - Top 20 Websites - February, 2008
- ^ Hitwise Singapore - Top 20 Websites - February, 2008
- ^ Piczo: Free Website Builder and Glitter, Music, Videos, Graphics, Codes, Blogs and more
[edit] External links
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