Softpedia
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| URL | www.softpedia.com |
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| Slogan | Updated one minute ago |
| Commercial? | No |
| Type of site | Download website |
| Available language(s) | English and Spanish |
| Owner | Cătălin Gârmacea & Bogdan Gheorghe[1] |
| Launched | 2001 |
| Alexa rank |  441 (March 2012[update])[2] |
Softpedia is an Internet web site that indexes information and provides software downloads. The site also covers major technology, science, health, and entertainment news from both external and in-house sources and provides software and game reviews. As of December 2008[update], it is one of the top 500 websites according to Alexa traffic rankings,[3] and the 10th most visited site by Romanians.[4][5] Like Download.com, it is a "popular destination for software downloads".[6]
Software categories are arranged hierarchically and are modeled after Windows filesystem paths, such as "C: \ Mobile Phone Tools \ Sony Ericsson". Users can sort by criteria such as the date of the last update, the number of downloads, or the rating. There are three viewing modes, normal, freeware, or shareware, allowing users to screen out certain types of software.[7]
It is owned by company Softnews Net, from Romania.[5] Although it is of Romanian ownership, the website caters to English speakers.[1] In 2006, 95% of revenue came from outside Romania; by 2007 it had 3.5 million visitors per week and most were from abroad.[8]
[edit] Statistics
As of 9 January 2012[update]:[citation needed]
- Number of applications indexed: 1,077,653
- Total number of downloads: 2,123,346,234
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Ce afaceri au rulat greii din online-ul romanesc in 2009 (What business heavyweights have run the online site in 2009 Romanian)" (in Romanian), wall-street.ro, 22 July 2010, http://www.wall-street.ro/slideshow/Marketing-PR/89710/Ce-afaceri-au-rulat-greii-din-online-ul-romanesc-in-2009/3/Jucatorii-din-servicii-afaceri-in-scadere.html#slide_title, "Softnews Net, which launched in 2001 the site softpedia.com (...) Most of company revenues come from online advertising but on the www.softpedia.com, addressed to English speakers. Net Softnews Garmacea and is controlled by Catalin Gheorghe Bogdan."
- ^ "Softpedia.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/Softpedia.com. Retrieved 2012-03-02.
- ^ "SoftPedia.com". Alexa. 2010. http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/softpedia.com. Retrieved 2010-09-21.
- ^ "Top Sites in Romania". Alexa. 2009. http://www.alexa.com/topsites/countries/RO. Retrieved 2009-12-25.
- ^ a b "Many website owners see major revenue and profit declines", Ziarul Financiar, 20 Jul 2010, http://www.zf.ro/zf-english/many-website-owners-see-major-revenue-and-profit-declines-6640917, "Softnews Net, the company behind softpedia.com website - one of the most visited websites in Romania, is one of the few players on the Romanian online market to have recorded a rise in revenues and profit last year, according to Trade Registry data."
- ^ Jameel, M.S.; Akshat, A.; Singh, C.T. (2008), "Enhancements in query evaluation and page summarization of The Thinking Algorithm", International Symposium on Information Technology, 2008.: pp. 1–8, doi:10.1109/ITSIM.2008.4632050, ISBN 978-1-4244-2327-9
- ^ Kraynak, Joe (2005-08-29), Que's Official Internet Yellow Pages, 2006 Edition, Que Publishing, pp. 202, ISBN 0-7897-3408-7
- ^ Bobi Neacsu (11 Jun 2007), "Trafic.ro merge mai departe fara Softpedia.com (Trafic.ro goes without Softpedia.com)" (in Romanian), Standard.ro, http://old.standard.money.ro/articol_2445/trafic_ro_merge_mai_departe_fara_softpedia_com.htmll
