Niche online publisher LOUD3R is to launch a series of new sites, as part of its plans to create 10 new websites a month on its network.The new additions include: PREGG3R, for pregnancy; SHUTT3R, for photography; and SUMM3R, for the Olympics.
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Last month, LOUD3R used their semantic publishing platform to launch a network of 25 websites, each dedicated to a different topic. These sites collect news from all over the web to serve the unmet needs of enthusiasts for all sorts of topics. LOUD3R’s goal was achieving 100,000 unique hits across the network within their first 30 days. They exceeded this goal 2 times over with more than 200,000 unique hits for the first month.
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LOUD3R has nearly 200,000 unique visits and will add 9 new sites to the LOUD3R network
July 17, 2008 – LOS ANGELES – Last month, LOUD3R used their unique semantic publishing platform to launch a network of 25 websites, each dedicated to a different topic (motorcycles, mixed martial arts, gadgets, etc.). These sites collect the news from all over the web to serve the unmet needs of enthusiasts for all sorts of topics. LOUD3R’s stated goal was achieving 100,000 unique hits across the network within their first 30 days. They exceeded this goal 2 times over with close to 200,000 unique hits. LOUD3R also announced plans to add 9 new sites to the network within the next few weeks.
“We knew from the start that some sites would flourish with many thousands of users, and that others would serve the needs of some enthusiasts without garnering a huge amount of traffic” says Lowell Goss, founder and CEO of LOUD3R, Inc. “Because of the low cost of launching sites we created a wide network – looking at it as a whole, our aggregate traffic after 30 days is outstanding.”
Editors create LOUD3R sites by assembling a source list of websites and a semantic glossary of terms to teach the publishing engine how to identify the best content related to a particular topic. The platform is capable of unsupervised learning, and automatically improves over time through user feedback across the LOUD3R sites.
The newest LOUD3R sites joining the network include:
LOUD3R’s combination of human editors and semantic technology allows them to scale rapidly, creating and maintaining a wide swath of websites at minimal cost. LOUD3R owns more than 550 3R-branded URL’s, and they will soon reach a total of 35 3R-branded sites. LOUD3R is presenting today at the Twiistup Event in Los Angeles, CA, a conference to connect people from technology, media and entertainment. LOUD3R is based in Los Angeles, and is seeking a series A round of venture funding.
About the 3R Network
LOUD3R uses a content discovery engine with a combination of human intelligence and semantic technology to find and rank the best news, editorial, photo, video and other content related to a particular topic. LOUD3R sites publish the best content, filtering out spam, splogs, repeats, and dead links. Subjects range from sailing to technology, photography to venture capital, each with a dedicated website. LOUD3R’s content discovery engine requires minimal configuration and maintenance, making it possible to rapidly launch sites at low cost. LOUD3R owns more than 500 domains that share the “3R” brand, spread across a wide variety of topics.
About LOUD3R
LOUD3R is dedicated to connecting people with information about their passions. The LOUD3R network of enthusiast sites provides a single destination to find the best Web content for topics that are underserved on the Web today. LOUD3R’s content discovery engine uses semantic technology and human editorial input to scour the Web and gather the most relevant content for any given topic. LOUD3R’s mission is to provide a comprehensive view of the best content for a given subject across a network of narrowly focused enthusiast sites.
Useful Links:
Home page: www.loud3r.com
LOUD3R Blog: www.blog.loud3r.com
Twiistup Home: www.twiistup.com
Press contact:
David Speiser
Stage Two Consulting
650-515-6635
Calley Nye
LOUD3R offers a network of 30 topic-specific semantic search engines. Some of the topics include venture capital (FOUND3R), fashion (GLITT3R), internet business and technology (BUZZ3R), men’s fashion (DAPP3R), politics (VOT3R), and many more. The network has received 200,000 uniques since their launch last month.
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Joanna Pettas
Now, one month since its launch, LOUD3R is announcing that it has doubled its initial goal of getting 100,000 unique visitors across its sites and is launching seven more of its domains in a couple of weeks, including SUMM3R in time for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
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