TechSpot

TechSpot

Infobox Website
name = TechSpot
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caption = TechSpot.com screenshot taken on July 6, 2008
url = http://www.techspot.com
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language= English, Spanish
registration = Optional
owner = TechSpot
author = Julio Franco
launch date = May 1998
current status = Active
revenue =

TechSpot is a computer enthusiast website founded in 1998 by Julio J. Franco. TechSpot is updated daily with news from the technology and computer industry, reviews of PC products, software downloads and device driver updates. The site is also known for offering system optimization tips on its 'guides & tweaks' section.

TechSpot is visited by over 3 Million unique readers every month (Quantcast & Google Analytics, August 2008).

Over the years TechSpot has been featured and mentioned in several newspapers and recognized publications including: PC World Magazine, Maximum PC, PC Pro, PC Magazine, ZDNet.com, among others.

History

TechSpot was originally named 'Pure Rendition'. In early 1998, the website was started as a personal project of Julio J. Franco and was hosted on a free account on FortuneCity. The original site became famous for reporting news on the popular 3d accelerators based on the Rendition Verite graphics processors. Shortly after the site was renamed to '3D Spotlight'. As the name change implied, it no longer reported on Rendition 3D products only, but on the 3d graphics and gaming scene as a whole.

In 2001 the site acquired the domain rights and was renamed to "TechSpot.com". TechSpot was built upon the success of the old 3D Spotlight, now offering a broader scope on its reporting, and by that time was already receiving about 1 million readers every month.

There is a screenshot gallery portraying some of the [http://www.techspot.com/news/7983-more-techspot-nostalgia.html site's past designs] , which can give an outlook of web design trends from the late 90s to the present.

ite Structure

TechSpot has gone through several expansions since its inception. The first sections to open were the reviews and guides. A community forum was also added in the earlier years and currently consists of over 600,000 user articles from about 21,000 actively registered members.

In recent years TechSpot has added new sections that also receive daily updates: software utility downloads, hot deals and device drivers.

In July 2006, TechSpot in Spanish opened its doors as an on-going effort to deliver technology content to visitors from Hispanic nations.

External links

* [http://www.techspot.com/ TechSpot]


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