- GoneTooSoon
Infobox Dotcom company
company_name = GoneTooSoon Ltd.
company_
company_type = Limited
foundation = Leeds,England
(November, 2005)
location = Leeds,England
key_people = Terry George, Founder
url = [http://www.gonetoosoon.org/ gonetoosoon.org]
website_type = Memorial website
language = English
advertising =Banner ads
registration = Not Required
launch_date = November 2005
current_status = ActiveGoneTooSoon is a not for profit memorial website that allows users to create web pages that celebrate the lives of loved ones who have passed away. The website was founded by
entrepreneur andphilanthropist , Terry George who funds the maintainence and up keep of the site. To ensure the site remains free [http://www.gonetoosoon.org/ GoneTooSoon] teamed up with [http://www.gettingpersonal.co.uk/ GettingPersonal.co.uk] and [http://www.interflora.co.uk/ Interflora] who donate a small percentage of their sales when receiving an order from a GoneTooSoon user.Website
GoneTooSoon allows users to create and maintain a memorial website where family and friends can add tributes with the aim of keeping the loved one's memory alive.
In August 2008, GoneTooSoon was upgraded to include a number of features that can be found on social networking sites such as user profiles (known as a user's garden), the ability to add friends and send messages.
Media Coverage
GoneTooSoon was forced to aplogise to a number of familes after a blunder meant that adverts were displayed for a book on Soham killer Ian Huntley besides tributes to his schoolgirl victims. Ryanair adverts rand alongside tributes for dead people called Ryan, and there was a motorcycle promotion on a memorial for a man killed in a bike crash cite news | title = Heartbreak as website for tributes to the dead features grossly inappropriate adverts| work = Daily Mail | publisher = Associated Newspapers Ltd | date = 2007-05-25 | url = http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-457402/Heartbreak-website-tributes-dead-features-grossly-inappropriate-adverts.html | accessdate = 2008-10-09] . Adverts were immediately removed from the website.
References
External links
* [http://www.gonetoosoon.co.uk Gone Too Soon website]
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