Digital Photography Review

Digital Photography Review

URL	http://www.dpreview.com
Type of site	Online digital camera reviews
Available language(s)	English
Owner	Amazon.com
Launched	November 1998
Alexa rank	1,102 (November 2011[update])[1]
Current status	Online

Digital Photography Review (established November 1998) is a website about digital cameras and digital photography. The website has comprehensive reviews of digital cameras, lenses and accessories, buying guides, user reviews, and very active forums for the individual cameras as well as general photography forums. The website also has a large database with information about the individual digital cameras.

www.dpreview.com is one of the top 2,000 most visited websites on the Internet, according to Alexa Internet.^[1] The website itself claims that "These days the site is one of, if not the, premium digital photography site with an audience of seven million unique visitors a month reading over one hundred million pages".^[2]

Ownership history

Digital Photography Review was founded in December 1998 in the United Kingdom by Philip and Joanna Askey.^[3]

The website continued to grow and, on May 14, 2007, was acquired by Amazon.com.^[4]

Prior to the acquisition, the company name was registered in the United Kingdom as Askey Net Consulting. It was changed to DPReview.com on May 9, 2007, and continues as a Private Limited Company in the United Kingdom with its registered office in Slough.^[5] The domain name dpreview.com is still registered to Askey Net Consulting Ltd.^[6]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Dpreview.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/dpreview.com. Retrieved 2011-11-02. 
2. ^ About this site: Digital Photography Review
3. ^ Digital Photography Review - About Us
4. ^ Digital Photography Review news page
5. ^ UK Companies House record (sourced April 10, 2010)
6. ^ Network Solutions Whois (sourced April 10, 2010)

External links

• Digital Photography Review