Ghacks
{{Third-party|date=September 2024}}{{Short description|Technology blog}}
{{About|the blog by Martin Brinkmann|the book about Google|Google Hacks}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2024}}
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{{Infobox website
| logo = Ghacks-logo.jpg
| owner = Softonic
| company_type = Subsidiary
| website_type = blog
| services = Reviews / Recommendations
| foundation = October 2005
| founder = Martin Brinkmann
| location_city = Essen
| location_country = Germany
| key_people = Martin Brinkmann, Editor-in-chief
| num_employees = 5
| url = [http://www.ghacks.net/ www.ghacks.net]
}}
Ghacks Technology News is a technology blog created by Martin Brinkmann in October 2005. Its primary focus is on web browser and Windows tips, software, guides and reviews.
Coverage
The editor-in-chief and founder is Martin Brinkmann. All authors that contribute articles for the site are listed in the footer area on the website.
An average of five posts are published each day of the week with topics ranging from Windows{{cite web |title=Windows {{!}} Latest Posts |url=https://www.ghacks.net/category/windows/ |website=Ghacks.net |access-date=27 September 2024}} and Linux operating system news to web browser tips (focusing on Firefox,{{cite web |title=Firefox {{!}} Latest Posts |url=https://www.ghacks.net/category/firefox/ |website=Ghacks.net |access-date=27 September 2024}} Google Chrome and Opera, online services like Gmail and Outlook.com, and general tech news and tips.
Popular posts include login related troubleshooting guides like Gmail{{Cite web |last=Brinkmann |first=Martin |date=2009-05-04 |title=Gmail Login Troubleshooting |url=https://www.ghacks.net/2009/05/04/gmail-login/ |access-date=2021-05-21 |website=gHacks Technology News |language=en-US}} or Facebook.{{cite web |last=Brinkmann |first=Martin |date=17 October 2009 |title=Facebook Login Page Help And Troubleshooting |url=http://www.ghacks.net/2009/10/17/facebook-login/ |website=gHacks Tech News}}
Ghacks Technology News articles have been republished by sites such as Lifehacker,{{cite news |last1=Chen |first1=Jason |title=Instant Elevator Music Automatically Plays Whenever You Move Files Around |url=https://lifehacker.com/instant-elevator-music-automatically-plays-whenever-you-5850980 |access-date=27 September 2024 |work=Lifehacker |date=18 October 2011 |language=en}} Gizmodo,{{cite news |author1=loganbooker |title=You've Been Moving Chrome Tabs Wrong This Whole Time |url=https://gizmodo.com.au/2018/09/youve-been-moving-chrome-tabs-wrong-this-whole-time/ |access-date=27 September 2024 |work=Gizmodo Australia |date=3 September 2018 |language=en-AU}} DonationCoder.com, and other sites due to its coverage of cyber security, troubleshooting and FOSS.{{cite web |title=Patch Tuesday Lowdown, April 2019 Edition |url=https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/04/patch-tuesday-lowdown-april-2019-edition/ |website=Krebs on Security |access-date=9 August 2020 |date=19 April 2019}}{{cite news |author1=loganbooker |title=Recover Lost Drive Space From Windows 10's Technical Preview |url=https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2015/08/recover-lost-drive-space-from-windows-10s-technical-preview/ |access-date=27 September 2024 |work=Lifehacker Australia |date=8 August 2015 |language=en-AU}}{{cite news |author1=loganbooker |title=Your Windows 10 Upgrade May Be Using More Space Than It Should |url=https://gizmodo.com.au/2015/08/your-windows-10-upgrade-may-be-using-more-space-than-it-should/ |access-date=27 September 2024 |work=Gizmodo Australia |date=9 August 2015 |language=en-AU}}{{r|loganbooker 2018}}{{cite book |last1=Papadopoulos |first1=P |title=Proceedings of the Web Conference 2020 |chapter=Keeping out the Masses: Understanding the Popularity and Implications of Internet Paywalls |chapter-url=https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3366423.3380217 |access-date=9 August 2020 |language=EN |doi=10.1145/3366423.3380217 |date=2020 |pages=1433–1444 |arxiv=1903.01406 |isbn=9781450370233 |s2cid=211010637}}{{cite web |title=W3C in the Press – 2018 |url=https://www.w3.org/Press/Articles/2018 |website=W3.org |publisher=World Wide Web Consortium |access-date=9 August 2020 |date=2018}}{{Excessive citations inline|date=September 2024}}
History
Ghacks was created in 2005 as a development blog for a software called Google Hacks.{{cite news |title=Welcome to gHacks.net |url=https://www.ghacks.net/2005/10/03/welcome/ |access-date=27 September 2024 |work=Ghacks.net |date=3 October 2005}} Trademark issues made the founder of the site pick ghacks as the domain name. The software was soon thereafter discontinued and Ghacks turned from a development type blog to a software and online news oriented blog.{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}}
In April 5, 2008, Grand Effect blog advertising network, co-founded by Sarah Perez and David Peralty, included eXtra for Every Publisher, gHacks, ParisLemon, SheGeeks, Sarah in Tampa, and The Last Podcast!.{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}}{{Importance inline|date=May 2020}}
From 2008 to 2011, the site held an annual Christmas Giveaway, with commercial software given away to readers.{{cite web |url=http://www.ghacks.net/tag/ghacks-christmas-giveaway/ |title=Christmas Giveaway |website=Ghacks.net |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204041614/https://www.ghacks.net/tag/ghacks-christmas-giveaway/ |archive-date=2008-12-04 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://www.ghacks.net/tag/ghacks-christmas-giveaway/ |title=Christmas Giveaway |website=Ghacks.net |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113013850/http://www.ghacks.net/tag/ghacks-christmas-giveaway/ |archive-date=2012-01-13 |url-status=dead}}{{Importance inline|date=May 2020}}
The website received more than 400,000 visitors per day as of January 2017,{{citation needed|date=June 2019}} and as of June 2019 has an Alexa traffic rank of 9,537 worldwide and 4,269 in the United States.{{cite web |url=http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/ghacks.net |title=ghacks.net Traffic Statistics |publisher=Alexa Internet |archive-date=2019-01-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190128083021/https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/ghacks.net |url-status=dead}}
In October 2019, Ghacks was acquired by Softonic.{{cite news |last1=Brinkmann |first1=Martin |title=Ghacks has a new owner, and that is good for everyone |url=https://www.ghacks.net/2019/10/07/ghacks-has-a-new-owner-and-that-is-a-good-for-everyone/ |access-date=27 September 2024 |work=Ghacks.net |date=7 October 2019}}
Reception
Ghacks Technology News has received recommendations by DL.TV,{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tKaCc9xwpE |title=Cool Websites |date=9 May 2008 |publisher=DL.TV |type=video |via=YouTube |access-date=27 September 2024}} Diggnation,{{cite web |url=http://revision3.com/diggnation |title=Diggnation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050806014644/http://revision3.com/diggnation |archive-date=2005-08-06 |url-status=dead |via=Revision3}}{{Nonspecific|date=September 2024}} and KNLS Radio's Eye on the Web with Mary Westheimer.{{cite web |url=http://www.kevincaron.com/eyeontheweb |title=This month's shows |work=Eye on the Web with Mary Westheimer |via=Kevincaron.com |archive-date=2019-11-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110094954/http://www.kevincaron.com/eyeontheweb/ |url-status=unfit}}{{failed verification|date=June 2019}}
Technorati listed Ghacks as a top 100 blog in both the general technology and info technology category; in September 2013, it occupied position 21 in the Info technology category and 68 in the overall technology category on Technorati.{{cite web |title=gHacks technology news |url=http://technorati.com/blogs/www.ghacks.net |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929025041/http://technorati.com/blogs/www.ghacks.net |archive-date=29 September 2013 |publisher=Technorati}}