Gather.com Jumps to Top 300 Ranking on Quantcast
Surpasses Boston.com, StumbleUpon.com, AccessHollywood.com and
Citysearch.com in US Audience Reach
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gather,
the leader in participatory, performance-based media, announced
that the
site continues to grow at an unprecedented rate, making the site a
top
300 site on Quantcast. Gather.com?s reach has now surpassed some
of the
largest sites such as StumbleUpon.com, Boston.com,
AccessHollywood.com
and Citysearch.com. Gather.com?s
reach has grown over 400%
in the last six months and now has over 5.4 million monthly unique
visitors (4.5 million monthly unique visitors in the U.S.).
Gather recently made significant upgrades to its social
conversation
platform that now allow contributors to efficiently build large
audiences around the content they share. At the same time, the
company
has sought to educate community members on how to earn more when
contributing content on Gather, resulting in the huge increase in
traffic to the site.
The company also recently announced new ways for anyone to earn
money by
contributing content on Gather.com ?a program for writers called Socialwrite?
and the popular Gather
Points?program. Gather Socialwriters start discussions in the
community on the hot topics that people are talking about across
the
country and are paid monthly based on the popularity of their
posts. For
more casual contributors, the Gather
Points?program is a popular site feature that rewards members
for
creating great, occasional experiences for the community. Members
earn
Gather Points ? which can be exchanged for PayPal? payments and
gift
cards - for creating high quality content that drives site
participation
and attracts new audiences.
Key Facts:
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Gather?s U.S. audience reach now exceeds that of Boston.com,
StumbleUpon.com, AccessHollywood.com and Citysearch.com
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Gather now ranks in the top 300 sites (on Quantcast) with more
than
5.4 million monthly unique visitors
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Gather is a leader in participatory, performance-based media and
pays
contributors for the popular content they create
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Gather engages millions of people in conversations across
diverse
topics in a way traditional media cannot
Resources:
Gather Website (http://www.gather.com)
Tom Gerace on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/tomgerace)
Gather on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/gather_inc)
About Gather
Gather is the leader in participatory, performance-based media.
Gather
enables conversation and pays people for the participants they
reach and
engage.People love to gather around hot topics and shared
interests;
through its performance-based payment model, Gather engages
millions of
people in conversations across diverse topics in a way traditional
media
cannot. Gather is a privately held, privately funded company
headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Investors include Allen
&
Company, The American Public Media Group, Hearst, The McGraw-Hill
Companies, and Southern California Public Radio. For more
information,
visit www.gather.com.
Kel & Partners
Meagan J. Ellis, 617-904-9393, x128
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