Toms hardware sold?

[Sxotty]

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=16321

Says it has been sold for $8million and not to a german company but some media conglomerate... we shall see, then you can really call him a sell-out eh... but who knows if this is true or not.

 

[digitalwanderer]

I was gonna say, THG was sold years ago...

 

[WaltC]

I was gonna say, THG was sold years ago...

Yes, and always to the same person, whose name is Highest Bidder.

 

[Sxotty]

Well it isn't after all anyway

t seems some unsavoury German tech journalist decided to spread the rumour at Computex, and we are looking into taking action against the offending person's company, which is a large media company with which we cut off relations in Europe on some collaborative projects. It is a mystery why they would do this, but I believe everyone in tech journalism is a little insane right now with the lack of substantive news coming out of Taipei

 

[Quitch]

Well it isn't after all anyway

t seems some unsavoury German tech journalist decided to spread the rumour at Computex, and we are looking into taking action against the offending person's company, which is a large media company with which we cut off relations in Europe on some collaborative projects. It is a mystery why they would do this, but I believe everyone in tech journalism is a little insane right now with the lack of substantive news coming out of Taipei

Sometimes I wonder at the difference between places like Tom's and peoples' blogs

 

[digitalwanderer]

Sometimes I wonder at the difference between places like Tom's and peoples' blogs

Blogs are generally more informative and less biased? :|

 

[Dutch Guy]

... we shall see, then you can really call him a sell-out eh...

If I would have a website and someone wants to buy it for $8,000,000 I think I would take it as well

 

[rainz]

... we shall see, then you can really call him a sell-out eh...

If I would have a website and someone wants to buy it for $8,000,000 I think I would take it as well

When you buy a Web site it is not only the site which you buy.. the most important the thing... the NAME and also the office , the number of people "clicking" per day for publicity, all computers equipements, etc. I do not know if Tom' S is worth 8 million but i would not be surprised.
These days anything can reach 1 million easily.

RainZ

 

[digitalwanderer]

Oh man, when I found out on average how much "the Big3" make on a daily basis I sort of freaked....and that was over a year ago!

The big sites make big bucks, but they're pretty much the only ones....it kind of makes me understand why they put up some of the BS they do knowing how much they make and I can see why they want to keep their sponsors happy.

 

[mono]

Who are the "Big 3"?

 

[digitalwanderer]

Who are the "Big 3"?

HardOCP("[H]" or "Hard"), Tom's Hardware Guide("THG" or "Tom's"), and Anand Tech("AT" or "Ananananananananda Tech").

I'm not sure in which order they'd fall in ranking; I'm guessing [H], THG, Anananananananand's.

 

[Bouncing Zabaglione Bros.]

Who are the "Big 3"?

Tom's Hardware, HardOCP, Anandtech. IIRC.

 

[digitalwanderer]

Who's "IIRC", and wouldn't that make it "the big four"?!? :?

 

[MuD]

Who's "IIRC", and wouldn't that make it "the big four"?!? :?

I'm at a loss here, again. Does that mean, HardOCP, Tom's Hardware Guide, Anandtech and IIRC suck? I thought that at least HardOCP "got credit from gamers because they were reliable". Or am I wrong?

 

[Bouncing Zabaglione Bros.]

Who's "IIRC", and wouldn't that make it "the big four"?!? :?

I'm at a loss here, again. Does that mean, HardOCP, Tom's Hardware Guide, Anandtech and IIRC suck? I thought that at least HardOCP "got credit from gamers because they were reliable". Or am I wrong?

IIRC = If I Recall Correctly. Digitalwanderer is just trying to confuse you with his uber-geekiness super-powers.

 

[MuD]

Who's "IIRC", and wouldn't that make it "the big four"?!? :?

I'm at a loss here, again. Does that mean, HardOCP, Tom's Hardware Guide, Anandtech and IIRC suck? I thought that at least HardOCP "got credit from gamers because they were reliable". Or am I wrong?

IIRC = If I Recall Correctly. Digitalwanderer is just trying to confuse you with his uber-geekiness super-powers.

That bastard! I learn something new every day.

So, what's up with the 3, did I miss something?

 

[digitalwanderer]

Actually you're right and Hard has been pretty good lately, if you're looking for people to trash talk other sites though I wouldn't look for it here...go over to EB and start it up in the "No Holds Barred" section if'n you want the juicey stories.

 

[MuD]

Actually you're right and Hard has been pretty good lately, if you're looking for people to trash talk other sites though I wouldn't look for it here...go over to EB and start it up in the "No Holds Barred" section if'n you want the juicey stories.

Thanks for the tip, fellow bastard.

 

[ben6]

Actually, you can in fact make money even doing a medium level hardware site. And I mean live rather comfortably. It shocked me to find out what a site I won't mention makes a month

 

[jb]

Actually, you can in fact make money even doing a medium level hardware site. And I mean live rather comfortably. It
shocked me to find out what a site I won't mention makes a month

Understood you can not mention the site, but could you give us an idea on the $$$$ it makes per month?