- Will add estimated 80 million monthly pageviews to CrowdGather
network traffic
- CrowdGather anticipates 235 million monthly pageviews and 23
million monthly uniques
WOODLAND HILLS, Calif., Sep 08, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
One of the leading networks of forum communities on the Internet,
CrowdGather (OTCBB:CRWG), today announced that it has acquired the
domain name, website, and assets related to yuku.com
including the Ezboard domains and its integrated forums, from Inform
Technologies, Inc. CrowdGather anticipates adding approximately 80
million pageviews and 8 million monthly uniques from the acquisition,
bringing its total network pageviews to approximately 235 million
monthly pageviews and 23 million monthly unique visitors.
Yuku.com has a long history of serving, managing and hosting forum
communities, and also includes the original ezboard.com forum community,
which was founded in 1996 and at its zenith was one of the most
prominent forum platforms online with millions of registered members.
Yuku.com includes many social network features for members and member
profiles, and numerous tools for forum organizers to effectively manage
and grow their forum sites. Yuku.com also offers a wide range of popular
forums and will serve as yet another platform targeted by the Company's
ad server for optimal monetization through the vertical integration of
ads.
"Yuku and its predecessor Ezboard are a part of forum history, and we
are glad to give these communities a home as part of the CrowdGather
family of forum communities," said Sanjay Sabnani, CrowdGather's
Chairman and CEO. "We add a substantial amount of monthly pageviews,
monthly unique visitors, and thousands of hosted micro communities as
part of this purchase. Our immediate focus will be to revitalize this
platform and to listen to the needs of the members. Together we will
strive towards preserving the legacy of the Yuku communities."
About CrowdGather, Inc.
With its growing portfolio of special interest forums and enthusiast
message board communities, CrowdGather (www.crowdgather.com)
has created a centralized network to benefit forum members, forum owners
and forum advertisers. CrowdGather provides a highly interactive and
informational social network for members, a management and
revenue-sharing resource for third-party forum owners, and a largely
untapped advertising network for marketers worldwide.
About Yuku
Yuku.com
is a premier forum platform that offers both members and forum
organizers a simple interface to use and manage the forum communities.
Among many features, members can establish a single profile for use
throughout yuku.com, and both members and organizers appreciate the
drag-and-drop functionality of the member profiles and forum
arrangement. Yuku.com has been serving forum members and organizers for
over five years and also includes the integration of many of the
original Ezboard forums, as well as the Ezboard domains and assets.
This press release contains forward-looking statements (as defined in
Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) concerning future
events and the Company's growth and business strategy.Words such
as "expects," "will," "intends," "plans," "believes," "anticipates,"
"hopes," "estimates," and variations on such words and similar
expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements.
Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such
forward-looking statements are reasonable, no assurance can be given
that such expectations will prove to have been correct. These statements
involve known and unknown risks and are based upon a number of
assumptions and estimates that are inherently subject to significant
uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the control of
the Company. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed
or implied by such forward-looking statements.Factors that could
cause actual results to differ materially include, but are not limited
to, changes in the Company's business; competitive factors in the
market(s) in which the Company operates; risks associated with
operations outside the United States; and other factors listed from time
to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. The Company expressly disclaims any obligations or
undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any
forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in the
Company's expectations with respect thereto or any change in events,
conditions or circumstances on which any statement is based.
SOURCE: CrowdGather, Inc.
CrowdGather, Inc.
Investor Contact:
Sanjay Sabnani, 818-435-2472 x 101
sanjay@crowdgather.com
or
Media Contact:
Stacy Dimakakos, 917-981-5501
stacy@publicworldwide.com
