Guardian Unlimited

"Guardian Unlimited" is a British website owned by the Guardian Media Group. It contains nearly all of the content of the newspapers The Guardian and The Observer, as well as a substantial body of web-only work produced by its own staff, including a rolling news service. It is Britain's most popular newspaper website, and one of the most popular news resources on the internet. For example, on 7 July 2005, following the London bombings, a record 1.3 million unique users visited the site and a total of 7.8 million pages were viewed http://media.guardian.co.uk/newmedia/story/0,,1524130,00.html (nb link requires registration). Interestingly, there were more visitors from the US than from the UK.

History

"Guardian Unlimited" was launched in 1999, born of the Guardian New Media Lab. Its popularity soared after the September 11th attack in the United States, largely thanks to the diverse range of viewpoints published in the Guardian newspaper. The website won the Best Newspaper category in the 2005 Webby Awards, beating the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal and Variety. http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current.php#webby_entry_newspaper.

Related Topics:
September 11th attack - 2005 - Webby Awards - New York Times - Washington Post - Wall Street Journal - Variety

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