Comments on: Giant Realm Raises $2 Million From SoftBank Capital http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/08/giant-realm-raises-2-million-from-softbank-capital/ Startup and Tech News Sat, 17 May 2008 11:45:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Free Games http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/08/giant-realm-raises-2-million-from-softbank-capital/#comment-2301205 Free Games Fri, 16 May 2008 16:00:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/08/giant-realm-raises-2-million-from-softbank-capital/#comment-2301205 Isn't Giant Realm also Games Media (gamesmedia.net)? Does anyone know if they are a vertical ad network for free games websites? Isn’t Giant Realm also Games Media (gamesmedia.net)? Does anyone know if they are a vertical ad network for free games websites?

]]> By: David Fox http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/08/giant-realm-raises-2-million-from-softbank-capital/#comment-2283717 David Fox Thu, 08 May 2008 18:08:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/08/giant-realm-raises-2-million-from-softbank-capital/#comment-2283717 I really want to like this service. But energy section sponsored by Chevron? I wonder if that might bias content selection. A quick scan doesn't evidence that thought, and http://fora.tv/sponsorship_policy makes the issue clear. Here's hoping the investors don't sell Fora out to Chevron in the future... I really want to like this service. But energy section sponsored by Chevron? I wonder if that might bias content selection. A quick scan doesn’t evidence that thought, and http://fora.tv/sponsorship_policy makes the issue clear. Here’s hoping the investors don’t sell Fora out to Chevron in the future…

]]> By: Rich http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/08/giant-realm-raises-2-million-from-softbank-capital/#comment-2283573 Rich Thu, 08 May 2008 16:39:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/08/giant-realm-raises-2-million-from-softbank-capital/#comment-2283573 Ah...that makes much more sense...congrats... rich Ah…that makes much more sense…congrats…

rich

]]> By: James http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/08/giant-realm-raises-2-million-from-softbank-capital/#comment-2283559 James Thu, 08 May 2008 16:34:06 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/08/giant-realm-raises-2-million-from-softbank-capital/#comment-2283559 Rich (post #5), Just to clarify: Our 11 million reach is across all of the sites in our Publisher Group. If you go to the footer of our website (GiantRealm.com) you'll see a selection of them there. Giant Realm doesn't reach that many people (yet) -- but feel free to tell you friends to visit -- that'll help! :-) James Green CEO Giant Realm, Inc. PS Matt (post #7): thanks for the interview. You guys did a nice job. Rich (post #5),

Just to clarify:

Our 11 million reach is across all of the sites in our Publisher Group. If you go to the footer of our website (GiantRealm.com) you’ll see a selection of them there. Giant Realm doesn’t reach that many people (yet) — but feel free to tell you friends to visit — that’ll help!

:-)

James Green
CEO
Giant Realm, Inc.

PS Matt (post #7): thanks for the interview. You guys did a nice job.

]]> By: Charbarred http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/08/giant-realm-raises-2-million-from-softbank-capital/#comment-2283313 Charbarred Thu, 08 May 2008 14:28:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/08/giant-realm-raises-2-million-from-softbank-capital/#comment-2283313 With all this money maybe they can have separate RSS feeds for each section. With all this money maybe they can have separate RSS feeds for each section.

]]> By: Ferodynamics http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/08/giant-realm-raises-2-million-from-softbank-capital/#comment-2283298 Ferodynamics Thu, 08 May 2008 14:15:04 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/08/giant-realm-raises-2-million-from-softbank-capital/#comment-2283298 Rich, Compete only counts 1/5th of my traffic, and that's tracked by Adsense which is already conservative. Rich, Compete only counts 1/5th of my traffic, and that’s tracked by Adsense which is already conservative.

]]> By: Matt Bowman http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/08/giant-realm-raises-2-million-from-softbank-capital/#comment-2283280 Matt Bowman Thu, 08 May 2008 13:58:51 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/08/giant-realm-raises-2-million-from-softbank-capital/#comment-2283280 Check out our interview with Giant Realm CEO James Green here: http://alwayson.goingon.com/permalink/post/26953 He gives a rundown of how they plan to use the money. Check out our interview with Giant Realm CEO James Green here:

http://alwayson.goingon.com/permalink/post/26953

He gives a rundown of how they plan to use the money.

]]> By: aLien http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/08/giant-realm-raises-2-million-from-softbank-capital/#comment-2283260 aLien Thu, 08 May 2008 13:33:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/08/giant-realm-raises-2-million-from-softbank-capital/#comment-2283260 with this giant realm protection, softbank hope that they will no more soft in Internet medium anymore. www.alienbloghop.com funny but serious info inside there...... :) with this giant realm protection, softbank hope that they will no more soft in Internet medium anymore.
http://www.alienbloghop.com funny but serious info inside there…… :)

]]> By: Rich http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/08/giant-realm-raises-2-million-from-softbank-capital/#comment-2283249 Rich Thu, 08 May 2008 13:09:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/08/giant-realm-raises-2-million-from-softbank-capital/#comment-2283249 11 million? Compete says they have 80k uniques. What does a "reach of 11 million monthly" mean? 11 million? Compete says they have 80k uniques. What does a “reach of 11 million monthly” mean?

]]> By: John http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/08/giant-realm-raises-2-million-from-softbank-capital/#comment-2283233 John Thu, 08 May 2008 12:49:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/08/giant-realm-raises-2-million-from-softbank-capital/#comment-2283233 Not an easy market to compete it, that's for sure. Good luck to them though. Not an easy market to compete it, that’s for sure. Good luck to them though.

]]> By: Kevin Allman http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/08/giant-realm-raises-2-million-from-softbank-capital/#comment-2283130 Kevin Allman Thu, 08 May 2008 10:33:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/08/giant-realm-raises-2-million-from-softbank-capital/#comment-2283130 with this money they could probably add a couple more verticals..make it more sociable too... outside of the topic...im looking to see a post on techcrunch about GTA4....making 500 million within the first week?!?!?!? come on man...that warrants a post surely :-) http://www.blubert.com - The cool stuff in tech with this money they could probably add a couple more verticals..make it more sociable too…

outside of the topic…im looking to see a post on techcrunch about GTA4….making 500 million within the first week?!?!?!? come on man…that warrants a post surely :-)

http://www.blubert.com - The cool stuff in tech

]]> By: Sam Mathews http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/08/giant-realm-raises-2-million-from-softbank-capital/#comment-2283059 Sam Mathews Thu, 08 May 2008 09:23:50 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/08/giant-realm-raises-2-million-from-softbank-capital/#comment-2283059 Very interesting, I think the main play here is the niche focused ad network for online types. When they represent alot of these sites they sign over there numbers for comscore, I don't know if this is standard practice but still its good to see money going into gaming and people who know alot about gaming! If you want to know more about Giant Realm, they used to be called Games Media Properties which ran the large video gaming world tour called World Series of Video Games (thewsvg.com) which was sponsored by INTEL and others. At the same time they were running the gaming focused website called Gameriot which took over from their previous site called Ampednews.com which seems to now have been relaunched as gamer20.com. The WSVG shut down because of the costs overrun from a world tour which was free for spectators and players and the realisation that the money is really in the online content and advertising so they have used their knowledge with that to focus fully on Giant Realm. I wish them good luck and am excited to see what they can do with this money! Very interesting, I think the main play here is the niche focused ad network for online types. When they represent alot of these sites they sign over there numbers for comscore, I don’t know if this is standard practice but still its good to see money going into gaming and people who know alot about gaming!

If you want to know more about Giant Realm, they used to be called Games Media Properties which ran the large video gaming world tour called World Series of Video Games (thewsvg.com) which was sponsored by INTEL and others. At the same time they were running the gaming focused website called Gameriot which took over from their previous site called Ampednews.com which seems to now have been relaunched as gamer20.com. The WSVG shut down because of the costs overrun from a world tour which was free for spectators and players and the realisation that the money is really in the online content and advertising so they have used their knowledge with that to focus fully on Giant Realm.

I wish them good luck and am excited to see what they can do with this money!

]]> By: Peter Harrington http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/08/giant-realm-raises-2-million-from-softbank-capital/#comment-2282890 Peter Harrington Thu, 08 May 2008 07:21:53 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/08/giant-realm-raises-2-million-from-softbank-capital/#comment-2282890 Hey Jason, can you update the 'About' page for techcrunch. I always read your articles but know nothing about you Hey Jason, can you update the ‘About’ page for techcrunch. I always read your articles but know nothing about you

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