User:Hack/Globo.com

Globo.com
	Conteúdo é tudo (Content is everything)
	File:Screenshot globo.png Home page of Globo.com on 4 August 2011
Type of site	Portal
Available in	Portuguese
Owner	Grupo Globo
URL	www.globo.com
Commercial	Yes
Launched	March 2000; 24 years ago
Current status	Online

Globo.com is a Brazilian internet portal and internet provider run by Grupo Globo with over 500 thousand subscribers and over 700 associated websites. Globo.com is the biggest Portuguese-language internet portal in the world and is the fifth most accessed website in Brazil according to Alexa Internet.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The portal is split into five sections: G1 (news), GloboEsporte.com (sports), Gshow (entertainment), Techtudo (technology) and Globo Play (video).

The site offers the largest collection of videos on the Brazilian internet, the majority being content from Rede Globo. Content is also provided from Globosat, Geo, Editora Globo, O Globo, Som Livre and others. The portal was set up to created a unified Globo identity.

History

Globo.com was launched on 24 March 2000, with the popularity leading to a crash soon after launch.^[4]^[5]

Services

G1

G1 is the portal's news site with content provided by Globo's General Directorate of Journalism and Sports (DGJE). It is considered to be the biggest news site in Brazil. It was launched on 18 September 2006, the 56th anniversary of the introduction of television in Brazil. The site complements its own content with that provided by a number of companies across the Grupo Globo, including television channels Rede Globo and GloboNews; radio networks Globo and CBN; the newspapers O Globo and Diário de São Paulo and the magazines Época and Globo Rural.

GloboEsporte.com

GloboEsporte.com was launched on 23 April as "Esporte na Globo", taking on the current name in 2006. The site draws on content from Rede Globo: Globo Esporte, Auto Esporte and Esporte Espetacular, as well as SporTV, GloboSat's sport channel. It is currently the audience leader in the Brazilian internet sports market, with more than ll million visitors per month (February 2012) ahead of competitors UOL Esporte (7.4 million) and Terra Esportes (3.2 million).

Globo Mail

Globo Mail offers email services on the "globo.com" and "globomail.com" domains. Globo.com is a paid service only available to subscribers while "globomail.com" is a free service. The "globo.com" addresses were originally free.^[6].

Blogger Brasil

Blogger Brasil is the Brazilian version of Blogger. The service was launched as a free service in 2002 but became available only to subscribers two years later.

TechTudo

TechTudo is a site focused on technology, including computer games, cellular phones, software, electronics, television and the internet. It is considered one of the best Portuguese-language technology sites.

Ego

Ego was a Ego foi um site da Globo.com que teve como assunto principal as celebridades, tratando de notícias, vídeos e entrevistas com famosos. Em abril de 2017 por meio da sua assessoria de imprensa, foi anunciado o fim do site Ego e o site de ensaios sensuais Paparazzo, focando apenas nos editorias de notícias (G1), esportes (Globoesporte.com), entretenimento (Gshow), games (Cartola FC) e streaming (Globo Play).

Gshow

Gshow replaced Ego as Globo.com's entertainment site in April 2017. It is focused on celebrity and entertainment.

References

^ "globo.com Traffic Statistics". Alexa.com. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
^ "The top 500 sites on the web - By Category - World / Português". Alexa.com. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
^ "Top Sites in Brazil". Alexa.com. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
^ Garcia, Adriana (25 March 2000). "Focus-Brazil's Globo launches Internet portal". Reuters. São Paulo – via Factiva.
^ "Demand jams Brazil's new Globo.com Internet portal". Reuters. São Paulo. 30 March 2000 – via Factiva.
^ "Globomail". webmail.globo.com. Archived from the original on 19 June 2000. Retrieved 29 April 2012.

External links

Official website (in Portuguese)

[1] "globo.com Traffic Statistics". Alexa.com. Retrieved 12 July 2017.

[2] "The top 500 sites on the web - By Category - World / Português". Alexa.com. Retrieved 12 July 2017.

[3] "Top Sites in Brazil". Alexa.com. Retrieved 12 July 2017.

[4] Garcia, Adriana (25 March 2000). "Focus-Brazil's Globo launches Internet portal". Reuters. São Paulo – via Factiva.

[5] "Demand jams Brazil's new Globo.com Internet portal". Reuters. São Paulo. 30 March 2000 – via Factiva.

[6] "Globomail". webmail.globo.com. Archived from the original on 19 June 2000. Retrieved 29 April 2012.

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