guardian.co.uk, formerly known as
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 one of the world's leading online newspapers, becoming the first UK newspaper to attract more than 20 million
unique users in a month (June 2008).
[1][2] On
7 July 2005, following the
London bombings, 1.3 million unique users visited the site and a total of 7.8 million pages were viewed, a record for
guardian.co.uk.
[3]The site is made up of a core news site, plus a network of niche websites covering subjects including media, sport, education and the public sector. guardian.co.uk is notable for its engagement with readers, including long-running talkboards and, more recently, a network of weblogs. Its seven blogs were joined on March 14, 2006 by a new comment site, Comment is free, named after the famous quote by The Guardian editor, C. P. Scott. Both the talkboards and blogs accept comments without pre-moderation, although all now require registration for comments.
Most of the site can be viewed for free and without registration, though some services such as Guardian Talk require users to register.
In 2006 guardian.co.uk reported its first profitable year, with income coming mostly from recruitment and display advertising.[4]
