What is Lifehacker? Lifehacker Review

What is Lifehacker? Lifehacker Review

Lifehacker is a famous American life and software efficiency blog founded by Gina Trapani. It mainly reports tips in the fields of life and technology, and teaches you how to use these tips to improve personal efficiency.



About Lifehacker


Lifehacker often recommends some useful software, and also often organizes voting activities, such as software voting, website design voting, domain name registrar voting, etc.


The website helps users arrange and organize their work time and maximize their rest time. Lifehacker mainly provides advice and information on technology and life to make users' life and work more effective. The website focuses on free online tools and software. The advice provided to users on the Lifehacker website mainly covers the following categories: communication, design, money, organization, travel, work, etc.


Lifehacker also has four international editions, Lifehacker Australia, Lifehacker Japan, Lifehacker India, and Lifehacker UK, which contain most of the posts from the US edition as well as additional content specific to local readers.


The total pageview data of the website in the past 6 months and the major countries covered are as follows:



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Lifehacker's motto expresses its entire philosophy: "Don't live for technology, live with technology!"


Development History


- In 2004, Danny O'BrIEN proposed the concept of combining Life and Hacks and established the website Lifehacker;


-The website was launched on January 31, 2005, but there was no comment system for the next 8 months. Users communicated with the author through email. Gina insisted on writing more than a dozen articles every week.


- In September 2005, two associate editors joined, Erica Sadun and D. Keith Robinson. Other former associate editors include Wendy Boswell, Rick Broida, Jason Fitzpatrick, Kevin Purdy, and Jackson West. Former editors include The How-To Geek and Tamar WEINberg.


-From 2005 to 2010, it was listed in various top blog lists by various media such as Time Magazine and CNET. As of January 2009, Lifehacker's monthly PV was 33 million.


-On January 16, 2009, Gina left the editor-in-chief position and continued to write columns, and was succeeded by Adam Pash.


-On February 7, 2011, Lifehacker was redesigned to use a cleaner interface.


-On January 7, 2013, Adam left to start his own business and was succeeded by Whitson Gordon.


-On April 15, 2013, Lifehacker was revamped again.


-On January 1, 2016, Whiston left to become editor-in-chief of How-To Geek, with Alan Henry serving as acting editor-in-chief.


-In February 2017, Alan Henry left and Melissa Kirsch became editor-in-chief.


Lifehacker was one of six websites purchased by Univision Communications when it acquired Gawker Media in August 2016.

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