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ASKMEN.COM QUICK FACTS
May 2005
AskMen.com is acquired by IGN Entertainment, the leading online gaming and entertainment network. Together, the combined audience of both sites will be over 27 million uniques per month.
January 2005
AskMen.com reaches a new milestone getting 10 million visitors for the first time in a single month. The launch of the 2005 edition of the Top 99 was an equal success, with over 1 million readers viewing the list in the first 10 days alone.
November 2004
AskMen.com launches 1st Annual Great Male Survey, getting 100,000 responses from readers.
August 2004
AskMen.com launches wireless content with AT&T; & Verizon.
March 2004
AskMen.com goes to print, with the launch of the first AskMen.com Guide & CD package.
October 2003
AskMen.com and AOL Canada launch a co-branded section for AOL Canada's Men channel. [See related story]
September 2003
AskMen.com page view count since launching reaches 1 billion.
May 2003
AskMen.com surpasses 8 million visitors in a month for the first time.
May 2003
AskMen.com Radio Show launched.
April 2003
AskMen.com gets "bookmarked/added to favorites" by its 2 millionth reader.
March 2003
AskMen.com surpasses 6 million visitors in a month for the first time.
February 2003
AskMen.com launches re-designed, theme-based AskMen.com Newsletter, which quickly grows at a pace of a 250,000 members annually, with a 95% retention rate, and an industry-leading 15% response rate.
January 2003
AskMen.com surpasses 40 million page views in a month for the first time.
October 2002
AskMen.com surpasses 5 million visitors in a month for the first time.
September 2002
AskMen.com begins providing content to the largest Spanish-language website on web, Univision.com.
August 2002
AskMen.com surpasses 500 million page views served.
August 2002
AskMen.com launches the 10th version of its main page.
April 2002
AskMen.com becomes Jupiter Media Metrix 500 online property.
March 2002
AskMen.com greets visitor number 100 million.
March 2002
AskMen.com ranked 1st by Nielsen/NetRatings as the Canadian-based website with the largest U.S. audience.
January 2002
AskMen.com surpasses 4 million monthly visitors.
August 2001
AskMen.com launches new community-based message board, aptly named Café AskMen.
May 2001
AskMen.com breaks Nielsen/NetRatings Top 300 sites in the world.
April 2001
AskMen.com becomes largest men's magazine on the Web, according to Nielsen/NetRatings.
April 2001
AskMen.com surpasses 3 million monthly visitors.
February 2001
AskMen.com becomes profitable (13 months after incorporation).
November 2000
AskMen.com surpasses 1 million monthly visitors.
October 2000
AskMen.com begins providing content for MSN.com.
February 2000
Average time readers spend on AskMen.com reaches 100 minutes per month.
January 18th, 2000
Opening of AskMen.com corporate headquarters.
August 23rd, 1999
First beta (test) site goes live.
May 28th, 1999
First draft of AskMen.com site design completed.
April 1999
Original idea and concept created.