Readwriteweb

Read/WriteWeb is a popular weblog that provides Web Technology news, reviews and analysis. It is the lead blog in the Read/WriteWeb Network, a growing network of blogs about web technology - the other sites are last100 (a blog about Digital Lifestyle), AltSearchEngines (about search) and Read/WriteTalk (a podcasting show about the people behind the Web).

Read/WriteWeb began publishing on April 20, 2003 and is now one of the most widely read and respected blogs in the world. It is edited by Richard MacManus and is written by a team of Web enthusiasts. To contact Read/WriteWeb about new Web technologies, apps or services - please email us.

Testimonials

Read/WriteWeb is ranked among Technorati’s Top 20 blogs in the world. As of October 2007, Read/WriteWeb was ranked #6 on the Techmeme Leaderboard, a list of the sources most frequently posted to leading tech news aggregator Techmeme - putting us above news sources such as the BBC and Wall St Journal.

In June 2007 Read/WriteWeb was named as one of the 100 Blogs We Love by PC World magazine, who noted that R/WW is a good "source for news on the latest Web 2.0 developments." In August 2007 Read/WriteWeb was voted one of Datamation's Top 100 Tech Blogs. NextBlitz said about Read/WriteWeb: "The definitive site for analysis of new technology products, events, and news. Superb, detailed coverage."

About Richard MacManus, Founder and Editor

Read/WriteWeb was founded and is edited by Richard MacManus, from Wellington New Zealand. Prior to R/WW Richard did research, analysis and product development work for companies in Silicon Valley and beyond. He has also worked for some of New Zealand's top organizations as a Web Manager.

Richard co-founded the Web 2.0 Workgroup and from September 2005 – December 2006 he started and ran the Web 2.0 Explorer blog at ZDNet. Richard also co-founded and was Executive Editor of Micro Media Corporation, a multi-channel leadership program in Web and Media 2.0 that operated under the brand name TransMission.