Gigulate
| Web address | gigulate.com |
|---|---|
| Commercial | Yes |
Type of site | Music News, Aggregator, Music Blogs |
| Registration | Free |
| Available in | English |
| Owner | Privately Owned |
| Created by | Communal |
| Launched | March 1st 2009 |
Alexa rank |
 4,337,223 (April 2014)[1] |
| Current status | Active |
Gigulate is a UK-based Music and News website, founded in January 2009. On August 1, 2009, Gigulate launched its own personalisation service, allowing users to nominate their favorite artists and to be notified when one of them makes the news.
Using its own technology, Gigulate aggregates music-related non-audio content from across the internet and sorts it by Artist, Popularity, Location and other criteria. Once users have personalised the service they can choose to receive alerts either by e-mail or by Twitter.
History
The idea behind Gigulate came from a discussion in 2008 between founders Ben Perreau, John Martin and Duncan Amey whilst considering the availability of Music Recommendation and Music News.
API/Widgets
Gigulate's API allows other websites to integrate the content which Gigulate aggregates onto their own. It is currently free to use and is used by a multitude of websites, including Artrocker. Gigulate also offers a widgets service, allowing users to carry the content easily.
Further reading
- Best websites: Culture, The Telegraph, 12 November 2009
- The Guardian Guide Internet Review, The Guardian, 18 July 2009
- Gigulate is a ‘Techmeme for music news, meets tickets’, The Guardian, 4 February 2009
- Little Gigulate Aims To Profit From Crawling Music News, Paidcontent.org, 13 March 2009
- A must-have site for all musos , Whispermag, 23 July 2009
References
- ↑ "Gigulate.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2014-04-01.