Ghacks Technology News is a technology blog created by Martin Brinkmann in October 2005. Its primary focus is on web browser and Windows tips, software, guides and reviews.
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The editor-in-chief and founder is Martin Brinkmann. All authors that contribute articles for the site are listed in the footer area on the website.
Ghacks was created in 2005 as a development blog for a software called Google Hacks.[13] Trademark issues made the founder of the site pick ghacks as the domain name. The software was soon thereafter discontinued and Ghacks turned from a development type blog to a software and online news oriented blog.[citation needed]
In April 5, 2008, Grand Effect blog advertising network, co-founded by Sarah Perez and David Peralty, included eXtra for Every Publisher, gHacks, ParisLemon, SheGeeks, Sarah in Tampa, and The Last Podcast!.[citation needed][importance?]
From 2008 to 2011, the site held an annual Christmas Giveaway, with commercial software given away to readers.[14][15][importance?]
The website received more than 400,000 visitors per day as of January 2017,[citation needed] and as of June 2019 has an Alexa traffic rank of 9,537 worldwide and 4,269 in the United States.[16]
In October 2019, Ghacks was acquired by Softonic.[17]
In December 2025, Ghacks was acquired from Softonic by a third party. Neither Brinkmann nor co-writer Ashwin Karthik remained at the site following the ownership change.[1]
Technorati listed Ghacks as a top 100 blog in both the general technology and info technology category; in September 2013, it occupied position 21 in the Info technology category and 68 in the overall technology category on Technorati.[21]
