Interia.pl
Encyclopedia
Interia.pl is a large Polish
web portal
and a popular search engine
created in 1999 in Nowa Huta
district of Kraków
, Poland
. It offers, among others: new email
accounts, free web hosting, and domain name
registration. The list of its 130 services includes the Main Page
national and international headlines in the Polish language
followed by business news, sports, motorization and new technologies, as well as online games, blog
s, chat rooms, internet forum
s and a shopping arcade, not to mention the streaming
radio and Internet television
channels. Interia.pl hosts one of Polish online encyclopedias, the Encyklopedia Internautica
and the thematic catalogue of websites. It features also the weather info, astrology, virtual greeting cards popular locally, and hundreds of online chat
s (czaterie) with the "KidProtect" option. According to statistics of W3Spy.net, the estimated value of Interia.pl domain is $1,580,043 USD with the approximate number of visits per day exceeding 741,000. The website's IP numerical label
is 217.74.65.23.
In April 2009, Interia.pl counted as #167 among "The top 500 sites on the web", and #166 in its Alexa's own "Traffic Rank". The most up-to-date statistics' summary by Alexa Internet
generated for 2011, ranks Interia.pl as the #686 in the world according to a three-month traffic trailing, (down from #436 in 2009). Approximately 89% of visitors to the site come from Poland where it has attained a traffic rank of #11. This site can be found in the Polish "Portale" category of websites. "Compared with internet averages – wrote Alexa – this site's audience tends to be users who have postgraduate educations; it also appeals more to childless men between the ages of 25 and 35 who browse from work. Interia.pl has a bounce rate of about 29% (i.e., 29% of visits consist of only one pageview)." According to Alexa
own rankings dating back to February 2008, it was the 8th most popular site in Poland at that time.
The portal was created by the ComArch Management
IT
corporation
(listed on Warsaw Stock Exchange
) and the RMF FM
radio. The Interia.pl S.A. company is almost wholly owned by RMF FM parent company, the Bauer Verlagsgruppe
, represented by Witold Woźniak. Bauer bought 96,6% of its shares
in September 2008 and controls 99% of its vote.
Due to its availability and relaxed internal policy, the free hosting service Interia.pl has become a popular spam redirector in recent time. Spammers frequently link to its free sub-domains in their spam campaigns
to avoid having their messages easily detected as junk and automatically blocked. Although, there are many legitimate webpages as well as services listed at Interia.pl (or perhaps because of it), spammers sign up for its free accounts in volumes similar to Geocities (Yahoo!-owned service), although their perennial favorite seems to be Google's Blogspot based in the US. The redirect pages created by spammers at Interia.pl link only to spamvertising
.
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
web portal
Web portal
A web portal or links page is a web site that functions as a point of access to information in the World Wide Web. A portal presents information from diverse sources in a unified way....
and a popular search engine
Search engine
A search engine is an information retrieval system designed to help find information stored on a computer system. The search results are usually presented in a list and are commonly called hits. Search engines help to minimize the time required to find information and the amount of information...
created in 1999 in Nowa Huta
Nowa Huta
Nowa Huta - is the easternmost district of Kraków, Poland, . With more than 200,000 inhabitants it is one of the most populous areas of the city.- History :...
district of Kraków
Kraków
Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
. It offers, among others: new email
Email
Electronic mail, commonly known as email or e-mail, is a method of exchanging digital messages from an author to one or more recipients. Modern email operates across the Internet or other computer networks. Some early email systems required that the author and the recipient both be online at the...
accounts, free web hosting, and domain name
Domain name
A domain name is an identification string that defines a realm of administrative autonomy, authority, or control in the Internet. Domain names are formed by the rules and procedures of the Domain Name System ....
registration. The list of its 130 services includes the Main Page
Main Page
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national and international headlines in the Polish language
Polish language
Polish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...
followed by business news, sports, motorization and new technologies, as well as online games, blog
Blog
A blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...
s, chat rooms, internet forum
Internet forum
An Internet forum, or message board, is an online discussion site where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages. They differ from chat rooms in that messages are at least temporarily archived...
s and a shopping arcade, not to mention the streaming
Streaming media
Streaming media is multimedia that is constantly received by and presented to an end-user while being delivered by a streaming provider.The term "presented" is used in this article in a general sense that includes audio or video playback. The name refers to the delivery method of the medium rather...
radio and Internet television
Internet television
Internet television is the digital distribution of television content via the Internet...
channels. Interia.pl hosts one of Polish online encyclopedias, the Encyklopedia Internautica
Encyklopedia Internautica
Encyklopedia Internautica is a Polish Internet encyclopedia based on the Popularna Encyklopedia Powszechna of Pinnex. It is freely accessible on the pages of Interia, Poland's third largest internet portal. As of 2006 the Encyklopedia Internautica had more than 120,000 entries....
and the thematic catalogue of websites. It features also the weather info, astrology, virtual greeting cards popular locally, and hundreds of online chat
Online chat
Online chat may refer to any kind of communication over the Internet, that offers an instantaneous transmission of text-based messages from sender to receiver, hence the delay for visual access to the sent message shall not hamper the flow of communications in any of the directions...
s (czaterie) with the "KidProtect" option. According to statistics of W3Spy.net, the estimated value of Interia.pl domain is $1,580,043 USD with the approximate number of visits per day exceeding 741,000. The website's IP numerical label
IP address
An Internet Protocol address is a numerical label assigned to each device participating in a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication. An IP address serves two principal functions: host or network interface identification and location addressing...
is 217.74.65.23.
In April 2009, Interia.pl counted as #167 among "The top 500 sites on the web", and #166 in its Alexa's own "Traffic Rank". The most up-to-date statistics' summary by Alexa Internet
Alexa Internet
Alexa Internet, Inc. is a California-based subsidiary company of Amazon.com that is known for its toolbar and Web site. Once installed, the toolbar collects data on browsing behavior which is transmitted to the Web site where it is stored and analyzed and is the basis for the company's Web traffic...
generated for 2011, ranks Interia.pl as the #686 in the world according to a three-month traffic trailing, (down from #436 in 2009). Approximately 89% of visitors to the site come from Poland where it has attained a traffic rank of #11. This site can be found in the Polish "Portale" category of websites. "Compared with internet averages – wrote Alexa – this site's audience tends to be users who have postgraduate educations; it also appeals more to childless men between the ages of 25 and 35 who browse from work. Interia.pl has a bounce rate of about 29% (i.e., 29% of visits consist of only one pageview)." According to Alexa
Alexa Internet
Alexa Internet, Inc. is a California-based subsidiary company of Amazon.com that is known for its toolbar and Web site. Once installed, the toolbar collects data on browsing behavior which is transmitted to the Web site where it is stored and analyzed and is the basis for the company's Web traffic...
own rankings dating back to February 2008, it was the 8th most popular site in Poland at that time.
The portal was created by the ComArch Management
Comarch
Comarch is an international software house and systems integrator based in Kraków, Poland. Comarch provides services in areas such as Telecommunications, Finance and Banking, the Services Sector and to Public Administration...
IT
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
corporation
Corporation
A corporation is created under the laws of a state as a separate legal entity that has privileges and liabilities that are distinct from those of its members. There are many different forms of corporations, most of which are used to conduct business. Early corporations were established by charter...
(listed on Warsaw Stock Exchange
Warsaw Stock Exchange
The Warsaw Stock Exchange , , is a stock exchange located in Warsaw, Poland. It has a capitalization of € 220 bln .The WSE is a member of the World Federation of Exchanges and the Federation of European Securities Exchanges.-History:...
) and the RMF FM
RMF FM
RMF FM - the most popular and the first commercial radio station in Poland. RMF FM started broadcasting on 15 January 1990 in Kraków. The current director is Tadeusz Sołtys. The radio is wholly owned by the German Bauer Verlagsgruppe.-Frequency FM in Poland:-External links:*...
radio. The Interia.pl S.A. company is almost wholly owned by RMF FM parent company, the Bauer Verlagsgruppe
Bauer Verlagsgruppe
The Bauer Media Group is a large German publishing company based in Hamburg, which operates in 15 countries worldwide. Since the company was founded in 1875, it has been privately-owned and under management by the Bauer family. It was formerly called Heinrich Bauer Verlag KG, abbreviated to HBV...
, represented by Witold Woźniak. Bauer bought 96,6% of its shares
Share (finance)
A joint stock company divides its capital into units of equal denomination. Each unit is called a share. These units are offered for sale to raise capital. This is termed as issuing shares. A person who buys share/shares of the company is called a shareholder, and by acquiring share or shares in...
in September 2008 and controls 99% of its vote.
Due to its availability and relaxed internal policy, the free hosting service Interia.pl has become a popular spam redirector in recent time. Spammers frequently link to its free sub-domains in their spam campaigns
E-mail spam
Email spam, also known as junk email or unsolicited bulk email , is a subset of spam that involves nearly identical messages sent to numerous recipients by email. Definitions of spam usually include the aspects that email is unsolicited and sent in bulk. One subset of UBE is UCE...
to avoid having their messages easily detected as junk and automatically blocked. Although, there are many legitimate webpages as well as services listed at Interia.pl (or perhaps because of it), spammers sign up for its free accounts in volumes similar to Geocities (Yahoo!-owned service), although their perennial favorite seems to be Google's Blogspot based in the US. The redirect pages created by spammers at Interia.pl link only to spamvertising
Spamvertising
Spamvertising is the practice of sending E-mail spam, advertising a website. The word is a portmanteau of the words "spam" and "advertising".It also refers to vandalizing wikis, blogs and online forums with hyperlinks in order to get a higher search engine ranking for the vandal's website...
.