Piczo
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Piczo, Inc is a privately held blog company for teens, based in San Francisco, California
. Investors included Catamount, Sierra Ventures, U.S. Venture Partners
, and Mangrove Capital Partners.
In March of 2009, Piczo was acquired by Stardoll
.
builder and community
, which is for generation of free advertising-supported websites.
Piczo, launched in 2004, allows users to add images, text, guestbooks, message boxes, videos, music and other content to their site using plain text and HTML
. Partners include YouTube
, VideoEgg
, Photobucket
, Flock
, Yahoo & PollDaddy. When it had just launched, it wasn't a blog company - instead, it was just a site where you could create your own website. In fact, blogs weren't included as one of the original features.
In addition to the website development aspect of the site, Piczo used to have a User Generated Content repository, the Piczo Zone, where users can browse, post, and consume content that they or others have used on their site. Recently, Piczo has remodeled the entire site, and this along with many other features are no longer available.
One of those deleted features was the Meebo chatrooms. Piczo members would create their own Meebo chatroom for everyone to chat in. Another deleted feature allowed Piczo members to be able to create their very own avatar which they were also able to use as their profile picture. By doing simple things like exploring other people's sites, checking your piczo inbox and entering your editor, you would receive points which you use as money to buy items and features for your character.
To put it simply, the new Piczo has gotten rid of most unique features the site used to possess.
One of the features that stayed is "The Board" where Piczo informs users about HTML
and Internet safety, though most pages are designed for the old Piczo.
In August 2008 Piczo announced "Piczo Plus," a feature that allows you to buy an "ad-free" site, which is no longer available to purchase.
, is by no means the most popular social networking site available.. While primarily offering services in English
and German
, Piczo is also available
in French, Spanish, Romanian
, Russian, Japanese, and Korean BETA versions.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
. Investors included Catamount, Sierra Ventures, U.S. Venture Partners
U.S. Venture Partners
U.S. Venture Partners , is a venture capital investment firm headquartered on Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley focusing on investments in an array of segments including semiconductors, software as a service, communications, storage, wireless, Internet 2.0, Cleantech, Medical devices and...
, and Mangrove Capital Partners.
In March of 2009, Piczo was acquired by Stardoll
Stardoll
Stardoll is a browser game for girls and boys based around the paper doll concept. Launched in 2004, the website was attracting a reported 200 thousand unique users a month ; as of September 2011 there were over 124 million users worldwide...
.
Piczo as a service
Their eponymous service, also called Piczo, is an online photo websiteWebsite
A website, also written as Web site, web site, or simply site, is a collection of related web pages containing images, videos or other digital assets. A website is hosted on at least one web server, accessible via a network such as the Internet or a private local area network through an Internet...
builder and community
Virtual community
A virtual community is a social network of individuals who interact through specific media, potentially crossing geographical and political boundaries in order to pursue mutual interests or goals...
, which is for generation of free advertising-supported websites.
Piczo, launched in 2004, allows users to add images, text, guestbooks, message boxes, videos, music and other content to their site using plain text and HTML
HTML
HyperText Markup Language is the predominant markup language for web pages. HTML elements are the basic building-blocks of webpages....
. Partners include YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
, VideoEgg
VideoEgg
VideoEgg was a privately held advertising network, which re-branded itself in September 2010 as SAY Media. Their network is composed of over 100 million users across more than 500 sites, blogs, gaming and mobile environments.- History :...
, Photobucket
Photobucket
Photobucket is an image hosting, video hosting, slideshow creation and photo sharing website. It was founded in 2003 by Alex Welch and Darren Crystal and received funding from Trinity Ventures. It was acquired by Fox Interactive Media in 2007....
, Flock
Flock (web browser)
Flock was a web browser that specialized in providing social networking and Web 2.0 facilities built into its user interface.Earlier versions of Flock used the Gecko HTML rendering engine by Mozilla....
, Yahoo & PollDaddy. When it had just launched, it wasn't a blog company - instead, it was just a site where you could create your own website. In fact, blogs weren't included as one of the original features.
In addition to the website development aspect of the site, Piczo used to have a User Generated Content repository, the Piczo Zone, where users can browse, post, and consume content that they or others have used on their site. Recently, Piczo has remodeled the entire site, and this along with many other features are no longer available.
One of those deleted features was the Meebo chatrooms. Piczo members would create their own Meebo chatroom for everyone to chat in. Another deleted feature allowed Piczo members to be able to create their very own avatar which they were also able to use as their profile picture. By doing simple things like exploring other people's sites, checking your piczo inbox and entering your editor, you would receive points which you use as money to buy items and features for your character.
To put it simply, the new Piczo has gotten rid of most unique features the site used to possess.
One of the features that stayed is "The Board" where Piczo informs users about HTML
HTML
HyperText Markup Language is the predominant markup language for web pages. HTML elements are the basic building-blocks of webpages....
and Internet safety, though most pages are designed for the old Piczo.
In August 2008 Piczo announced "Piczo Plus," a feature that allows you to buy an "ad-free" site, which is no longer available to purchase.
Popularity
Piczo sees around 10 million unique visitors a month, but according to HitwiseHitwise
Experian Hitwise is a global online competitive intelligence service which collects data directly from ISP networks to aid website managers in analysing trends in visitor behavior and to measure website market share. The Hitwise product is a commercial platform whereby customers pay Hitwise a...
, is by no means the most popular social networking site available.. While primarily offering services in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
and German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
, Piczo is also available
in French, Spanish, Romanian
Romanian language
Romanian Romanian Romanian (or Daco-Romanian; obsolete spellings Rumanian, Roumanian; self-designation: română, limba română ("the Romanian language") or românește (lit. "in Romanian") is a Romance language spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova...
, Russian, Japanese, and Korean BETA versions.