About.com is one of the Web's most comprehensive consumer solutions sources, providing users with information and advise on thousands of topics. It is recognized as a top 10 content site. Its approximately 800 topical advisors or "Guides" write about 70,000 topics and have generated 2.5 million pieces of original content.
Also from About.com:
- About China (www.abang.com)
- Calorie Count: Free Diet and Nutrition Community
- UCompareHealthCare.com: Free Reports on Doctors, Hospitals & Nursing Homes
- ConsumerSearch.com: Reviews the Reviews and Picks the Best Products
About Group Milestones
March 18, 2005
The Times Company acquired About.com, a site for consumers that provides advice and information on a broad range of topics related to everyday living. It offers solutions in the form of over 2 million original articles, recipes, product reviews, videos, tutorials and more.
September 12, 2006
About, Inc. acquired Calorie Count, a site that provides guidance and support to dieters. Calorie Count uses interactive tools combined with community elements and information on food and exercise to enable dieters to cultivate a healthier lifestyle while helping them to reach their diet goals.
March 27, 2007
About, Inc. acquired UCompareHealthCare.com, a site that provides consumers with access to interactive tools to measure the quality of healthcare services. It helps consumers find, research and compare hospitals, nursing homes, doctors, fertility centers and mammography centers.
May 7, 2007
About, Inc. acquired ConsumerSearch.com, a leading online aggregator and publisher of reviews of thousands of consumer products from multiple online and offline sources. It analyzes both expert and user-generated consumer product reviews and recommends the best products based on its findings.
January 18, 2008
The About Group launched its China site (www.abang.com). The site draws on the About.com model, providing China’s online consumers with advice and information from local experts. China has over 298 million Internet users and is one of the world’s fastest growing consumer markets.
April 21, 2008
About.com Health launched Calorie Count Mobile, a free service that allows users to receive nutritional data and ratings for over 70,000 foods on their mobile devices.
April 21, 2010
Calorie Count launched the Calorie Count iPhone app, a free diet tool that allows users to track and manage weight on the go using iPhone and iPod Touch. The app can be downloaded from the App Store.
