TechCrunch is a blog about Web 2.0 products & companies, many of the posts written by Michael Arrington. The blog's first post was on June 11 2005.

The website's Technorati rank is 2, and is their 3rd most favorited blog. As of July 17 2008, it has over 928,000 web feed subscribers as measured by tracking company FeedBurner. On August, 27 2008, TechCrunch rolled out a new web site design.

TechCrunch Network

TechCrunch is now affiliated with several other websites, commonly referred to as the The TechCrunch Network. As of July 28 2008, these include:

• CrunchNotes - An informal personal blog about Web 2.0 written by Michael Arrington.
• TechCrunch France - Edited by Ouriel Ohayon and launched in February 2006. Features translations of posts from the main TechCrunch blog as well as original content.
• TechCrunch Japan - Features translations of the American TechCrunch as well as original content.
• TechCrunch UK - Original blog cancelled following an online argument involving Arrington, TC UK editor Sam Sethi, and Loic Le Meur on 13 December 2006.; focused on UK-based or UK-targeted Web 2.0 services. Relaunched in September 2007 with a new editor, Mike Butcher.
• MobileCrunch - A blog tracking the Mobile Computing industry, edited by Greg Kumparak.
• TalkCrunch - A podcast about Web 2.0, featuring interviews with founders of assorted Web 2.0 companies, covering new product launches and the like.
• CrunchGear - A blog covering gadgets and computer hardware, edited by John Biggs.
• CrunchBase - A wiki-style database of Web 2.0 companies, people, and investors.
• CrunchBoard - A Web 2.0 job board
• TechCrunch IT
• InviteShare
• Gillmor Gang
• Elevator Pitches

Programs

TechCrunch sells image advertisements for US$12,000 per month with a minimum purchase of 2 months. The organization held a live event, the TechCrunch50, on September 8-10, 2008 in San Francisco, California.

Criticism

As a popular website, TechCrunch faces a high degree of public scrutiny, and TechCrunch employees have been periodically accused of various conflicts of interest. However, no claims of conflict of interest against TechCrunch have ever been proven. Original MobileCrunch editor Oliver Starr's duties are now handled by several authors. Starr was apparently fired by Arrington, allegedly for a conflict of interest arising from Starr's serving as Senior Mobile Analyst for "The Guidewire Group." Starr claims that the dispute arose instead from a payment dispute with Arrington over payments allegedly due Starr.

See also

• TechCrunch Toolbar by Conduit