accordance with wikipedia s deletion policy . please share your thoughts on the matter at this article s entry on the articles for deletion page . feel free to edit the article but the article must not be blanked and this notice must not be removed until the discussion is closed . for more information particularly on merging or moving the article during the discussion read the guide to deletion . % 5b % 5bwikipedia % 3aarticles for deletion % 2fmakeuseof % 5d % 5dafd this article has multiple issues . please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . september 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message this article reads like a news release or is otherwise written in a promotional tone . please help by either rewriting this article from a neutral point of view or by moving this article to wikinews . when appropriate blatant advertising may be marked for speedy deletion with db spam . september 2016 the topic of this article may not meet wikipedia s general notability guideline . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources makeuseof news newspapers books scholar jstor free images september 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message this article relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . september 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . september 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message this article may rely excessively on sources too closely associated with the subject potentially preventing the article from being verifiable and neutral . please help improve it by replacing them with more appropriate citations to reliable independent third party sources . september 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message some of this article s listed sources may not be reliable . please help this article by looking for better more reliable sources . unreliable citations may be challenged or deleted . september 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message makeuseof type private founded july 2006 headquarters colchester united kingdom founder s aibek esengulov key people dr. jackson chung chief executive officer 1 aibek esengulov chief technical officer kaly mochoev chief operating officer amina valieva chief financial officer ryan dube managing editor james bruce lead developer employees 50 2 slogan s technology simplified website www.makeuseof.com alexa rank 1 062 april 2014 update 3 type of site blog makeuseof is a technology and internet apps blog founded by aibek esengulov and kaly mochoev . the website s primary focus is software web applications and technology but they have also recently started covering news opinion and gadgets as well . 4 makeuseof was launched in july 2006 and now employs 50 members of staff from various parts of the world . they have been noted for being a high supporter of net neutrality . 5 the site publishes on average 15 posts a day from monday to friday with a reduced schedule at weekends . citation needed the main blog is backed up by a directory and a yahoo answers type of page for unanswered technology questions . the site also offers a growing collection of free e books in pdf and epub format and for on line reading . contents 1 background 2 cracked site 3 awards and media recommendations 4 references 5 external links background edit aibek esengulov stated that the idea for makeuseof came about because the biggest problem with the web was the lack of sources where users like myself could learn about other useful websites . 6 7 cracked site edit in 2008 the makeuseof domain was stolen from its owners by a thief and blackmailer who to this day has never been caught . citation needed he gained access to the domain by hacking into aibek esengulov s webmail account and using details that he found to impersonate aibek esengulov to godaddy . he then quickly transferred the domain to his control and demanded 2000 for its return . citation needed makeuseof quickly set up a temporary website 8 to inform its readers what was happening and began the legal process to recover the makeuseof.com domain . after several days they were successful and the domain returned to their control . the cracker who stole the domain subsequently managed to evade detection . citation needed awards and media recommendations edit pc magazine named makeuseof one of the top 100 undiscovered websites in 2007 . 9 makeuseof has also been named one of the top 100 classic websites by pc magazine on two separate years 2008 10 and 2010 11 . in 2008 fast company named makeuseof as one of the top ten websites you never heard of . 12 references edit jackson chung on linkedin . linkedin . company profile on linkedin . linkedin . makeuseof.com site info . alexa internet . retrieved 2014 04 01 . elmer vickie 5 september 2010 . mobile apps can give careers job searches a boost . washington post . https www.google.com gws rd ssl safe active & q allinurl net neutrality site makeuseof.com the major geeks of makeuseof . love to know . aibek esengulov of makeuseof shares his startup story . foundora . makeuseof temporary domain . makeuseof . top 100 undiscovered websites 2007 . pc magazine . top 100 classic websites 2008 . pc magazine . top 100 undiscovered websites 2010 . pc magazine . top ten websites you never heard of . fast company . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title makeuseof & oldid 743887110 categories blogstechnology websiteshidden categories articles for deletionarticles with a promotional tone from september 2016all articles with a promotional tonearticles with topics of unclear notability from september 2016all articles with topics of unclear notabilityarticles lacking reliable references from september 2016all articles lacking reliable referencesarticles needing additional references from september 2016all articles needing additional referencesarticles containing potentially dated statements from april 2014all articles containing potentially dated statementsall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from september 2015articles with unsourced statements from october 2016 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages t rk e edit links this page was last modified on 11 october 2016 at 20 58 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view