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{{about|the online news resource|the newspaper|The Guardian}}
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{{Infobox website
| name = TheGuardian.com
| logo = The_Guardian_2018.svg
| url = {{url|www.theguardian.com|theguardian.com}}
| commercial = Yes
| type = Online [[newspaper]]
| language = [[English language|English]]
| owner = [[Guardian Media Group]]
| author = ''[[The Guardian]]''
| launch_date = {{start date|1999}}
| current_status = Active
}}

'''TheGuardian.com''', formerly known as '''Guardian.co.uk''' and '''''Guardian Unlimited''''', is a British [[news]] and media website owned by the [[Guardian Media Group]]. It contains nearly all of the content of the newspapers ''[[The Guardian]]'' and ''[[The Observer]]'', as well as a substantial body of web-only work produced by its own staff, including a rolling news service. As of November 2014, it was the second most popular online newspaper in the UK with over 17 million readers per month; with over 21 million monthly readers, [[Mail Online]] was the most popular.<ref name="journalism553108">{{cite news|title = Daily Mail most popular UK newspaper|url = http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/uk-newspapers-ranked-total-readership-print-and-online|newspaper=[[Press Gazette]]|date = 29 August 2013|access-date = 19 November 2015}}</ref>

The site is made up of a core news site, with niche sections and subsections covering subjects including sport, business, environment, technology, arts and media, and lifestyle. TheGuardian.com is notable for its engagement with readers, including long-running talkboards and a network of weblogs. Its seven blogs were joined on 14 March 2006, by a new comment section, "Comment is free", which has since merged into its Opinion section.

The site can be viewed without cost or registration, though some services such as leaving comments on articles require users to register. In March 2009, Guardian.co.uk launched their [[API]], using the [[OAuth]] protocol and making a wide range of ''Guardian'' content available for use by [[web application]] developers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.idioplatform.com/the-guardian-launches-content-api/|title=The Guardian Launches Content API|access-date=2009-05-14|date=2009-03-10|publisher=[[idiomag|idio]]|archive-date=29 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130329093406/http://www.idioplatform.com/the-guardian-launches-content-api/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Ownership==
TheGuardian.com is part of the [[Guardian Media Group]] of newspapers, radio stations, and new media, including ''[[The Guardian]]'' daily newspaper and ''[[The Observer]]'' Sunday newspaper. Guardian Media Group is owned by the [[Scott Trust]], a charitable foundation which aims to ensure the newspaper's editorial independence in perpetuity, maintaining its financial health to ensure it does not become vulnerable to takeover by for-profit media groups, and the serious compromise of editorial independence that this often brings.

==History==
Guardian.co.uk was launched in 1999, born of the Guardian New Media Lab. Its popularity soared after the [[September 11 attacks]] in the United States in 2001, largely thanks to the diverse range of viewpoints published in ''The Guardian'' newspaper.{{Citation needed|date=August 2009}} The website won the Best Newspaper category in the 2005, 2006 and 2007 [[Webby Awards]], beating the ''[[New York Times]]'', the ''[[Washington Post]]'', the ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'' and ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current.php#webby_entry_newspaper|title=The Webby Awards|work=webbyawards.com|access-date=9 July 2005|archive-date=8 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110408222105/http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current.php#webby_entry_newspaper|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2006, Guardian.co.uk reported its first profitable year, with income coming mostly from recruitment and display advertising.<ref name="Profit reported">{{cite news|url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=33685 |title=Guardian Unlimited in the black for first time |access-date=2008-01-30 |date=2006-03-31 |newspaper=[[Press Gazette]] |quote=The Guardian's website, guardian.co.uk, made a profit of £1m this year |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090523211046/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=33685 |archive-date=May 23, 2009 }}</ref> In May 2007, guardian.co.uk begun an 18-month programme of redesigning and adding features to the entire website, starting with the travel section, then moving through the rest of the site and the front page, finally updating the blogging and community features.<ref name="Design change">{{cite news
|url= https://www.theguardian.com/news/blog/2007/may/10/guardianunlimi12
|title= Guardian Unlimited – the new look explained|access-date= 2008-01-30|date= 2007-05-10|work= Guardian Unlimited news blog|quote= ...an 18-month programme to redesign and rebuild every part of GU. | location=London}}</ref> On 30 July 2013, the website was moved from <samp>guardian.co.uk</samp> to <samp>theguardian.com</samp> as part of increasing investments to grow globally.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/help/insideguardian/2013/jul/30/the-guardian-dot-com|title=theguardian.com is our new domain, as of today|date=30 July 2013|publisher=Inside The Guardian Blog}}</ref>

In 2018 TheGuardian.com joined with competitors [[News UK]] (''[[The Times]]'', ''[[The Sunday Times]]'', ''[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]]'') and ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' to create a joint platform for advertisers to buy online adverts across the multiple leading news websites, called The Ozone Project.<ref name=guardian-20180620>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/jun/20/guardian-news-uk-telegraph-launch-advertising-business-ozone-project |title=Guardian, News UK and Telegraph launch joint advertising business |last=Waterson |first=Jim |newspaper=The Guardian |date=20 June 2018 |access-date=8 October 2018}}</ref> Later in the year [[Reach plc]] (formerly Trinity Mirror) joined the platform, bringing nearly all of UK's national newspapers onto the platform.<ref name=pg-20180911>{{cite news |url=https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/joint-advertising-platform-becomes-truly-cross-industry-initiative-as-reach-unites-with-news-uk-guardian-and-telegraph/ |title=Joint advertising platform becomes 'truly cross-industry initiative' as Reach unites with News UK, Guardian and Telegraph |last=Tobitt |first=Charlotte |newspaper=[[Press Gazette]] |date=11 September 2018 |access-date=9 October 2018}}</ref>

==Subsites and related online publications==

===Guardian Sport===
The ''Guardian''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Sport section has made the online transition into a popular and well-respected website, providing news, results, match reports, and live commentaries from a host of different sports.

TheGuardian.com's sports coverage has been pioneering in the online newspaper industry in the [[United Kingdom]] in offering live coverage of sports, especially [[Football (soccer)|football]], over the Web. Examples include live text commentaries of 115 [[Premier League]] football matches and every [[FIFA World Cup]] match, as well as some live coverage of the [[FA Cup]], [[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]], [[Europa League]], and the occasional [[La Liga]], [[League Cup]], and playoff games.

===="The Fiver"====
"'''The Fiver'''" is a daily, mostly humorous football newsletter, available in the Sport section or via email newsletter, delivered to opt-in subscribers' inboxes at (approximately) 5 pm Guardian Standard Time, Monday to Friday (hence the name "Fiver"). It does not appear in the print edition of ''The Guardian'' newspaper. "The Fiver" enjoys a worldwide following. ''Fiver'' writers include [[Paul Doyle (journalist)|Paul Doyle]] and [[Barry Glendenning]] and are drawn from the ''[[The Guardian|Guardian]]'' sportswriting staff.

==="Comment is free"===

"'''Comment is free'''" (abbreviated '''Cif''') was a comment and political opinion section within TheGuardian.com. It contained comment and opinion pieces from ''[[The Guardian]]'' and ''[[The Observer]]'' newspapers, plus contributions from more than 600 other writers. The section was edited by Natalie Hanman;<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/profile/nataliehanman Natalie Hanman], ''Guardian'' profile page.</ref> its sub-site devoted to religious affairs, "Cif belief", was edited by [[Andrew Brown (writer)|Andrew Brown]]. It was launched on 14 March 2006,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://blogs.pressgazette.co.uk/fleetstreet/2006/03/11/comment-is-free-launches-tuesday/ |title=Comment is Free launches Tuesday | Fleet Street 2.0 | Press Gazette |access-date=2011-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001084834/http://blogs.pressgazette.co.uk/fleetstreet/2006/03/11/comment-is-free-launches-tuesday/ |archive-date=2011-10-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref> with [[Georgina Henry]] as launch editor. The original technical design and build was by [[Ben Hammersley]], based on the [[Movable Type]] blogging platform. Latterly, Cif ran on a custom ''Guardian''-made system, using [[Pluck (software)|Pluck]] for the commenting.<ref>Laura Oliver, [http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2008/06/09/guardian-implements-pluck-on-comment-is-free-platform/ "Guardian implements Pluck on Comment Is Free platform", 9 June 2008, Journalism.co.uk]</ref>

The site's name was derived from a sentence in a famous essay written by veteran ''Guardian'' editor [[C. P. Scott]]: "Comment is free, but facts are sacred."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2002/nov/29/1|title=Comment is free, but facts are sacred|work=the Guardian|date=23 October 2017 }}</ref>

The site strictly enforced its talk policy by moderating comments after posting.<ref>Andrew Brown, [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/andrewbrown/2010/mar/24/religion "A thank you note on moderation"], 24 March 2010.</ref> For particularly sensitive topics, comments may be moderated before posting.<ref name=FAQs>guardian.co.uk, 7 May 2009, [https://www.theguardian.com/community-faqs#310 Frequently asked questions about community on guardian.co.uk], accessed 28 July 2011.</ref> Moderators could remove posts that violated the site's Community Standards (usually leaving a marker of the removal), but did not edit them.<ref name=FAQs/><ref>guardian.co.uk, 7 May 2009, [https://www.theguardian.com/community-standards Community standards and participation guidelines.]</ref>

"Comment is free" has merged with TheGuardian.com's "Opinion" section, starting in late 2014 with the US edition, and concluding in early 2015 with the UK edition. It no longer uses the "Comment is free" title, though <samp>commentisfree</samp> remains in its URL.

===''Guardian America''===
{{main|Guardian US}}

''Guardian America'' was an American version of the British news website ''Guardian Unlimited''. The strategy, intended to win more U.S.-based readers, was abandoned in October 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://paidcontent.org/2009/10/20/419-gnm-axing-guardianamerica-com-shuffling-execs-in-restructure/|title=GNM Axing GuardianAmerica.com, Shuffling Execs In Restructure|last=Andrews|first=Robert|date=2009-10-20|website=paidcontent.org|language=en-US|access-date=2018-03-03|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130624042418/http://paidcontent.org/2009/10/20/419-gnm-axing-guardianamerica-com-shuffling-execs-in-restructure/|archive-date=2013-06-24}}</ref>

Much of the content on ''Guardian America'' was taken from ''Guardian Unlimited'' and ''The Guardian,'' although some content was produced specifically for ''Guardian America.''

''[[Guardian US]],'' launched in September 2011, is ''The Guardian''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s New York City-based American online presence. GuardianAmerica.com now redirects to ''The Guardian'''s United States topic page.

=== Tor network version ===
In May 2022 the Guardian launched an [[.onion]] version of its website on the [[Tor (network)|Tor network]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chauvin |first=Mariot |date=2022-05-30 |title=Guardian launches Tor onion service {{!}} Technology |url=https://www.theguardian.com/help/insideguardian/2022/may/30/guardian-launches-tor-onion-service |access-date=2022-10-07 |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> with assistance from [[Alec Muffett]].<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Soul |first1=Jon |last2=Kokkini |first2=Ioanna |date=2022-10-06 |title=How we built the Guardian's Tor Onion service |url=https://www.theguardian.com/info/2022/oct/06/how-we-built-the-guardians-tor-onion-service |access-date=2022-10-07 |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>

==Readership==
TheGuardian.com is one of the UK's leading online newspapers. It became the first UK newspaper to attract more than 25 million [[Web analytics#Key definitions|unique users]] in a month (October 2008).<ref name="Oct2008stats">{{cite news|url= https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/nov/20/abcs-pressandpublishing
|title= ABCe: US election build-up helps UK newspaper sites to record traffic|access-date= 2008-11-20|date= 2008-11-20|quote= The site recorded 25,976,046 unique users last month, according to the latest officially audited web figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations Electronic. | work=The Guardian | location=London | first=Jemima | last=Kiss}}</ref> On 7 July 2005, following the [[7 July 2005 London bombings|London bombings]], 1.3 million unique users visited the site and a total of 7.8 million pages were viewed, at the time a record for guardian.co.uk.<ref name="77stats">{{cite news|url= https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2005/jul/08/media.newmedia
|title= Record numbers visit Guardian Unlimited|access-date= 2008-01-30|date= 2005-07-08|work= MediaGuardian|quote= Total unique users: 15,955,312 | location=London | first=John | last=Plunkett}}</ref>

As of August 2010 it was the second-most popular UK newspaper website after [[Mail Online]], getting almost 34.6 million unique users monthly, and 13.7 million unique British users monthly.<ref name="website visitors">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/aug/26/abces-july-2010|title=ABCes: Mail Online presses ahead as rivals see post-World Cup dip|author=Jemima Kiss|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> By May 2011 it reached 2.8m unique visitors per day, and 51.3m per month, behind the MailOnline's 4.4m and 77.3m.<ref name=guardian23062011>{{cite web|website=theguardian.com|date=2011-06-23|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/jun/23/abce-mail-online|title=ABCe: Mail Online nears 80 million monthly users|first1=Jason|last1=Deans|access-date=2018-07-06}}</ref> As of May 2013, using National Readership Survey and comScore's statistics, it was the most popular UK newspaper website with 8.2m unique visitors per month, ahead of [[Mail Online]] with 7.6m unique monthly visitors.<ref name="journalism553108"/> By July 2021, however, Mail Online was reported to have the highest level of online daily readers in the UK at 4.1 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/529970/uk-online-newspaper-market-by-daily-average-unique-browsers/|title=Average daily audience of online newspaper brands in the United Kingdom (UK) in July 2021|first=Amy|last=Watson|publisher=Statista|date=2022-06-30|accessdate=2023-01-21}}</ref>

==Awards==
*[[British Press Awards]]:<ref name=gazetteroll>''[[Press Gazette]]'', {{cite news |url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/hybrid.asp?typeCode=99&navcode=92 |title=Roll of Honour |access-date=2012-02-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807091912/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/hybrid.asp?typeCode=99&navcode=92 |archive-date=August 7, 2011 }}, accessed 27 July 2011,</ref>
** "Digital Innovation of the Year" (2008, 2009)
** "Digital Journalist of the Year" (Sean Smith, 2008; [[Dave Hill]], 2009)
The awards were created in 2008.<ref name=gazetteroll/>

Moreover, the 2011 award of "Political Journalist of the Year" to ''[[The Guardian]]'''s [[Andrew Sparrow]] "was significant because it was a recognition of the impact of his general election live blog – a reward for innovation as well as reporting."<ref>guardian.co.uk, 6 April 2011, [https://www.theguardian.com/media/organgrinder/2011/apr/06/press-awards-2011 Press Awards 2011: let's not forget the winners.]</ref>

In 2009 it was nominated for (but did not win) a [[Webby Awards|Webby Award]] for "Best Copy/Writing".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current.php|title=The Webby Awards|work=webbyawards.com|url-status=dead|access-date=2016-03-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110408222105/http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current.php|archive-date=2011-04-08}}</ref> However, the subsite Cif belief was nominated for and won, the Webby in the best religion and spirituality site category.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|https://www.theguardian.com}}
* [https://www.theguardian.com/tone/blog theguardian.com blogs]
* [https://www.theguardian.com/uk/commentisfree Comment is Free]

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