The next step for BGR!

By on Oct 31, 2010 at 11:59 PM
General October 31, 2010

It has been four years since the launch of Boy Genius Report and I can easily say that I have enjoyed every single day while working on growing, expanding, and continuing to break the biggest stories in the mobile category. Today, Boy Genius Report is growing up. We are finally switching over to the www.bgr.com domain (though www.bgr.com will still continue to work as a redirect) and the first phase of our expansion is underway. We have hired more full-time writers in the past 4 months than we have had in the past four years and we are definitely not stopping. Today, I’m super excited to introduce the new redesign for BGR that has been in the works for several months. It encompasses everything the brand is — authentic, cleanly designed, relatable, and of course, that indescribable edge that it won’t ever lose.

Every segment of the site has been redone and reworked. From our Featured Articles and Top Stories area at the top of the page which will enable us to feature a wide variety of content, a brand new gallery which enables our photos and albums to be consumed even faster, to a new commenting system (finally!) which will promote an even higher level of communication between our readers. It also includes informational resources like BGR Analysis, places to meet the editors of BGR and to check out our thoughts, predictions, commentaries, and much, much more. The new BGR is everything that I have envisioned it to be for a long time.

Thank you guys for making us the number 1 mobile site (and the number 4 tech site in the world, according to Technorati!). We are plugging away harder and harder every day to continue delivering the highest quality breaking news, original content, and of course, that original BGR voice that you love. There are many more exciting things in the works, and I can’t wait to share them with you.

Of course, drop those comments in — we want to know what you think of the new design!

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  • http://twitter.com/SocialKeith Social Keith

    The new BGR looks super clean.

  • http://www.poweredonmedia.com/ Shaun Collins

    The redesign is nice, and I am sure that is why Engadget and IntoMobile chose it. This falls short on the “Authentic” mark you referenced in the article. On a positive note, thank you for adding the Disqus commenting system, it was long overdue.

  • Anonymous

    Love the new look and feel of the redesign. Now something that needs a lot of attention is the iphone bgr app, it is horrible and crashes a lot. Fix the app and make it iOS 4 compatible and you guys got yourselves a happy reader

  • Anonymous

    Looks great guys. Good job on revamp.

  • Anonymous

    never thought i’d miss the minus button

  • http://twitter.com/kirkewilliams kirkewilliams

    Ewww, what is this? Engadget Lite? Digg v4 wanna be? If it’s not broke, don’t fix it.

  • http://twitter.com/SenorDickhaus Joseph T Medina

    Hey, great look on the new site, BGR. I love the Disqus system and it’s a big upgrade from the previous commenting system. :)

  • http://markbao.com/ Mark Bao

    Not a big fan, but just keep up the editorial format.

  • Anonymous

    Looks clean, I like it!

  • http://twitter.com/Hopovac Amel

    looks fiyah

  • Anonymous

    Congratulations. I love this site and this newly designed site kicks ass. Wishing you the best.

  • Anonymous

    sweet

  • http://twitter.com/rahimkhoja Rahim

    now I can’t open your new website from my work PC :( :(

  • Anonymous

    I actually like this new look… good job. Finally hope the “boy” grows up… ;)

  • Anonymous

    While the new layout is cleaner and more organized, it is also a whole lot slower. The new load-as-you-go effect is frankly annoying (I realize it saves server traffic, etc). Also, good luck looking at the full site in a smooth way with anything designed for light web browsing. I had no problem with the old layout, it was simple and non-flashy. I feel like the redesign was a business decision and not a user focused one.

  • Anonymous

    great format making an already awesome site even better. Can’t wait to see what’s new on BGR.

  • tdteeling

    Please make body text larger!!!

  • Toddhunt

    One of the cleanest looking sites out there. Compare it with some of the MAJOR news sites (or ridiculously outdated websites from multi-billion dollar banks) and the new BGR site ranks with some of the best on the internet. Congratulations, you’ve earned your success!

  • Anonymous

    I like the new look and feel. I am also glad to see the updated discussion system. I hope it encourages real conversations and not the crazy fanboy wars of the past.

    Two thumbs up to BGR and crew for the redesign.

  • Jason

    The borders are non-existent on the iPad. All of the text on the pages are right up against the edges of the screen. A simple CSS change should fix it.

  • Matt Plovan

    Lost the ability to comment from my phone running Android 1.6

  • Likeditbettertheoldway

    Personally i thought It was better the other way. And i have also thought BGR has been bringing little in new lately. Sorry.

  • scout

    OK well it looks clean but I must say boring was better. I know this new design helps you reing in advertisers but like..it’s alot.

  • Corlyon

    new domain name is perfect！

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