Yesterday, LOUD3R announced the launch of a network of websites for enthusiasts whose passions are under served by Web content. LOUD3R’s content discovery engine uses a combination of human intelligence and semantic technology to find and rank the best news, editorial, photo, video and other content related to a particular topic. LOUD3R sites only publish the best content, and filter out spam, splogs, repeats, and other fake sites. LOUD3R launched the network with 25 sites and plans to launch at least 10 new destinations each month.

LOUD3R subjects range from motorcycles to wine, fashion to venture capital, each having their own dedicated website. Because LOUD3R’s content discovery engine requires little configuration and maintenance, it is possible to rapidly launch sites with minimal cost and manpower. LOUD3R owns more than 500 domains that share the “3R” brand, spread across a wide variety of topics.

“I’m a motorcycle enthusiast, and found myself unable to keep track of all the news that was out there on a daily basis — that’s what prompted me to build LOUD3R,” says Lowell Goss, founder and CEO of LOUD3R, Inc. “I tried using RSS readers and other services but only found an overwhelming amount of spam and ‘fake’ Web sites. I created LOUD3R as an intelligent publishing platform that will help millions of people find the content they’re really looking for online.”

Editors create LOUD3R sites by assembling a source list of websites and a semantic glossary of terms to teach the publishing engine how to identify the best content related to a particular topic. The platform is capable of unsupervised learning, and automatically improves over time through user feedback across the LOUD3R sites.

The list of LOUD3R launch sites includes:
* FOUND3R - venture capital
* NEW3R - gadgets & technology
* DECANT3R - wine
* GLACI3R - environment
* WOOF3R - dogs
* GLITT3R - fashion
* SLAND3R - gossip
* SNEAK3R - sneakers
* DAPP3R - men’s fashion
* GRIND3R - skateboarding
* PUTT3R - golf
* PITCH3R - baseball
* CRICKET3R - cricket
* RAC3R -formula 1
* WINN3R - NASCAR
* WATCH3R - TV
* ROADST3R - cars
* FAST3R - motorcycles
* VOT3R - politics
* BLAST3R - video games
* SCREEN3R - movies
* FIGHT3R - mixed martial arts
* RUBB3R - motorcycle road racing
* BUZZ3R - internet business and technology
* STRIK3R - soccer

Many online properties struggle to capture a huge readership in order to create a viable advertising-based revenue model. LOUD3R has turned that model on its ear by creating a scaleable network with dozens of sites, each catering to a particular topic, and each bearing a low cost to maintain.

And don’t forget the widgets!

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