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{{short description|Personal web hosting service}}
{{Lowercase title}}
{{Infobox website
| name           = about.me
| logo           = About.me logo.svg
| screenshot     = 
| caption        = About.me web service
| url            = {{URL|https://about.me}}
| commercial     = Yes
| type           = [[Social media|Social]] directory
| registration   = Yes
| owner          = 
| author         = Tony Conrad <br> Ryan Freitas <br> Tim Young
| launch_date    = 
| current_status = Active
}}

'''about.me''' is a personal web hosting service co-founded by Ryan Freitas, Tony Conrad and Tim Young<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-04-30|title=About.me finally embraces Android, but only with its new 'Intro' business card app|url=https://venturebeat.com/2015/04/30/about-me-finally-embraces-android-but-only-with-its-new-intro-business-card-app/|access-date=2020-09-07|website=VentureBeat|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Sawers|first=Paul|date=2014-10-30|title=About.me Launches 'Intro' App to 'Reinvent the Business Card'|url=https://thenextweb.com/apps/2014/10/30/wants-reinvent-business-card-new-intro-iphone-app/|access-date=2020-09-07|website=The Next Web|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Lagorio-Chafkin|first=Christine|date=2014-04-16|title=How This Entrepreneur Bought His Company Back From AOL|url=https://www.inc.com/christine-lagorio/tony-conrad-explains-buying-about-me-from-aol.html|access-date=2020-09-07|website=Inc.com}}</ref> in October 2009.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20101209005511/en/About.Me-Launches-Ultimate-Personal-Domain-Brand |title=About.Me Launches with Ultimate Personal Domain Brand |newspaper=Business Wire |date=2010-12-09}}</ref> The site offers registered users a simple platform from which to link multiple online identities, relevant external sites, and popular social networking websites such as [[Facebook]], [[Flickr]], and [[Google+]]. The company remained at AOL for a little over twenty-five months.

On February 5, 2013, it was announced that Conrad had bought back majority control of About.me from AOL; although no specifics were revealed on the purchase price, Conrad did say that it was a fraction of the price AOL paid to originally buy it. Conrad believed that there were no advantages in being owned by AOL, and that the site did not fit with AOL's current business model (which has emphasized [[online content]] rather than [[social networking service]]s). The site returned to becoming a [[Startup company|startup]], and began another funding round following the announcement.<ref name="aboutme-reacquired">{{cite web|url=http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/05/about-me-buys-itself-back-from-aol/ |title=About.me Buys Itself Back from AOL |work=Bits |publisher=The New York Times |date=2013-02-05}}</ref>

On February 21, 2019, About.me was acquired by [[Vice Media|Broadly]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://social.techcrunch.com/2019/02/21/about-me-acquired-by-mobile-small-business-startup-broadly/|title=About.me acquired by mobile-first small business startup Broadly|website=TechCrunch|date=21 February 2019 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-04}}</ref>

The service offers a free about.me/username page, or a subscription-based page having a custom domain and more features.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://about.me/pricing|title=Pricing &#124; about.me}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{official website|https://about.me/}}

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