geek/geek/ noun informal, chiefly N. Amer.

An obsessive enthusiast.

Oxford English Dictionary, 2003

Contact info:

Contact me if you have an interest in writing content, any geeky subject is fair game. Got press releases? Send them my way. Are you a geek running a geek related site and looking for some geek love? Let me know I’ll send some your way with a link. Just contact me through any of these:

e-mail:2012 @geeknews.net

MSN IM: andyall @hotmail.com

What is this site?

This site is simply a labor of love, nothing more but news and interesting links for those that geek out on gadgets, computers, comics, D&D, military, art, games, science and so much more. As you can see, I won’t discriminate; a geek is a geek is a friend of mine.

If you’re interested in the history of geeknews.net, check out the details written by one of the original owners of the domain on the Wayback machine in this 2001 archive’d page here.

It used to be a very very popular news aggregator and had a ton of original content back in the late 90′s and early 00′s. I’m a big fan of history and I hope I can help GN live up to its legacy though its doubtful I can return it to that level of popularity now that everyone and their dog is online with their own site

Can I participate by writing content for geeknews?

Absolutely, I value diversity. Contact me

If it’s a labor of love, then what’s with the ads?

Although there are some adverts on the site, it’s not an indicator that it’s a for-profit adventure, I currently work for Microsoft so I’m not lacking in money right now. The intent for the adverts has changed over time with the original goal being to have the site pay for itself. That in itself has turned into the biggest failure in judgment thus far. After seeing how difficult a balance it is to have ads in the right place and advertising the right stuff yet not be obtrusive, I have changed the goal.

The adverts have become an almost obsessive challenge now to find something interesting that geeks will click on, and I’m slowly leaning towards Amazon being the more flexible form that allows more control than GOOG’s adsense for instance.