An Bongino conducted a soft launch of his conservative news site on Wednesday morningbefore beginning to promote it via Twitter and on his podcast later that day, since he wanted to make certain that the server was able to handle the volume of traffic. In the next few hours, Bongino and his team needed to upgrade the server due to the fact that the amount of traffic coming through the site was much higher than they’d anticipated.The Bongino Report
“The launch was amazing. There’s no other word to describe this,” the frequent Fox News contributor spoke to TheWrap , on Thursday night by phone and said he didn’t anticipate to see the “voluminous” traffic despite of the massive traffic to his website, bongino.com. “By noon, it was exploding and by evening, it was completely exploding. The Bongino Report
The traffic never really slowed down.
Bongino claimed that at one time when he looked at the amount of visitors who have registered on the site , then his wifeand declared, “We’re going to need to hire someone else.”
When asked what kind of numbers that he was considering Bongino stated that he had estimated 20,000 uniques however, the site will be able to get an Alexa score by the time it could provide a more detailed overall picture.
What’s the draw of the website? It’s a news aggregator for conservatives similar to Matt Drudge’s cult Drudge Report, however Bongino can quickly say that they aren’t trying to imitate Drudge in any way. The aggregator, as an example will focus on mostly right-leaning, liberal and conservative news sources. It won’t link to content from such publications as the Washington Post or New York Times the man stated, “unless it’s to make fun of them.”
On the other hand, Drudge’s site featured an Washington Post piece linked near the top of the page on Thursday evening.
TOPLINE
Popular right-wing blogger Dan Bongino has banned from YouTube the platform, a spokesperson for the platform said to Forbes after breaking the conditions of a previous suspension for propagating Covid misinformation.
KEY FACTS
Bongino’s YouTube channels shut down and ads removed out of them earlier in the month because of a clip in which he falsely claimed that masks have no value and are “useless” in preventing the spread of coronavirus.
YouTube advised Bongino not to upload video content during the seven-day period. an official said that an upload was made to the main channel of Bongino during the suspension period, which led to the ban being lifted permanently.
The main channel on YouTube of Bongino subscribed to by 869,000 prior to his demotion.
KEY BACKGROUND
Bongino is among the top and most prominent voices in the conservative media. He hosts The Dan Bongino Show, a radio station Dan Bongino Show, which is one of the Dan Bongino Show, that took over the time slot that was once Rush Limbaugh’s show on many markets last year. He hosts the Fox News show on Saturdays known as “Unfiltered,” hosted by Dan Bongino. The page on Facebook is among the most well-known news outlets on the site that regularly accounts for the most popular links, and the pages of his fellow right-winger Ben Shapiro and conservative pastor Franklin Graham.
TANGENT
Bongino is quickly rising up the ranks of the media for conservatives after being appointed an Fox News contributor in 2019. Before becoming a journalist, Bongino served as a New York City police officer, Secret Service agent and had three unsuccessful campaigns for Congress.
