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The basics of Ranker, the business.

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Stats

Our traffic and userbase have been growing nicely since our August 2009 launch. We're now up to 2 million + monthly uniques and serving over 30 million monthly ad impressions, and those numbers are growing every day.

See for yourself.

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Clark Benson

Clark is the founder of Ranker. The website is his fifth startup and you can learn more about him via his lists .

Ranker is Clark's fifth love (yes, he ranks EVERYTHING).

What?

Don't worry, we say he's got his priorities straight. In Clark's own words, we rank behind "his wife, his parents, his twins and his eel (except when he bites, then I drop him down the list)."

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Team

Give a big hello to our team here at Ranker (we won't take any small hellos).

Clark Benson (Founder/CEO)

Premesh Purayil

Lon Harris

Mike Rhoads

Brian Gilmore

Paul West

Kevin Brake

Benjamin Dunn

and our offshore partners at EOSSYS (if you are looking for a crack offshore coding solution, we couldn't recommend them more - they have been with us almost from inception)

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Twitter

Follow us @Ranker . We also have specialized accounts for the Film and Video Game categories.

You can also follow our Founder/CEO @ClarkBenson . But, by far the biggest twitter hitter at Ranker is Lon Harris (@Lons).

If you're more into communicating the old-fashioned way, you can always send any questions, comments, concerns or feedback to feedback@ranker.com . And, you can send any PR or press inquiries here .

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Facebook

You can now link your Ranker account to your Facebook account, which will let you quickly share the things you do on Ranker with your friends on Facebook. You can also link up your Twitter, Gmail and Yahoo accounts, because we're cool like that.

You can also find us on Facebook , where we post new content, contests and more.

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Jobs

We're always looking for smart Java developers and in-the-know webbies (marketing, product, biz dev, etc) with strong internet/social media knowledge and experience. Applications are always welcome at Ranker.

Check out our jobs page for current openings. And since needs/priorities change on a dime here, if you are interested in joining us and have some experience in what we are doing, feel free to send us a resume even if you don't see a posted opening that fits your background.

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Partnerships

We currently have numerous partnerships on the business, data and content sides, and we are always open to more. If you're interested in working with us in any capacity, contact Clark .

We also have a distributed app, and a program to help publishers and personalities take advantage of our platform to create customized content that helps promote their brand across the web. To learn more about our celebrity lists program, email Brian Gilmore .

A special shout-out to our data partners, Factual and Freebase. No, not THAT freebase, we like our hair too much to risk lighting it on fire . . . Freebase is a wonderful open-source collection of data about everything, and we couldn't rank the universe without either of 'em.

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Investors

Clark Benson was the original seed investor for Ranker. Another seed round with 15 angel investors (including Tech Coast Angels and Siemer Ventures) followed in Late 2009/Early 2010.

A $1.3 million Series A round, led by Tim Draper at DFJ and Jim Andelman at Rincon Ventures, with additional participation from Siemer Ventures, Pasadena Angels, Newport Coast Ventures, and Pasadena Angels followed in early 2011.

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Press

Press mentions are here

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The Miracle Mile

Ranker.com was founded in 2008 but the site wasn't launched until August 2009. There was a closed beta for a few months before we opened it up to the public.

We used to have a home office in Hollywood, CA, right on the Walk of Fame. But that office lacked a few of the basic comforts of life (like windows!), so we've since switched to a high-rise on Los Angeles' Wilshire Boulevard, in a neighborhood known as The Miracle Mile.

LA's Miracle Mile was founded in the early 1920s and was the first development of Wilshire as a commercial district. Today, it's among LA's most densely populated neighborhoods. It has also been the setting of numerous films, including "Volcano" (in which it was covered by magma) and "Miracle Mile" (in which LA is about to be decimated by a nuclear explosion.)

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