Gaia Online is an English-language, anime-themed social networking and forums-based website. It was founded in 2003 as Go-Gaia.com, but the name was changed to Gaia Online.com in 2004 by its owner, Gaia Interactive. Gaia originally began as an anime linklist and eventually developed a small community, but, following a statement by founder Derek Liu (username "Lanzer"), the website moved towards social gaming, and eventually became a forum-based website. Today, over a million posts are made daily and it is visited by 7 million unique users each month. (with over 23 million total registered users) Gaia also won the 2007 Webware 100 award in the Community category. In November, 2010, Gaia laid off 15-20 of their 110 staff members. As suggested by VentureBeat, this could be due in part to the decline in ad sales since the recession. 40% of Gaia's revenue stems from advertising geared toward Gaia's target audience; 13-25 year olds.
Graphics: 2D Platform
Gaia Online has become popular as a large forum and its innovative approach of giving players gold coins each time they post. Since then, it has evolved into a mix between a social network and a casual gaming site. Today there are far more features available than just a few years ago. Besides player housing, car customization and racing, players today can watch full length movies through the in-game cinema. Most of the content in Gaia Online is available for free or through the use of the in-game currency but some if it is only available through the cash shop.
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