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VigLink

VigLink is a San Francisco-based, outbound-traffic monetization service for publishers, forums, and bloggers. VigLink specializes in in-text advertising and marketing. VigLink CEO Oliver Roup founded the company in March 2009. In 2012, Oliver Roup reported VigLink was working on 5 billion pages per month. As of November 2014, VigLink has raised $27.34 million and is working with 63,000 online retailers including eBay, Target, Amazon.com, and Wal-Mart.

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Article summary

VigLink is a San Francisco-based, outbound-traffic monetization service for publishers, forums, and bloggers. VigLink specializes in in-text advertising and marketing. VigLink CEO Oliver Roup founded the company in March 2009. In 2012, Oliver Roup reported VigLink was working on 5 billion pages per month. As of November 2014, VigLink has raised $27.34 million and is working with 63,000 online retailers including eBay, Target, Amazon.com, and Wal-Mart.

Key claims

  1. date of foundation: 2009 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. date of foundation: 2009 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of foundation is "2009". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the date of foundation is "2009". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  5. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359620699

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.