About

High Gear Media is a vertical media company publishing engaging, premium automotive content on some of the Web’s fastest growing car websites targeting key buyer and vehicle segments.

High Gear Media’s owned and operated network of automotive destinations have over 4 million visitors monthly and include its anchor site, The Car Connection, its luxury site, Motor Authority, the fastest growing green car site on the Web, Green Car Reports; and its family site, Family Car Guide.

High Gear Media’s editorial staff and contributors have written at publications such as Car and Driver, AOL Autos, AutoWeek, Automobile Magazine, and Wired. The company’s content is syndicated to partners including Yahoo! Autos, NASCAR.com, Discovery News, SpeedTV and The San Francisco Chronicle.

High Gear Media is headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif. and received its funding from Accel Partners, Greylock Partners and DAG Ventures.

Capabilities
  • Desktop Display
    • Brand Integrations
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    • Sponsored Posts
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    • Native Ads
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    • High-Impact (Takeovers, Billboards, Overlays, Sliders, Skins)
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    • Rich Media (Expandable & Non-Expandable)
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  • Desktop Video
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    • Mid-Roll
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    • Post-Roll
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    • Video Companion Ad
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    • Outstream Video
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    • Custom Video Executions
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  • Mobile Display
    Platform Supported:
    • Android
    • iOS
    • Mobile Web
    • Mobile Rich Media (Including Interstitials & Expandables)
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    • Tablet Traffic
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    • Native & Custom Mobile Executions
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    • Requires SDK Integration
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  • Social
  • Email
  • Desktop Display, Desktop Video, Mobile Display, Social, Email
  • Web Publisher
  • Headline:
    Publisher: Automotive
  • Self / Managed Service:
    Managed Service
  • Key Differentiator
    High Gear Media is a next-generation automotive publisher that connects car-seeking audiences with content and tools to help them make better decisions.We bring together a powerful content platform, deep editorial expertise that understands how to publish for today’s Web, and three of the fastest growing automotive media brands online.Our executives have a track record building web experiences at companies like Yahoo!, Sidestep, Farechase, Google and Auto Trader.High Gear Media is headquartered in Menlo Park, California and received its funding from Accel Partners, Greylock Partners and DAG Ventures.
  • Owned / Operated Properties
    motorauthority.com, greencarreports.com, thecarconnection.com
Site Traffic
  • 4016576 Global Rank
  • 810537
    United States
  • 297 Estimated Visits
Traffic Sources
  • Direct
    97.18%
  • Referrals
    2.82%
  • Display
    0.00%
  • Mail
    0.00%
  • Search
    0.00%
  • Social
    0.00%
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Alexa Traffic Data
Global Rank 2,026,559
48,794
United States Rank 29,506
59,677
United States Page Views 98.2%
1.8%
Top Countries
Top Categories
  • Shopping/Clothing
Mobile App Data
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  • 10 K Downloads
  • 9 SDKs
  • 4.09 Avg. Rating
  • 141 Total reviews
  • App Url: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.highgearmedia.thecarconnection
  • App Support: http://www.highgearmedia.com
  • Genre: lifestyle
  • Bundle ID: com.highgearmedia.thecarconnection
  • App Size: 0
  • Version: 11
  • Release Date: June 14th, 2013
  • Update Date: December 2nd, 2014

Description:

The Car Connection's new 100% free app for Android delivers the easiest car research and shopping experience for Android devices.

Car research made easy - now in your pocket.

Users get access to the easiest car ratings and review online. -- our unique “TCC Rating” for any car. The “TCC Rating” is a clear numeric rating value based on a 10-point scale that reflects the overall opinion of our automotive experts on any vehicle That score also rolls up ratings we give each vehicle across sub-categories you care about like performance, safety, styling and more.

The “TCC Rating” rating also has simple color-coded “Stop” (red), “Caution” (yellow), or “Go” (green) messages along with the numerical score so you can easily understand where we stand at a glance.

Lastly, our automotive experts then also collect and show you what other websites say about these different aspects of any vehicle as you read our review. We do this leg work for you to simplify your research process.

You can also search though over 2 million live local classified listings, and easily connect at any time to new and used car dealers near you.

Features:
- Search car reviews by brand or category
- Get our quick and easy car ratings and “likes and dislikes” for a simplified snapshot of cars you are interested in
- Read detailed car reviews that are easy to understand and also show you opinions from other car review sites
- Browse car photos and specs
- Easily search over 2 million live classified car listings
- Connect to local dealers when you find the car that fits you
- Follow industry leading car news coverage, first drives, buying tips and more

We’d love to hear your feedback. Email us anytime at feedback@highgearmedia.com

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Ad Intelligence
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  • Standard
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  • Direct
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Ads Seen Recently
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