Thursday, 1st May 08

REALBrighton has been ranked amongst the top 1.45% of all websites in the world and is officially the highest ranked city guide to Brighton according to a recent report by respected web specialists www.websitegrader.com.

The report analysed traffic to the site and took into account more than 50 other factors to arrive at the ranking. It revealed over 48,000 hot links to REALBrighton from people's blogs, homepages and websites making REALBrighton the top city guide site in Brighton - gay or straight - and the most popular gay website in the UK outside of the online dating sector.

James, our Director of Network Development, was obviously highly delighted: "I think it reflects the hard work we've put into the site since it began in 2000, but it's also a result of the fantastic support we have from our contributors, the local community and our loyal, growing audience. The huge number of people linking to us from their own websites shows that people enjoy and trust our content - which is what makes it all worthwhile."

REALBrighton is the flagship site for Real City Network - publishers of top gay city guides in Manchester, London, Bristol and other major cities in the UK, Europe and Australia. The sites provide up to date information on gay nightlife in each respective city with photos, events calendar and community sections. As well as profiling gay and gay-friendly businesses in Brighton, REALBrighton regularly supports local community projects and organisations such as Adaptatrap Percussion, The Golden Handbag Awards, The Sussex Beacon, The Great Escape and Brighton Festival Fringe.