Media · Tech & culture

Crítica Bits

We review down to the last byte

A Spanish-language digital magazine covering technology, hardware, video games, film and literature. It publishes in-depth reviews (from the RTX 5070 to 'Neuromancer'), retro tech retrospectives (Commodore 64, Atari 2600, Game Boy) and cultural criticism, all organized into themed sections.

criticabits.com

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Sector
Media
Platform
WordPress
Services
Web development · Hosting · SEO
Languages
Spanish
Year
2024
Timeline
6 weeks

Launching an editorial outlet that could publish quickly and grow its audience and organic visibility.

We set the publication up on WordPress with a category architecture, author profiles, comments, a newsletter and the analytics and social integrations needed to publish and grow.

What we built

01

Six sections: components, video games, technology, devices, software and miscellany

02

Author profiles, comments and newsletter subscription

03

Analytics and social media integration

The project in numbers

98

mobile Lighthouse score on review pages

7

editorial categories with their own SEO architecture

5.0

rating from the editorial team

Results, not promises

The magazine launched with an editorial identity you recognize on the first scroll: retro covers, bold typography and a category architecture that drives one read into the next. Average session time and pages per visit have been well above the industry average since month one.

5.0
Real client
“We write killer reviews and we needed a website to match. They nailed the tone: irreverent on the outside, flawless underneath. Publishing is a pleasure and readers stick around for three more articles.”
A
Arnau San Freda
Co-founder and editor · Crítica Bits

What it is built with

Chosen out of need, not for hype. Built on WordPress.

WordPress
PHP
MySQL
jQuery
Nginx

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