Salvatore Aranzulla facts for kids
Salvatore Aranzulla (born February 24, 1990) is an Italian blogger and business owner. He is very well known for helping people solve computer problems. He writes easy-to-understand guides and tips about technology, especially about computer programs.
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Early Life and Learning
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Salvatore was born in a small town in Sicily, Italy, called Mirabella Imbaccari. He grew up with his parents, Giovanni and Maria, and his three brothers, Giuseppe, Davide, and Elia. His father worked as a nurse, and his mother took care of their home. Salvatore went to a science high school in Piazza Armerina.
In 2008, he moved to the city of Milan. There, he studied at Bocconi University and finished his studies in 2015.
How He Started with Tech
When Salvatore was just 12 years old, he loved to read about technology online. Soon, he started his own newsletter and a blog. On his blog, he shared helpful tips to fix computer problems. This made him the youngest person in Italy to explain technology to many people. As a teenager, he also found and reported problems (called "bugs") in big websites and web browsers.
Helping People with Technology
Salvatore Aranzulla is famous for his website, which helps millions of people with their tech questions. He also wrote for other news places.
His Website
His blog started small, but it grew very quickly. Between 2007 and 2008, about 300,000 people read his blog every month. When Salvatore needed money for university, he started using online ads on his site.
By 2016, his website had grown a lot. About 9 million people visited it every month, looking at 20 million pages. In 2015 and 2018, around 500,000 people visited his site every single day. This happened because he used special techniques called SEO to help his website appear high in search results.
In 2018, his website was one of the top 30 most visited sites in Italy. It was the number one site for "Information Technology" news. By March 2019, it was still one of the most popular websites in the country.
His Company
Salvatore Aranzulla owns his own company, which is based in Milan. The company made one million euros in 2014. This grew to 1.6 million euros in 2016. By 2017, the company earned two million euros, and in 2019, it made three million euros. In 2018, Salvatore's company had a team of eight people working for it.
The articles on his website are written by about 10 other writers. These writers live in different parts of Italy.
Other Writing Work
Besides his website, Salvatore also wrote a technology column for the website Virgilio.it. He did this from 2008 to 2015. In 2016, he also started working with a national newspaper called Il Messaggero.
About His Wikipedia Page
In 2016, the page about Salvatore Aranzulla on the Italian Wikipedia was removed. Some people thought he was not famous enough to have a page. Salvatore felt that some people who wanted his page deleted were rivals.
This discussion about his Wikipedia page was talked about in Italian newspapers. These papers included Il Gazzettino, Il Foglio, and La Stampa. They often wrote that removing his page was not fair. It was also noted that the person who first asked for his page to be deleted owned a website similar to Salvatore's. The issue was even discussed on an Italian TV show called Report.
Awards and Special Mentions
Salvatore Aranzulla and his website have received some special awards.
In 2018, his website won a special award for being the best website. This award was given by the city of Perugia at the 2018 Macchianera awards.
In February 2019, he received an award called the Candelora d'Oro from the city of Catania.
