Media Information

History: BCL.com.au began as Brisbane City Life in May 1995 at www.maxlink.com.au/bcl later moving to www.brisbanecitylife.com.au. In January 2003, when the site went nation-wide with a site for each Australian state at www.BCL.com.au, Brisbane City Life remained on the original domain.

What is it? BCL.com.au is a regional community guide providing an easy way for readers to find information, events and services around Australia with links to many non-profit groups, government sites and commercial sites. It is an online only publication, there is no related print version.  The site serves over 1 million page views per month. 

To complement the website, we send out a monthly email newsletter to subscribers. We have recently relaunched a new weekly shopping newsletter.

BCL Subsites: BCL is split into several interlinking subsites:

1. Adelaide - South Australia
2. Brisbane - Queensland
3. Canberra - ACT
4. Darwin - Northern Territory
5. Hobart - Tasmania
6. Melbourne - Victoria
7. Sydney - New South Wales
8. Perth - Western Australia
9. BCL Shopping online
10. BCL Magazines
11. BCL Travel

How is it funded? BCL.com.au is funded by selective commercial advertising. All advertising is done using a performance model eg % of sale, pay per click, per visitor or per lead using affiliate marketing software. We do not accept advertising from gambling sites. You can find out more about affiliate marketing here

Who runs BCL.com.au? The domain names BCL.com.au and brisbanecitylife.com.au and related websites are owned by its creators, Maxlink Media Services. Since July 2005, BCL has been managed by Online Encounters Pty Ltd. Online Encounters is a privately owned company based on the northside of Brisbane with a staff of 4.

Note: We suggest that you print BCL.com.au in upper case for clarity. Both cases work but bcl.com.au can be mistaken for bd.com.au in some fonts.

Contact (media only): Gayle Dallaston + 61 7 3889 6800 or 0402 005 873 
Email: BCL(at)onlineencounters.com.au Note: change the (a) to @