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!	This article is about iCarly.com. You may be looking for iCarly (TV show) or iCarly (2021).

iCarly.com was the website that hosted the weekly webcast hosted by Carly Shay and Sam Puckett. Freddie Benson was its technical producer, administrator and show cameraman. Carly's brother, Spencer, appeared in some episodes as well as their friend, Gibby Gibson and T-Bo, another friend who owned The Groovy Smoothie.

The fictional webshow went on hiatus in 2012 as Carly was moving to Italy in the series finale, iGoodbye. Sam affirmed that the show was not ending, stating that that they were just taking a break. The webshow has since returned in the revival series, though through a different platform. It is currently unknown what has happened to the website following the webshow's relaunch.

The idea for iCarly was hatched when Carly and Sam videotaped a series of talent show auditions for Ms. Francine Briggs with the help of Freddie and posted them to a social networking site called SplashFace. After Freddie recorded a video of Carly and Sam making fun of Ms. Briggs without their knowledge and uploaded the auditions online without editing it out, the video went viral and the girls realized they had a talent for webcasting.

The webcast featured humorous skits and discussions by Carly and Sam. It also featured photos and videos submitted by viewers, along with occasional special guests (invited and uninvited).

The show was usually produced regularly, but on occasion episodes have been aborted due to circumstances ranging from behind-the-scenes technical problems, to Sam and Carly getting into an argument, to power failures. An attempt at breaking the world record for longest continuous webcast failed only a few minutes before the record would have been broken (the server being down for a mere four seconds).

The webcast proved very popular, and by the end of the show's first year on the air, it was boasting a viewership of between 300,000 and 500,000 and beginning to attract the interest of sponsors, as well as competitors such as Nevelocity.com. At one point, the series was nominated for - and won - the international iWeb Awards, which was presented in Japan. The iCarly crew travelled overseas and, after overcoming some behind-the-scenes obstacles, claimed the award.

ICarly website early concept — Early concept of iCarly.com

Icarly website in 2013 — The latest version of iCarly.com, after Sam & Cat started to air

Beyond the webcast, the iCarly.com website featured additional video content, contests, and a message board, among other features. In iWant My Website Back, Freddie was denied entry to the website, and it was revealed that the password that granted access to iCarly.com is "Sam Loves Ham". In the same episode, it is shown that Spencer paid for the website domain with his credit card.

iCarly.com started featuring a new "iTrivia" section in September 2012, only available on the full site.

The site was completely shut down on April 4, 2018 due to Dan Schneider leaving Nickelodeon, even the Canadian YTV version as it was licensed by Nickelodeon. The site now redirects to Nick.com or the local equivalent.

Fake Sites

During the entire run of iCarly, closeups of the iCarly website on Freddie's PearBooks are shown. When examined closely, it is clear these closeups on the show are different from the iCarly website in real life. Compared to the screenshot above, some edits are shown with a purple header instead of orange, or with the iCarly video player instead of the car.

The underlying reasoning goes unanswered. As seen in some screenshots, the iCarly website stretches out to match the high screen resolution of Freddie's 17-inch PearBook, compared to the black PearBook and desktop. The "Search Our Site" box is relocated, and only in the screenshot of the black PearBook is there the red "Search Our Site" button as well as the "Click For More Info" button. On the desktop screenshot, the buttons say different words than they do in real life, such as an iPics button. In all screenshots, the header buttons are moved upwards. The video is much larger in all screenshots. In all screenshots, the iCarly logo is unanimated without a white outline surrounding it, unlike in the real life screenshot as shown above.

Real World

The iCarly.com website also existed in the real world, and served as the official website of the iCarly TV series, featuring clips from the series, as well as web-exclusive videos, character blogs, and other content (including content referenced in episodes). Numerous episodes of the TV series end with Carly and Sam encouraging viewers to visit the website and submit videos, many of which were featured both on the website and the TV series itself.

Most countries had their own iCarly.com. For example: Canada, iCarly.ca; Spain, iCarly.es; Germany, iCarly.de; Netherlands, iCarly.nl; Sweden, iCarly.se; Japan, iCarly.jp; and so on. Most website URLs mentioned in episodes are fictional, and typing them into a browser usually resulted in redirection to iCarly.com; now, they just redirect to Nick.com.

Below are some fictional URLs featured:

For more, see the list of iCarly.com redirects

SplashFace.com
EpicForks.com
iGibby.com
iSnarly.com
Nevelocity.com
Neverwatchicarly.com
Beavecoon.org

Due to licensing and language issues, the actual iCarly.com website was generally accessible only within the United States. Foreign users who typed in the URL would redirected to the iCarly or Nickelodeon website of their country; not all content is shared between the sites, however. For instance, going to iCarly.de would only show videos of the German dub without access to the original English version.

Mobile iCarly.com

The iCarly.com website when accessed through a mobile device differs sightly from the full desktop site. The website design appears different than the desktop site and the mobile version does not have the iPlay, iNeed Help, and Send Us Stuff sections.

The mobile website could be accessed internationally via http://origin.www.icarly.com/m, though the link no longer works due to the shutdown of the iCarly.com website.

Notes

Many videos have characters telling the viewer to concentrate on finding something, such as a banana, or focusing on Spencer's robot to see if it cries. Of course, these are just pranks, since after approximately 10 seconds, the character pops up in a scary way to startle the viewer.
When iParty with Victorious was upcoming, iCarly.com would reference Victorious several times: for example, in a blog, Carly is at the Gibson house, "Hey, who erased Victorious from my DVR?!". Victorious would be referenced a few times after that as well, but less frequently.
In the revival, the webshow was revived, but the show no longer has a dedicated website and is now presumably streaming on SplashFace (or YouTube, due to the revival now referencing real-world social media sites such as Instagram).
Carly/Miranda rarely appeared in the real-life iCarly.com videos.

Trivia

The site's logo would enlarge, expand, grow and zoom in before shrinking or zooming out several times again and again.
- The iCarly.com logo also had flashing stars and a grow-and-shrink feature accessible via iCarly_Logo.swf.
Once Sam & Cat started airing, the iCarly website added a button at the top with the Sam & Cat logo that would redirect you to the Sam & Cat website.
In foreign dubs of the iCarly series, the URL mentioned in dialogue is still "iCarly.com" rather than the local iCarly website's URL, because the setting remains Seattle, USA.

External links

https://web.archive.org/*/www.icarly.com/ (US iCarly.com (Archive))
https://web.archive.org/*/origin.www.icarly.com/ (iCarly.com International accessible Link (Archive))
https://web.archive.org/*/www.icarly.com/m/ (US iCarly.com on a mobile device (Archive))
https://web.archive.org/*/origin.www.icarly.com/m/ (iCarly.com International accessible Link on a mobile device (Archive))

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+'''iCarly.com''' was the website that hosted the [[ICarly (web show)|weekly webcast]] hosted by [[Carly Shay]] and [[Sam Puckett]]. [[Freddie Benson]] was its technical producer, administrator and show cameraman. Carly's brother, [[Spencer Shay|Spencer]], appeared in some episodes as well as their friend, [[Gibby Gibson]] and [[T-Bo]], another friend who owned [[The Groovy Smoothie]].
-[[File:Icarlylogo.jpeg|thumb]]
-In ''iCarly'', '''iCarly.com''' is the website that hosts the weekly webcast hosted by [[Carly Shay]] and [[Sam Puckett]]. [[Freddie Benson]] is the technical producer and cameraman. [[Spencer Shay|Spencer]] appears in some episodes as well as their friend, [[Gibby Gibson|Gibby]] and [[T-Bo]], their friend who owns [[The Groovy Smoothie]]. The fictional webshow is now on hiatus because of Carly moving to Italy in the series finale, iGoodbye. Sam said it wasn't the end of the show, and they were just taking a break. It is likely that they never continued the webshow.
+The fictional webshow went on hiatus in 2012 as Carly was moving to Italy in the series finale, [[iGoodbye]]. Sam affirmed that the show was not ending, stating that that they were just taking a break. The webshow has since returned in the revival series, though through a different platform. It is currently unknown what has happened to the website following the webshow's relaunch.
+<gallery type="slideshow">
-The idea for iCarly was hatched when Carly and Sam [[File:ICarlyWebsite.jpg|thumb|316px|The newer iCarly.com Introduced at mid-Season 2]] videotaped a series of talent show auditions for [[Ms. Francine Briggs]] and posted them to a social networking site called [[SplashFace]]. The most online interest was generated by a video shot without Carly or Sam's knowledge of them making fun of Ms. Briggs, and the two girls realized they had a talent for web casting.
+Icarly.com.jpg
+Icarlycom2.png
+Icarlycom.jpg
+ICarly.com_Logo.png
+</gallery>
+The idea for iCarly was hatched when Carly and Sam videotaped a series of talent show auditions for [[Ms. Francine Briggs]] with the help of Freddie and posted them to a social networking site called [[SplashFace]]. After Freddie recorded a video of Carly and Sam making fun of Ms. Briggs without their knowledge and uploaded the auditions online without editing it out, the video went viral and the girls realized they had a talent for webcasting.
-The webcast features humorous skits and discussion by Carly and Sam. It also features photos and videos submitted by viewers, along with occasional special guests (invited and uninvited).
+The webcast featured humorous skits and discussions by Carly and Sam. It also featured photos and videos submitted by viewers, along with occasional special guests (invited and uninvited).
-[[File:Icarlycom2.png|thumb|308px|The older iCarly.com]]The show is usually produced regularly, but on occasion episodes have been aborted due to circumstances ranging from behind-the-scenes technical problems, to Sam and Carly getting into an argument, to power failures. An attempt at breaking the world record for longest continuous webcast failed only a few minutes before the record would have been broken (the server being down for a mere four seconds).
+[[File:ICarly.com Header.png|alt=|thumb|308x308px|iCarly.com Header]]
+The show was usually produced regularly, but on occasion episodes have been aborted due to circumstances ranging from behind-the-scenes technical problems, to Sam and Carly getting into an argument, to power failures. An attempt at breaking the world record for longest continuous webcast failed only a few minutes before the record would have been broken (the server being down for a mere four seconds).
+The webcast proved very popular, and by the end of the show's first year on the air, it was boasting a viewership of between 300,000 and 500,000 and beginning to attract the interest of sponsors, as well as competitors such as [[Nevelocity.com]]. At one point, the series was nominated for - and won - the international [[iWeb Awards]], which was presented in Japan. The iCarly crew travelled overseas and, after overcoming some behind-the-scenes obstacles, claimed the award.
+[[File:ICarly website early concept.jpg|thumb|Early concept of iCarly.com]]
-<nowiki> </nowiki>The webcast proves very popular, and by the end of the show's first year on the air, it was boasting viewership of between 300,000 and 500,000 and beginning to attract the interest of sponsors, as well as competitors such as [[Nevelocity.com]]. At one point, the series was nominated for, and won, the international [[iWeb Awards]], which was presented in Japan. The iCarly crew travelled overseas and, after overcoming some behind-the-scenes obstacles, claimed the award.
+[[File:Icarly website in 2013.png|thumb|380x380px|The latest version of iCarly.com, after Sam & Cat started to air|alt=]]
+Beyond the webcast, the iCarly.com website featured additional video content, contests, and a message board, among other features. In [[iWant My Website Back]], Freddie was denied entry to the website, and it was revealed that the password that granted access to iCarly.com is "Sam Loves Ham". In the same episode, it is shown that [[Spencer Shay|Spencer]] paid for the website domain with his credit card.
+iCarly.com started featuring a new "iTrivia" section in September 2012, only available on the full site.
+The site was completely shut down on April 4, 2018 due to Dan Schneider leaving Nickelodeon, even the Canadian YTV version as it was licensed by Nickelodeon. The site now redirects to Nick.com or the local equivalent.
-Beyond the webcast, the iCarly.com website features additional video content, contests, and a message board, among other features. In [[iWant My Website Back]], Freddie was denied entry to the website and we learn that the password that grants access to iCarly.com is Sam Loves Ham. Also, in [[IWant My Website Back]] it is shown that [[Spencer Shay|Spencer]] pays for the website domain with his credit card.
+==Fake Sites==
-iCarly.com started featuring a new "iTrivia" section in September 2012, only available on Full site.
+[[File:1-0.png|thumb|258x258px]]
+During the entire run of iCarly, closeups of the iCarly website on Freddie's PearBooks are shown. When examined closely, it is clear these closeups on the show are different from the iCarly website in real life. Compared to the screenshot above, some edits are shown with a purple header instead of orange, or with the iCarly video player instead of the car.
-The site completely shut down on April 4, 2018 due to Dan Schneider leaving Nickelodeon (even the Canadian YTV version shut down as it was a licensed website with Nickelodeon). The site now redirects to this show's page on Nick.com. The same thing happened with the TheSlap, and SamandCat.nick.com
-== Fake Sites ==
-[[File:1-0.png|thumb|258x258px]]
-During the entire show of iCarly, closeups of the iCarly website on Freddie's PearBooks are shown. When examined closely, it's clear these closeups on the show are different from the iCarly website in real life. Compared to the screenshot above, some edits are shown with a purple header instead of orange, or with the iCarly video player instead of the car.
 [[File:2-0.png|thumb|220x220px]]
 [[File:3-0.png|thumb|220x220px]]
 [[File:5-0.png|thumb|220x220px]]
-The underlying reasoning goes unanswered. As can be seen in some screenshots, the iCarly website stretches out to match the high screen resolution of Freddie's 17 inch PearBook, compared to the black PearBook and desktop. The Search our site box is relocated and only in the screenshot of the black PearBook is there the red search our site button as well as Click for more info button. On the desktop screenshot, the buttons say different words than they do in real life, such as an iPics button. In all screenshots, the header buttons are moved upwards. The video is much larger in all screenshots. In all screenshots, the iCarly logo is unanimated without a white outline surrounding it, unlike in the real life screenshot as shown above.
+The underlying reasoning goes unanswered. As seen in some screenshots, the iCarly website stretches out to match the high screen resolution of Freddie's 17-inch PearBook, compared to the black PearBook and desktop. The "Search Our Site" box is relocated, and only in the screenshot of the black PearBook is there the red "Search Our Site" button as well as the "Click For More Info" button. On the desktop screenshot, the buttons say different words than they do in real life, such as an iPics button. In all screenshots, the header buttons are moved upwards. The video is much larger in all screenshots. In all screenshots, the iCarly logo is unanimated without a white outline surrounding it, unlike in the real life screenshot as shown above.
-Dan Schneider has not responded.
-This is because the websites are chroma-keyed in and the real life tie-in website was still being designed at the time of Season 1.
 ==Real World==
-The iCarly.com website also existed in the real world, and served as the official website of the ''iCarly'' TV series, featuring clips from the series, as well as web-exclusive videos, [[:Category:iCarly.com blog posts|character blogs]], and other content (including content referenced in episodes). Numerous episodes of the TV series end with Carly and Sam encouraging viewers to visit the website and submit videos, many of which were featured both on the website and the TV series itself.
+The iCarly.com website also existed in the real world, and served as the official website of the ''iCarly'' TV series, featuring clips from the series, as well as web-exclusive videos, [[:Category:ICarly.com Blogs|character blogs]], and other content (including content referenced in episodes). Numerous episodes of the TV series end with Carly and Sam encouraging viewers to visit the website and submit videos, many of which were featured both on the website and the TV series itself.
-Most countries had their own iCarly.com. For example: Canada, iCarly.ca; Spain, iCarly.es; Germany, iCarly.de; Netherlands, iCarly.nl; Sweden, iCarly.se; Japan, iCarly.jp; and so on. However, in some countries, typing in iCarly.com would simply redirect to the local Nickelodeon website, even before April 2018, which resulted in minor controversy.
-Most website URLs mentioned in episodes are fictional, and typing them into a browser usually results in originally redirection to iCarly.com, but now they just redirect to the normal iCarly site on Nick.com.
-For example:[[File:Icarlycom.jpg|thumb|300px|Canada's YTV version of the iCarly.com website, iCarly.ca]]
-[[SplashFace]].com
-[[Eric Forks|EpicForks]].com
-[[iGibby]].com
-[[isnarly|iSnarly]].com
-[[Nevelocity.com|Nevelocity]].com
-[[Neverwatchicarly.com]]
-[[Beavecoon]].org, etc.
-For more, see the [[List of iCarly.com Redirects|list of iCarly.com redirects]]
+Most countries had their own iCarly.com. For example: Canada, iCarly.ca; Spain, iCarly.es; Germany, iCarly.de; Netherlands, iCarly.nl; Sweden, iCarly.se; Japan, iCarly.jp; and so on. Most website URLs mentioned in episodes are fictional, and typing them into a browser usually resulted in redirection to iCarly.com; now, they just redirect to Nick.com.
-Due to licensing and language issues, the actual iCarly.com website was generally accessible only within the United States. Foreign users who typed in the URL would redirected to the iCarly or Nickelodeon website of their country; not all content is shared between the sites, however. As well as that, going to - for example, iCarly.de, would only show videos of the German dub without access to the original English version.
+[[File:Icarlycom.jpg|thumb|300px|Canada's YTV version of the iCarly.com website, iCarly.ca]]
+Below are some fictional URLs featured:
+:''For more, see the [[List of iCarly.com Redirects|list of iCarly.com redirects]]''
+*[[SplashFace]].com
+*[[Eric Forks|EpicForks]].com
+*[[iGibby]].com
+*[[isnarly|iSnarly]].com
+*[[Nevelocity.com|Nevelocity]].com
+*[[Neverwatchicarly.com]]
+*[[Beavecoon]].org
+Due to licensing and language issues, the actual iCarly.com website was generally accessible only within the United States. Foreign users who typed in the URL would redirected to the iCarly or Nickelodeon website of their country; not all content is shared between the sites, however. For instance, going to iCarly.de would only show videos of the German dub without access to the original English version.
-The mobile website could also be accessed internationally via
-http://origin.www.icarly.com/m.
 ==Mobile iCarly.com==
 [[File:Icarlymobile copy.jpg|thumb|left|120px]]
-The iCarly.com website when accessed through a mobile device differences sightly from the full desktop site. The website design appears different than the desktop site and the mobile version ''does not'' have the iPlay, iNeed Help, and Send Us Stuff Section.
+The iCarly.com website when accessed through a mobile device differs sightly from the full desktop site. The website design appears different than the desktop site and the mobile version does not have the iPlay, iNeed Help, and Send Us Stuff sections.
-The mobile website can also be accessed internationally.
+The mobile website could be accessed internationally via http://origin.www.icarly.com/m, though the link no longer works due to the shutdown of the iCarly.com website.
+{{clear}}
 ==Notes==
 *Many videos have characters telling the viewer to concentrate on finding something, such as a banana, or focusing on Spencer's robot to see if it cries. Of course, these are just pranks, since after approximately 10 seconds, the character pops up in a scary way to startle the viewer.
-*When [[iParty with Victorious]] was upcoming, iCarly.com would reference Victorious several times: for example, in a blog, Carly is at the Gibson house, "Hey, who erased Victorious from my DVR?!". Victorious would be referenced a few times after that as well, but less frequently.
+*When [[iParty with Victorious]] was upcoming, iCarly.com would reference ''Victorious'' several times: for example, in a blog, Carly is at the Gibson house, "Hey, who erased ''Victorious'' from my DVR?!". Victorious would be referenced a few times after that as well, but less frequently.
+*In the [[ICarly (2021)|revival]], the webshow was revived, but the show no longer has a dedicated website and is now presumably streaming on SplashFace (or YouTube, due to the revival now referencing real-world social media sites such as Instagram).
 *Carly/Miranda rarely appeared in the real-life iCarly.com videos.
 ==Trivia==
+*The site's logo would enlarge, expand, grow and zoom in before shrinking or zooming out several times again and again.
-*The site's logo is enlarging, expanding, growing and zooms in and shrinks or zooms out 5 times again and again. It is animated, and is surrounding it. The iCarly.com logo has flashing stars and grow-and-shrink feature via [https://web.archive.org/web/20090325232645/http://www.icarly.com/Flash/icarly_logo.swf iCarly_Logo.swf].
+**The iCarly.com logo also had flashing stars and a grow-and-shrink feature accessible via [https://web.archive.org/web/20090325232645/http://www.icarly.com/Flash/icarly_logo.swf iCarly_Logo.swf].
-*Once Sam & Cat started airing, the iCarly website added a button at the top with the Sam & Cat logo that would redirect you to the Sam & Cat website.
+*Once ''Sam & Cat'' started airing, the iCarly website added a button at the top with the ''Sam & Cat'' logo that would redirect you to the ''Sam & Cat'' website.
-*Foreign iCarly dubs use the URL "iCarly.com" rather than the local iCarly website's URL.
+*In foreign dubs of the ''iCarly'' series, the URL mentioned in dialogue is still "iCarly.com" rather than the local iCarly website's URL, because the setting remains Seattle, USA.
-*the font for iCarly.com's logo (as well as credits in iCarly) is Mink Regular
 ==External links==

iCarly Wiki