Comments on: FanIQ Keeps Fans In The Game, Membership Jumps 2000% This Year http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/20/faniq-keeps-fans-in-the-game-membership-jumps-2000-this-year/ Startup and Technology News Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:53 -0800 hourly 1 By: Fred http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/20/faniq-keeps-fans-in-the-game-membership-jumps-2000-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-2955128 Fred Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:27:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=29339#comment-2955128 FanIQ is a spam site. This is how they operate: http://community.ca.com/blogs/securityadvisor/archive/2009/03/26/faniq-spam-technique-to-invite-new-customers.aspx FanIQ is a spam site. This is how they operate:

http://communit...-customers.aspx

]]> By: Pamba http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/20/faniq-keeps-fans-in-the-game-membership-jumps-2000-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-2733564 Pamba Wed, 06 May 2009 12:46:19 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=29339#comment-2733564 cancel cancel

]]> By: Conny http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/20/faniq-keeps-fans-in-the-game-membership-jumps-2000-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-2701747 Conny Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:43:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=29339#comment-2701747 I am a member and FanIQ never spammed my contacts. So what's up with that?? Cool sports site. I am a member and FanIQ never spammed my contacts. So what’s up with that??

Cool sports site.

]]> By: blake h http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/20/faniq-keeps-fans-in-the-game-membership-jumps-2000-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-2672605 blake h Fri, 27 Mar 2009 03:49:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=29339#comment-2672605 the only reason fan iq has jumped up its membership is only because fan iq steals people's email contacts once they join and without permission, spams all their email contacts, saying "private message waiting for you from your friend." Once you select on it, you have to join to see the private message and once you join, it sends emails to all your friends on your email list over and over again. fan iq needs to be stopped the only reason fan iq has jumped up its membership is only because fan iq steals people’s email contacts once they join and without permission, spams all their email contacts, saying “private message waiting for you from your friend.”
Once you select on it, you have to join to see the private message and once you join, it sends emails to all your friends on your email list over and over again.

fan iq needs to be stopped

]]> By: Mafaaz http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/20/faniq-keeps-fans-in-the-game-membership-jumps-2000-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-2572245 Mafaaz Fri, 19 Dec 2008 07:45:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=29339#comment-2572245 Sport can make any person Healthy Sport can make any person Healthy

]]> By: Mike http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/20/faniq-keeps-fans-in-the-game-membership-jumps-2000-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-2552554 Mike Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:12:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=29339#comment-2552554 Ummm, 2.4 Million Sports Fans....Who gives a crap about u? Ummm, 2.4 Million Sports Fans….Who gives a crap about u?

]]> By: ejackson http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/20/faniq-keeps-fans-in-the-game-membership-jumps-2000-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-2546666 ejackson Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:58:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=29339#comment-2546666 Lotta loose talk around here. Alexa, isn't perfect but faniq ranks and reaches substantially higher than deadspin, bleacherreport, yardbarker, SportsbyBrooks, The BigLead, KissingSuzyKolber, WithLeather, etc. FanIQ has been in the top 20 of BallHype for a long time. If you actually read the site, NFL is only a small part of their play. Don't know what stones some of you guys have been hiding under. If you personally don't use Google, do you assume it doesn't exist? Lotta loose talk around here. Alexa, isn’t perfect but faniq ranks and reaches substantially higher than deadspin, bleacherreport, yardbarker, SportsbyBrooks, The BigLead, KissingSuzyKolber, WithLeather, etc. FanIQ has been in the top 20 of BallHype for a long time. If you actually read the site, NFL is only a small part of their play. Don’t know what stones some of you guys have been hiding under. If you personally don’t use Google, do you assume it doesn’t exist?

]]> By: Dallas http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/20/faniq-keeps-fans-in-the-game-membership-jumps-2000-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-2542610 Dallas Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:04:16 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=29339#comment-2542610 Agreed, I find that compete has our site at about 20% of its real numbers. If faniq is also at 20% it matches up with the numbers reported by TC Agreed, I find that compete has our site at about 20% of its real numbers. If faniq is also at 20% it matches up with the numbers reported by TC

]]> By: RJ http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/20/faniq-keeps-fans-in-the-game-membership-jumps-2000-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-2542535 RJ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:34:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=29339#comment-2542535 Alexa and compete under report sports sites. We're seeing them report about 10% of our true traffic numbers (we're also a sports site). My guess is the category doesn't fit well with the alexa/ compete demo. Alexa and compete under report sports sites. We’re seeing them report about 10% of our true traffic numbers (we’re also a sports site). My guess is the category doesn’t fit well with the alexa/ compete demo.

]]> By: Hmmm http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/20/faniq-keeps-fans-in-the-game-membership-jumps-2000-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-2542501 Hmmm Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:01:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=29339#comment-2542501 Their lead item today is a repackaged SI.com "feature" about hockey goalie masks from about a month ago. Not exactly intriguing. Their lead item today is a repackaged SI.com “feature” about hockey goalie masks from about a month ago. Not exactly intriguing.

]]> By: Paul Montgomery http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/20/faniq-keeps-fans-in-the-game-membership-jumps-2000-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-2542161 Paul Montgomery Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:36:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=29339#comment-2542161 The graph spike can be explained by one thing: the start of the NFL season. NFL dominates the space. It's an extremely seasonal market though. The graph spike can be explained by one thing: the start of the NFL season. NFL dominates the space. It’s an extremely seasonal market though.

]]> By: Dallas http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/20/faniq-keeps-fans-in-the-game-membership-jumps-2000-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-2542073 Dallas Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:55:34 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=29339#comment-2542073 Ted, I think he was responding to me not the author. Looking at compete/alexa i guess its probably accurate. I was mostly surprised by my ignorance of their popularity I think :) Ted, I think he was responding to me not the author. Looking at compete/alexa i guess its probably accurate. I was mostly surprised by my ignorance of their popularity I think :)

]]> By: Ted http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/20/faniq-keeps-fans-in-the-game-membership-jumps-2000-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-2541864 Ted Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:28:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=29339#comment-2541864 @Billy: So you find it easy to believe given the numbers we can verify with quatcast, alexa, and compete? Some guy has to link to his site in order to be believable? You are a joke and should stick to shilling on mashable. @Billy:
So you find it easy to believe given the numbers we can verify with quatcast, alexa, and compete?

Some guy has to link to his site in order to be believable? You are a joke and should stick to shilling on mashable.

]]> By: Dallas http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/20/faniq-keeps-fans-in-the-game-membership-jumps-2000-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-2541410 Dallas Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:17:57 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=29339#comment-2541410 Well I'm not trying to linkbait here. Big kudos to them if they do have that kind of traffic, I applaud their success. Being someone fairly immersed in the world of online sports it just seemed a little far fetched to me, I guess those numbers seem pretty big to me. 2.4 million uniques a month is pretty massive. Well I’m not trying to linkbait here. Big kudos to them if they do have that kind of traffic, I applaud their success. Being someone fairly immersed in the world of online sports it just seemed a little far fetched to me, I guess those numbers seem pretty big to me. 2.4 million uniques a month is pretty massive.

]]> By: Wealth Hack - Make Money http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/20/faniq-keeps-fans-in-the-game-membership-jumps-2000-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-2541365 Wealth Hack - Make Money Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:40:16 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=29339#comment-2541365 Sports = Huge Sports = Huge

]]> By: Billy http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/20/faniq-keeps-fans-in-the-game-membership-jumps-2000-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-2541358 Billy Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:33:48 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=29339#comment-2541358 What sports news aggregator do you run? Hard to believe your 2 cents w/o a URL. What sports news aggregator do you run? Hard to believe your 2 cents w/o a URL.

]]> By: Dallas http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/20/faniq-keeps-fans-in-the-game-membership-jumps-2000-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-2541350 Dallas Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:25:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=29339#comment-2541350 I run a sports news aggregator site and I never heard of this site other than from mashable and tc. I crawl thousands of sports blogs and have never seen mention of this site, just seems a little hard to believe those metrics. Just my 2 cents. I run a sports news aggregator site and I never heard of this site other than from mashable and tc. I crawl thousands of sports blogs and have never seen mention of this site, just seems a little hard to believe those metrics. Just my 2 cents.

]]> By: Thursday Tech Round-up (Stories worth a damn) : tinyComb http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/20/faniq-keeps-fans-in-the-game-membership-jumps-2000-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-2541325 Thursday Tech Round-up (Stories worth a damn) : tinyComb Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:52:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=29339#comment-2541325 [...] Sports fan enthusiasts site, FanIQ jumps 2000% to 2.4M uniques a month. [...] [...] Sports fan enthusiasts site, FanIQ jumps 2000% to 2.4M uniques a month. [...]

]]> By: PR Fluff http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/20/faniq-keeps-fans-in-the-game-membership-jumps-2000-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-2541305 PR Fluff Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:31:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=29339#comment-2541305 What is the source for that traffic chart? They're own directly measured Quantcast figures say 1M and Compete says 500K. What a fluff piece! What is the source for that traffic chart? They’re own directly measured Quantcast figures say 1M and Compete says 500K. What a fluff piece!

]]> By: John Madden http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/20/faniq-keeps-fans-in-the-game-membership-jumps-2000-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-2541264 John Madden Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:46:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=29339#comment-2541264 I thought this looked familiar: http://mashable.com/2007/03/14/faniq/ Note the comments. I thought this looked familiar:

http://mashable...07/03/14/faniq/

Note the comments.

]]> By: Ditka http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/20/faniq-keeps-fans-in-the-game-membership-jumps-2000-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-2541241 Ditka Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:22:53 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=29339#comment-2541241 Ummm, who gives a crap? Ummm, who gives a crap?

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