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Blogger and Australian/Kiwi women’s sport

Posted by Laura on Friday, 26 November, 2010

blogger is a popular blog hosting site. Many popular Australian and sports blogs use it. In the United States, the site also has high press visibility because of its inclusion in Google’s blog search and the number or journalists using Google Alerts, which pulls its notifications from Google’s blog search. The reliance on blogspot has been decreasing as people have eased away from blogging or switched to Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr. The Australian sport population is smaller than that of Bebo but larger than that of 43 Things. For example, Collingwood had 68 fans on bebo and 7 people with Collingwood related goals on 43 Things. Blogger has 22.

Beyond the press reliance on using blogger as a source, another thing that makes a blogger audience desirable is that the format encourages people to write more. That additional content should encourage people to be more thoughtful and create dialogs around the team that they are blogging about. Theoretically, the longer and more prolonged the engagement that fans have regarding their team, the more likely they are to reaffirm their relationship with the team.

Sadly, the size of the Australian and Kiwi women’s sport community on blogger is non-existent when compared to their male counterparts. The lone fan of the Matildas is a male from South Australia.

League Team Number Date gathered
ANZ Championship ANZ Championship 0 11-Nov-10
ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens 0 4-Jun-10
ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens 0 19-Nov-10
ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens 0 23-Nov-10
ANZ Championship NSW Swifts 0 19-Nov-10
ANZ Championship NSW Swifts 0 23-Nov-10
ANZ Championship Queensland Firebirds 0 19-Nov-10
ANZ Championship Queensland Firebirds 0 23-Nov-10
ANZ Championship West Coast Fever 0 16-Aug-10
ANZ Championship West Coast Fever 0 19-Nov-10
ANZ Championship West Coast Fever 0 23-Nov-10
AWIHL AWIHL 0 19-Nov-10
AWIHL AWIHL 0 23-Nov-10
Cycling Australia Amy Gillett 0 11-Nov-10
Cycling Australia Anna Meares 0 11-Nov-10
Hockey Australia Hockeyroos 0 24-Nov-10
Tennis Australia Alicia Molik 0 11-Nov-10
Triathlon Australia Emma Moffatt 0 11-Nov-10
W-League Canberra United 0 3-Jun-10
W-League Canberra United 0 19-Nov-10
W-League Canberra United 0 23-Nov-10
W-League W-League 0 3-Jun-10
W-League W-League 0 1-Jul-10
W-League W-League 0 11-Nov-10
W-League W-League 0 19-Nov-10
W-League W-League 0 23-Nov-10
WNBL Perth Lynx 0 16-Aug-10
WNBL West Coast Waves 0 16-Aug-10
WNCL Western Fury 0 16-Aug-10
WNCL Victorian Spirit 0 15-Jun-10
Women’s World Cup Soccer Matildas 1 4-Jun-10

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BlackPlanet and Australian/Kiwi women’s sport

Posted by Laura on Friday, 26 November, 2010

BlackPlanet is a small social networked targeted at African Americans. There is a small community of Australian sport fans on the site. They tend to prefer rugby. The development of an Australian and Kiwi women’s sport community on the site is probably hampered by the tiny community that exists for men. Some of the women’s sport, like netball and cricket, are also a bit niche and not popular in America. Even if there was a desire to create interest on this network, there is not likely the onsite population to make it happen.

League Interest Total Members Checked
ANZ Championship West Coast Fever 0 19-Nov-10
ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens 0 19-Nov-10
ANZ Championship Queensland Firebirds 0 19-Nov-10
ANZ Championship NSW Swifts 0 19-Nov-10
AWIHL AWIHL 0 19-Nov-10
W-League Canberra United 0 3-Jun-10
W-League W-League 0 19-Nov-10
Women’s World Cup Soccer Matildas 0 1-Jul-10

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Alexa rank for Australian leagues and clubs

Posted by Laura on Thursday, 29 July, 2010

I’ve been some what lax with collecting data during the past month.  This morning, I decided to remedy this a bit by updating my Alexa rank list for Australian sport clubs and teams.  This is what can be found below.  (The list isn’t all comprehensive.  I tend to mostly focus on the AFL and NRL.) It is interesting to see who is doing well, especially when compared to other clubs in the same league or clubs playing in the same geographic area.

League Team Site Alexa World Rank Rank in AU
AFL AFL afl.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/afl.com.au 4,840 55
NRL NRL nrl.com http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/nrl.com 11,713 136
AFL Collingwood Magpies collingwoodfc.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/collingwoodfc.com.au 141,212 1,593
AFL Richmond Tigers richmondfc.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/richmondfc.com.au 159,928 2,141
AFL Hawthorn Hawks hawthornfc.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/hawthornfc.com.au 141,561 2,360
AFL St. Kilda Saints saints.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/saints.com.au 222,651 2,476
AFL Sydney Swans sydneyswans.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/sydneyswans.com.au 172,672 2,577
AFL Brisbane Lions lions.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/lions.com.au 190,241 2,785
AFL Melbourne Demons melbournefc.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/melbournefc.com.au 199,203 2,956
AFL Essendon Bombers essendonfc.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/essendonfc.com.au 165,405 2,992
NRL Brisbane Broncos broncos.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/broncos.com.au 289,581 3,434
AFL Carlton Blues carltonfc.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/carltonfc.com.au 206,878 3,739
AFL AFL talkingfootball.net http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/talkingfootball.net 214,367 3,938
A-League A-League a-league.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/a-league.com.au 341,845 4,362
AFL Melbourne Demons demonland.com http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/demonland.com 255,537 4,505
AFL West Coast Eagles westcoasteagles.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/westcoasteagles.com.au 336,948 5,114
AFL Essendon Bombers bomberblitz.com http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/bomberblitz.com 418,968 5,284
Netball Australia Netball Australia netball.asn.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/netball.asn.au 250,151 5,912
Queensland Rugby League Queensland Rugby League qrl.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/qrl.com.au 401,634 5,971
NRL Sydney Roosters sydneyroosters.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/sydneyroosters.com.au 543,273 6,714
AFL Adelaide Crows afc.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/afc.com.au 360,510 6,853
NRL Manly Warringah Sea Eagles mwse.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/mwse.com.au 440,562 7,460
Australian Sports Commission ausport.gov.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/ausport.gov.au 255,419 7,584
NRL St George Illawarra Dragons dragons.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/dragons.com.au 378,400 7,650
AFL Geelong Cats gfc.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/gfc.com.au 345,849 7,771
AFL Port Adelaide Power portadelaidefc.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/portadelaidefc.com.au 357,096 8,099
NRL South Sydney Rabbitohs rabbitohs.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/rabbitohs.com.au 451,061 8,266
AFL Gold Coast Football Club goldcoastfc.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/goldcoastfc.com.au 574,715 8,500
NBL NBL nbl.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/nbl.com.au 284,908 8,712
NRL Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs bulldogs.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/bulldogs.com.au 616,764 8,939
NRL Wests Tigers weststigers.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/weststigers.com.au 596,849 9,114
AFL Fremantle Dockers fremantlefc.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/fremantlefc.com.au 440,121 9,471
NRL Cronulla Sharks sharks.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/sharks.com.au 773,661 10,578
AFL Western Bulldogs westernbulldogs.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/westernbulldogs.com.au 602,105 11,042
World Cup Soccer Socceroos footballaustralia.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/footballaustralia.com.au 198,167 11,304
NRL Canberra Raiders raiders.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/raiders.com.au 669,540 12,400
NRL Melbourne Storm melbournestorm.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/melbournestorm.com.au 613,914 12,449
Australian Cycling Federation Australian Cycling Federation cycling.org.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/cycling.org.au 647,545 12,636
AFL St. Kilda Saints saintsational.com http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/saintsational.com 432,371 13,078
AFL North Melbourne Kangaroos kangaroos.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/kangaroos.com.au 520,203 14,172
Swimming Australia Swimming Australia swimming.org.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/swimming.org.au 758,972 14,489
New South Wales Rugby League New South Wales Rugby League nswrl.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/nswrl.com.au 598,635 14,559
A-League Perth Glory perthglory.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/perthglory.com.au 911,733 15,235
NRL Penrith Panthers penrithpanthers.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/penrithpanthers.com.au 958,373 16,056
A-League Adelaide United adelaideunited.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/adelaideunited.com.au 977,696 16,077
NRL Parramatta Eels parraeels.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/parraeels.com.au 612,992 16,933
A-League Melbourne Heart melbourneheartfc.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/melbourneheartfc.com.au 884,578 18,199
ANZ Championship ANZ Championship anz-championship.com http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/anz-championship.com 614,050 18,351
A-League Melbourne Victory melbournevictory.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/melbournevictory.com.au 792,846 19,209
A-League Sydney FC sydneyfc.com http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/sydneyfc.com 793,348 20,076
NRL Gold Coast Titans titans.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/titans.com.au 580,157 22,532
NRL New Zealand Warriors thewarriors.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/thewarriors.com.au 1,180,727 25,967
AFL AFL contestedfooty.com http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/contestedfooty.com 766,302 33,222
A-League Central Coast Mariners Football Club ccmariners.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/ccmariners.com.au 1,698,474 33,300
NRL North Queensland Cowboys cowboys.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/cowboys.com.au 1,648,323 33,491
NRL Newcastle Knights newcastleknights.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/newcastleknights.com.au 1,779,286 43,681
Hockey Victoria Hockey Victoria hockeyvictoria.org.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/hockeyvictoria.org.au 1,593,746 46,956
A-League Newcastle Jets newcastlejets.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/newcastlejets.com.au 2,637,017 48,043
ANZ Championship ANZ Championship netballonline.com http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/netballonline.com 2,659,884 101,686
Australian Rugby League Australian Rugby League australianrugbyleague.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/australianrugbyleague.com.au 1,958,139 104,238
NRL NRL rugbyleague3.com http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/rugbyleague3.com 5,062,279 130,822
Tennis Australia Sam Stosur samstosur.com http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/samstosur.com 462,503
AFL Sydney Swans redandwhiteonline.com http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/redandwhiteonline.com 1,306,356
ANZ Championship ANZ Championship mynetball.co.nz http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/mynetball.co.nz 1,801,761
AFL Greater Western Sydney teamgws.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/teamgws.com.au 2,033,718
Western Australia Rugby League Western Australia Rugby League warugbyleague.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/warugbyleague.com.au 2,704,352
AIHL AIHL theaihl.com http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/theaihl.com 2,769,640
Volleyball Australia Volleyball Australia avf.org.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/avf.org.au 2,791,802
ANZ Championship Queensland Firebirds firebirds.net.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/firebirds.net.au 2,979,485
W-League Canberra United canberraunited.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/canberraunited.com.au 3,683,958
AFL Greater Western Sydney act4gws.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/act4gws.com.au 3,869,775
ANZ Championship NSW Swifts nswswifts.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/nswswifts.com.au 4,105,444
NBL Perth Wildcats wildcats.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/wildcats.com.au 4,185,338
AFL Geelong Cats thecattery.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/thecattery.com.au 4,250,299
ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens melbournevixens.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/melbournevixens.com.au 4,495,622
AFL Hawthorn Hawks mightyhawk.net http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/mightyhawk.net 5,014,151
New South Wales Rugby League Western Suburbs Magpies westsmagpies.net http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/westsmagpies.net 5,339,211
Australian Cycling Federation rachel neylan rachelneylan.com http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/rachelneylan.com 5,360,003
Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority asada.gov.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/asada.gov.au 5,521,619
AFL Greater Western Sydney aflnswact.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/aflnswact.com.au 5,640,097
AIHL Canberra Knights canberraknights.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/canberraknights.com.au 6,819,666
Confederation of Australian Sport sportforall.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/sportforall.com.au 8,294,745
AFLNT AFLNT aflnt.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/aflnt.com.au 8,665,760
ANZ Championship Canterbury Tactix tactix.org.nz http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/tactix.org.nz 9,048,673
Swimming Australia Stephanie Rice stephanierice.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/stephanierice.com.au 10,678,587
ANZ Championship Southern Steel southernsteel.co.nz http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/southernsteel.co.nz 11,632,258
ANZ Championship West Coast Fever westcoastfever.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/westcoastfever.com.au 13,051,518
WNCL Victorian Spirit vicspirit.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/vicspirit.com.au 15,218,497
NBL Sydney Kings sydneykings.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/sydneykings.com.au 19,447,871
NSW Tertiary Student Rugby League NSW Tertiary Student Rugby League tertiaryleague.com.au http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/tertiaryleague.com.au 22,593,505

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