Ok, this post has nothing to do with SEO per se, but I needed a catchy title. The point is: I couldn’t care less about this year’s game. I haven’t watched an NFL game in 3 years, I really don’t feel like eating chicken wings and I took a sobriety vow for the month of February (true story). So instead of looking at the team’s rosters, let’s look at both team’s online presence and decide who the winner of the game will be:
Official websites:
The New Orleans Saints website is built in asp, its design is relatively ugly, it has a typically high ratio of advertising vs. interesting content, and there is so much useless information it’s hard to read anything. The only good point is the multimedia section, which has a good number of audio and video clips to satisfy the average fan’s needs.
On the other hand, the Indianapolis Colts have a much better looking website, with optimized page titles and meta descriptions, properly organized information, a mobile version and a ton of video content, including cheerleader interviews (now you’re talking!). Touch down Colts!
Indianapolis 7 – 0 New Orleans
The New Orleans Saints Facebook page has 411,163 fans while the Indianapolis Colts page only manages 300,287 fans. Touch down Saints!
Indianapolis 7 – 7 New Orleans
Youtube
None of the teams have an official Youtube channel, so this one will be determined by the number of search results and the video with highest view count. “new orleans saints” yields 13,900 results, and the video with the highest view count is a little over 500,000 views, while search for “indianapolis colts” gets you a mere 7,060 results while the video with the most views (apart from commercials) has around 150,00 views. Touch down Saints!
Indianapolis 7 – 14 New Orleans
@Colts has 6,615 followers while @TheSaints has 7,306. Another touchdown for the Saints!
Indianapolis 7 – 21 New Orleans
86 members of the Indianapolis Colts have a LinkedIn account, while after searching for five minutes I could not find any results for the Saints. Touch down Colts!
Indianapolis 14 – 21 New Orleans
And now, a blast from the past… will the Colts come back in the game? Let’s see how Alexa.com compares the “reach” of both teams’ websites…
A slight edge for the Colts to send the game into overtime!!!
Indianapolis 21 – 21 New Orleans
It’s time for overtime. The last chance to determine the winner… type in “winner of Super Bowl 2010″ in google image search… who’s the first person you get? Payton Manning of course (even I know who he is). That’s a touch down for the Colts to win the game!!!!
Final score: Indianapolis 28 – 21 New Orleans
The Colts win the first edition of SEO Super Bowl!!!
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