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Thanks to the Stanley Cup playoffs, we are once again seeing tremendous growth and increased engagement during the post season.   Since the playoffs began in mid-April, the Red Wings and the Penguins communities have grown by a combined 200k+ users.   We have also seen many existing users return to the communities to support their team [...]

The  Lakers and Nuggets series is heating up, and so are their communities.  The two communities are growing at a rapid rate. The Lakers community has grown by about 4% since the series began last week.  This is impressive, but it pales in comparison to the more than 13% growth that the Nuggets community has [...]

According to Hitwise, the top 10 sports websites as measured by market share of US visits is as follows:

It shouldn’t come as any surprise that the top three are ESPN, Yahoo Sports, and CBSSports.  And if you factored in all of the sub-domains, Yahoo would likely win the overall battle.  Nielsen also released March 2009 [...]

The challenges faced by the interactive advertising industry this year have been well documented by everyone from TechCrunch just a few days ago to Henry Blodget several months ago.  Consumer Internet companies, and media companies in general, are likely facing a tough year when it comes to ad sales.  At Watercooler, we’re not immune to [...]

It’s been a long road to Super Bowl XLIII, but D-Day is upon us.  While many fans have been preparing by acquiring hoards of nachos, hot wings, and beer, we at Watercooler have taken a slightly different approach by implementing a “Biggest Fan Photo” contest for all the 2009 playoff teams.
Here’s how it broke down: [...]