Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Indians - biggest sports data/info mongers
Shabash hai hum sabko. We are biggest sports data/info mongers, at least on official websites. Let me correct it maybe, we are 2nd biggest sports data/info mongers.
I came across an article that mentioned user traffic to US Open (Tennis) website - usopen.org. It received most users from US (as expected with Internet users and event) and guess what 2nd position for traffic is grabbed by India.
This got me a little curious as usopen.org did have video content but only limited to US. I checked up for other Tennis Grand Slam websites. What do I find, again India has 2nd most traffic to these websites, except at wimbledon.org where its close 3rd. Interestingly, wimbledon.org had video content offering with live webcast of matches in whole of Europe so understandably UK had most traffic with US and India following closely. Australianopen.org and rolandgarros.com websites again had India at 2nd spot with host country traffic numbers behind India.
Then I checked it up for olympic.org and beijing2008.cn, official websites of IOC and Beijing Olympic Games, and now what do I find here. Similar phenomenon. Users from India are 2nd most frequent visitors to these websites.
What do you think, we were following Paes and Bhupathi all the while for tennis and at Olympics Bindra, Vijender and Susheel.. hmmm come on let's be frank, we didn't. Why am I little convinced, read further?
What about English Premiere League, hmmmm this is one website which I have visited personally once in a year, but my countrymen have already beaten me to it. Indian users are 2nd to UK here. More, same is true for manutd.com. But we do get beaten handsomely at liverpoolfc.tv, but we still remain 3rd for chelsea.com and arsenal.com, behind UK and Nigeria.
What were we following, imagining Rooney as an Indian sibling or what?
Now I threw in a further challenge, what about UEFA, FIFA, Soccernet, La Liga websites. It was too much already but traffic from India still features in Top 20 if not Top 10 on these websites.
I've not spend too much time in analysing what this all means but one thing is for sure, we have an interest, actually a very strong interest in sports. Ok, redefine it, people in India who have access to Internet possess a strong interest towards Sport related information. What to take from it, how to make the best of it, needs to be defined if at all thought about. But it is worth taking a note.
Kyun? Did I mention not enough of us get off reading it and doing some sport?
I came across an article that mentioned user traffic to US Open (Tennis) website - usopen.org. It received most users from US (as expected with Internet users and event) and guess what 2nd position for traffic is grabbed by India.
This got me a little curious as usopen.org did have video content but only limited to US. I checked up for other Tennis Grand Slam websites. What do I find, again India has 2nd most traffic to these websites, except at wimbledon.org where its close 3rd. Interestingly, wimbledon.org had video content offering with live webcast of matches in whole of Europe so understandably UK had most traffic with US and India following closely. Australianopen.org and rolandgarros.com websites again had India at 2nd spot with host country traffic numbers behind India.
Then I checked it up for olympic.org and beijing2008.cn, official websites of IOC and Beijing Olympic Games, and now what do I find here. Similar phenomenon. Users from India are 2nd most frequent visitors to these websites.
What do you think, we were following Paes and Bhupathi all the while for tennis and at Olympics Bindra, Vijender and Susheel.. hmmm come on let's be frank, we didn't. Why am I little convinced, read further?
What about English Premiere League, hmmmm this is one website which I have visited personally once in a year, but my countrymen have already beaten me to it. Indian users are 2nd to UK here. More, same is true for manutd.com. But we do get beaten handsomely at liverpoolfc.tv, but we still remain 3rd for chelsea.com and arsenal.com, behind UK and Nigeria.
What were we following, imagining Rooney as an Indian sibling or what?
Now I threw in a further challenge, what about UEFA, FIFA, Soccernet, La Liga websites. It was too much already but traffic from India still features in Top 20 if not Top 10 on these websites.
I've not spend too much time in analysing what this all means but one thing is for sure, we have an interest, actually a very strong interest in sports. Ok, redefine it, people in India who have access to Internet possess a strong interest towards Sport related information. What to take from it, how to make the best of it, needs to be defined if at all thought about. But it is worth taking a note.
Kyun? Did I mention not enough of us get off reading it and doing some sport?
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
A great clip with highlights of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games that I find very interesting.
The video has some amazing moments captured from the Opening Ceremony and sport actions - eyes that are epitome of concentration; clenching fists; runs, swims, jumps, trots & movements that take last juice of an athletes power in their respective Olympic effort as if there is no other day left in life ; faces that shout; smiles that symbolize friendship; hopes turned into tears; tears that take shape out of joy as well as pain; dichotomy of sports symbolized by winners and losers; and then Closing ceremony that suddenly ends it all - the whole extravaganza, the jamboree, all hoopla - years of efforts finished in few moments that can't do any justice to what has happened.
Though video is also accessible through official website bottom of the home page.
The video has some amazing moments captured from the Opening Ceremony and sport actions - eyes that are epitome of concentration; clenching fists; runs, swims, jumps, trots & movements that take last juice of an athletes power in their respective Olympic effort as if there is no other day left in life ; faces that shout; smiles that symbolize friendship; hopes turned into tears; tears that take shape out of joy as well as pain; dichotomy of sports symbolized by winners and losers; and then Closing ceremony that suddenly ends it all - the whole extravaganza, the jamboree, all hoopla - years of efforts finished in few moments that can't do any justice to what has happened.
Though video is also accessible through official website bottom of the home page.
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