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Fanatical About Fantasy Baseball
The baseball season is almost here. As the players prepare to take the diamond, a less athletic but equally passionate group awaits the first hit of the season... or walk... or anything that produces a statistic. We speak of the lovable lunatics known as fantasy baseball owners.
These armchair GMs are searching for last minute tips on how to draft their best possible team. Lookups on "fantasy baseball" are up 20% this week, but that's just the beginning. We're seeing Ruthian blasts on "fantasy baseball rankings" and "baseball reference," one of the Web's top sites for statistics junkies. Terms like "2008 fantasy baseball mock draft," "fantasy baseball player rankings," and "2008 fantasy baseball projections" are also swinging for the fences. Fantasy players clearly want to separate baseball's studs from the slumpers.
One way to accomplish this momentous task is by searching on "fantasy baseball sleepers." This super-sneaky query is big with fanatics looking for the next superstar before rival owners catch on. Fantasy baseball may be a bit nerdy, but its also as competitive as Ultimate Fighting. And on draft day, only the prepared survive.
Filed under: Baseball, Fantasy Sports
First Wave of Fantasy Football Buzz
With NFL training camps imminent, pigskin fanatics are prepping for their fantasy drafts. Make-believe GMs are poring through sports web sites, compiling information and looking for an edge in their league. Obviously, we've seen the influence of these eager fantasy geeks in the Search box. Over the past week, we've seen spikes on...
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Besides the searches surging in the past seven days, plenty of other early trends are apparent. Fans are studying up on "fantasy football draft boards," "2007 fantasy football player rankings," and "2007 fantasy football sleepers."
While it's difficult to find a sleeper when everyone is searching for the same thing, it's easy to come up with a great team name. However, dudes lacking imagination are busy searching on "best fantasy football team names," "cool fantasy football team names," and "great fantasy football team names." As the season creeps closer, fantasy searches will continue to blitz the Search box. We'll be there to sort them out...
Filed under: Football, Fantasy Sports
Females Hate Fantasy
It's time to discuss one of our most divisive topics. No, not the continued presence of Sanjaya on "American Idol." We're here to discuss something that women have absolutely no interest in. The dreaded topic of fantasy baseball.
Rarely do we see such a wide disparity in male/female searches, but in the case of fantasy baseball we're not surprised. Few females understand the allure of acting like a baseball general manager. Only 7% of queries on "fantasy baseball" come from women, and even that sounds a little high.
We can't think of any topics with a such a dramatic Search imbalance favoring ladies—even soaps such as "General Hospital" earn a more reasonable 75/25 gender split.
Where are these dudes who passionate play fantasy baseball? According to searches, predominately in the Northeast. The three top metros for fantasy searches are all in Massachusetts: New Bedford, Boston, and Springfield. Upstate New York rounds out our top five with strong interest in Albany and Binghamton.
We slogged through our own draft and picked the top ten fantasy searches over the last week. Play ball...
Filed under: Baseball, Fantasy Sports
Hey, Mister Fantasy
Pads and helmets are getting dusted off. Buckets of ice are being prepped. Coaches are shining up their whistles. It can only mean one thing—the return of football. Pigskin fanatics are rejoicing, but they're also gearing up for the weeks of scrupulous study needed to perfect their fantasy football team. Searches on "fantasy football" are up 29% this week, punting it into our top 500 queries.
Where are the dudes (and it is dudes—a whopping 95% of searches come from men) most concerned about the upcoming fantasy draft? Gridiron meccas Green Bay, Pittsburgh, and Philly lead metro interest in fantasy football.
Related searches "fantasy football mock draft" and "free fantasy football" are both up over 50% over the last week. Other fantastic searches passing through Buzz include: "fantasy football team names," "fantasy football rankings," "fantasy football cheat sheets," "fantasy football news," and "fantasy football projections." We hope you study these searches diligently and wind up with the most important one of all—the "fantasy football trophy."
Filed under: Sports, Football, Fantasy Sports
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