| Website Design and the NFL
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| | ceremony would be complete without the
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| The NFL is all about competition and the
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| | Most Improved Website award? Who more
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| internet is no different. Who cares how
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| | fitting then the perennial up and comer
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| they are doing on the field, the real
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| | on the field but the Who, by the way
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| question is how good is you team's
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| | are, one of 5 teams whose domain name is
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| website? Did you know that there is an
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| | not their full team name or mascot name.
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| NFL Internet Network Awards given each
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| | Fourteen team use their mascot name(i.e.
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| year? The Internet Super Bowl if you
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| | panthers.com, redskins.com) and 13 teams
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| will. Well, this year's Best Website goes
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| | use their full team name(i.e.
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| to the Win or lose on the field they
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| | neworleanssaints.com,
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| have already won the online Super Bowl.
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| | baltimoreravens.com). Can't they even
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| But wait it doesn't stop there. Next, is
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| | spend enough to buy their team name? That
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| the winning the Best Content award, the
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| | might explain why they are in the bottom
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| take Best Website Design, and the walk
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| | 2 in website traffic. The other 4 teams
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| off with Best Multimedia Website.
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| | also rank at the bottom in traffic.
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| Cleaning up with 3 of the top 4 awards
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| | And which website, you ask, ranks the
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| the NFC East is clearly dominating NFL
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| | highest with the most traffic? That
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| Internet Network.
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| | distinction goes to the followed closely
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| In a bid to break up the NFC East
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| | by the
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| dominance the NFL Internet Working Group
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| | Getting back to the best website, the
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| announced in early October a plan to
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| | PhiladelphiaEagles.com, their website is
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| centralize ad purchases across all 32
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| | designed and built by AmericanEagle.com,
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| team's websites. Each team would still be
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| | which leads all Website Designers having
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| able to run ads on their own, but would
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| | built websites for 6 of the 32 NFL teams.
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| have to give space to the league. The NFL
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| | comes in second with their website
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| Internet Working group is charged with
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| | Management system powering 5 team
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| crafting a hybrid approach to the
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| | websites.
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| Internet by not going all the way down
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| | Most teams use outside Website Design and
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| the road to complete league control but
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| | Web Hosting firms to build and host their
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| moving away from the current,
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| | websites while 4 appear to do it in
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| decentralized system. Currently, the only
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| | house. A handful use Marketing agencies
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| centralization is the NFL Internet
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| | instead of a traditional Website Design
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| Network Toolbar across the top of each
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| | company. It is amazing how many different
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| team's websites.
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| | paths the different teams take to
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| But wait I digress. I never finish the
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| | implement and maintain their websites.
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| awards. Yes, there is more. What award
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