OT - popular prairie websites

Archiseek · #1 Posted **Aug 26, 2008, 2:50 PM**

Need to compile a list of popular websites across Manisaskbert....

Any suggestions?

socialisthorde · #2 Posted **Aug 26, 2008, 3:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by Archiseek

Need to compile a list of popular websites across Manisaskbert....

Any suggestions?

Don't know of a specific listing anywhere, but I think smalldeadanimals.com would have to be one of the most popular. I disagree wholeheartedly with almost everything she posts by the way, but she has a huge following.

DowntownWpg · #3 Posted **Aug 26, 2008, 3:42 PM**

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Don't know of a specific listing anywhere, but I think smalldeadanimals.com would have to be one of the most popular. I disagree wholeheartedly with almost everything she posts by the way, but she has a huge following.

Popular sites in Man, Sask and Alb. I would say the websites related to the four CFL teams in these provinces. Check out www.cfl.ca to find the links to the team's websites.

ReginaGuy · #4 Posted **Aug 26, 2008, 5:13 PM**

^^ Yeah, I was going to say that too. I can't think of any other popular sites off the top of my head.

http://www.riderfans.com/ has more than 6,000 active users

Archiseek · #5 Posted **Aug 26, 2008, 5:26 PM**

are there similar sites for esks and stamps?

trying to find sites for my employer to advertise on

wags_in_the_peg · #6 Posted **Aug 26, 2008, 5:45 PM**

www.winnipegfreepress.com

www.cjob.com

DowntownWpg · #7 Posted **Aug 26, 2008, 5:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by Archiseek

are there similar sites for esks and stamps?

trying to find sites for my employer to advertise on

Thought I might point out that the CFL fan sites/forums are mostly young, narrow-minded, one-dimensional guys. There are a few exceptions, but not many. Might not be the best sites to advertise architecture firms (I'm guessing it's architecture...). riderfans.com does have a lot of users, all the other CFL fan forums don't even come close.

You may consider having an ad on Facebook (apparently, you can specify that the ad only appears on profiles of people living in X region or city, or what users see when logged in based on their region).

Also, Google ads are all over the place, I think website operators just put up a banner and the ads come from a Google server. Again, I think you could specify whatever region (as you can tell, I'm not a computer programmer so my lingo may be a bit off).

I'll think a bit more re: popular Man/Sask/Alb websites.

Archiseek · #8 Posted **Aug 26, 2008, 6:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by DowntownWpg

Thought I might point out that the CFL fan sites/forums are mostly young, narrow-minded, one-dimensional guys. There are a few exceptions, but not many. Might not be the best sites to advertise architecture firms (I'm guessing it's architecture...). riderfans.com does have a lot of users, all the other CFL fan forums don't even come close.

You may consider having an ad on Facebook (apparently, you can specify that the ad only appears on profiles of people living in X region or city, or what users see when logged in based on their region).

Also, Google ads are all over the place, I think website operators just put up a banner and the ads come from a Google server. Again, I think you could specify whatever region (as you can tell, I'm not a computer programmer so my lingo may be a bit off).

I'll think a bit more re: popular Man/Sask/Alb websites.

Not architecture related - aimed at younger people so the bias isn't a problem.
Am familiar with Google - it pays my bills

drew · #9 Posted **Aug 26, 2008, 6:10 PM**

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aimed at younger people so the bias isn't a problem.

winnipegmovies.com would be a good one. I am sure there are similar ones for all the major cities.

MalcolmTucker · #10 Posted **Aug 26, 2008, 6:44 PM**

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Originally Posted by Archiseek

are there similar sites for esks and stamps?

trying to find sites for my employer to advertise on

Just buy google ads and geo target them. Best bet to get lots of views would be a site like plenty of fish. (which you can purchase through google). Narrow targeted context (keyword) based adds on facebook would work aswell.

feepa · #11 Posted **Aug 26, 2008, 8:14 PM**

www.esksfans.com

www.oilfans.com

www.connect2edmonton.ca/forum

1ajs · #12 Posted **Aug 26, 2008, 8:30 PM**

www.newinnipeg.com
www.mywinnipeg.com
www.archiseek.com
www.winnipeggasprices.com

DowntownWpg · #13 Posted **Aug 26, 2008, 9:11 PM**

www.usedwinnipeg.com
And, you can probably get ads on the websites for the Sun in Wpg, Calgary, Edmonton, Regina, etc, all at the same time by working through canoe.ca

bomberguy · #14 Posted **Aug 26, 2008, 10:14 PM**

http://www.accesswinnipeg.com/
http://www.winnipegheights.com/forums/
http://www.ourbombers.com/

Ruckus · #15 Posted **Aug 27, 2008, 4:08 AM**

www.beyond.ca - Automotive forum - 49,116 members - Mostly Calgarians, rest is an assortment of Edmontonians and Albertans.

www.306motorclub.com - Automotive forum - 1,989 members - Mostly Saskatonians and Reginans, rest is an assortment of Saskatchewanians.

www.threeohsix.org - Music forum - 3,212 members - Mostly Saskatonians, some Reginans.

Chaps · #16 Posted **Aug 27, 2008, 2:16 PM**

The latest stats for Riderfans.com (July):

Over 18 million hits. Over 26,300 unique visitors.

1ajs · #17 Posted **Aug 27, 2008, 11:55 PM**

http://www.onegreencity.com/

Archiseek · #18 Posted **Aug 28, 2008, 2:08 PM**

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The latest stats for Riderfans.com (July):

Over 18 million hits. Over 26,300 unique visitors.

Thanks but hits means nothing...... its the sum total of all files called on a page, so one page can be 10 or more hits

Chaps · #19 Posted **Aug 29, 2008, 4:50 PM**

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Thanks but hits means nothing...... its the sum total of all files called on a page, so one page can be 10 or more hits

Exactly. Which is why I included unique visitors.