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:-) It's all part of the grand StatSheet Network plan. stat.us will be integrated into statsheet.com heavily and may be integrated into the upcoming StatSheet subscription service.

Very cool, I didn't know that!

Thanks ;-) It cost me, but I like it.

Just to be clear, I'm building a real-time service for sports information. It will have some of the attributes of Twitter, but it is NOT a simple Twitter clone.

Anyone know of NC-IDEA type organizations in other states?

Fair enough. I should talk to you whenever I think about putting ads back on StatSheet :-)

> Let's agree to disagree instead :) I do, lots of people do. > They wouldn't click if they didn't find them useful. If > they don't click, you're doing it wrong.

You are saying people like seeing ads?? They click on them because they are in front them, not because they necessarily like seeing them. Fundamentally, I believe ads hurt the overall user experience. You are saying it helps? Or keeps it on par with a non-ad experience? Guess we would have to disagree with that.

> This is also not a "truth". It completely depends on > your sector/niche, and how you arrange the ads. I run a > freestuff/competition site that made 4 figures a month > from advertising and doesn't even register on > alexa/quantcast/compete. It's traffic is tiny - but it's > the monetizable type of traffic.

You actually just agreed with my point, but I think we differ on scale. I'm looking for more than 4 figures / month and not willing to put ads all over the site to get "just" that.

Interested in any other perspectives on this.

Yes, that's in the ballpark. Not cheap! (the whole sports stats industry is due to be disrupted in a major way)

Definitely not free ;-) I used STATS Inc early on, but have switched recently to TSN for my current season stats.

Could do it pretty easily, but how would you want to use them? For embedding in a website?

Great feedback...

1. Pretty common feedback. I need a glossary, but there are so many stats (over a thousand and growing). For "rushing yards allowed per game", you'd want to select Game Offense -> Rushing Yards and Game Opp-Offense -> Rushing Yards. I created an example chart here: http://statplot.com/e/2821 2. It is under the "Chart Options" section on the left hand side beside the graph. 3. Ok 4. Can you tell me more about what this would include? http://statsheet.com/contact 5. Yes, this is also under the Chart Options section. You can set whatever height and width that you want. 6. StatPlot is the free version of a subscription site I'm working on now. I'm creating a service that will allow you to do just what you ask for, but there will be a fee (hopefully reasonable). If you are interested in learning more, let me know. I'm looking for beta testers now. There will be an API.

This is the dumbed down version :-) I know what you mean though. It is a fine line between giving people simplicity and complete flexibility. I've thought about creating niche versions of StatPlot for specific teams. So you if you are a Dallas Cowboys fan, perhaps I could streamline the interface for a Dallas specific version of StatPlot.

Or I could just create a dirt simple version of StatPlot. Then the current version becomes the "Advanced" option.

Thoughts?

I've tweeted and emailed him. We'll see if he responds...

I'm interested in any feedback about StatPlot!

I'm interested in any feedback about StatPlot.com!

Yes, I contacted their bizdev email alias back in November. I got no response.

Because an account is some precious commodity?

I agree. That's what sucks about our dependency on Google too. Most Internet businesses are dependent on them and they can decide to remove you from the index as quickly as Twitter disabled the StatTweet accounts. Twitter effectively removed me from their index.

I'll take a look. Thanks.

Thanks for the suggestions, but it sounds like there still aren't good (simple) solutions for web single sign-on (where you don't have to log in to multiple sites separately).

As one of their competitors, I can say I went into the business in the first place because of ESPN, Yahoo, CBS's, etc. inability to create a usable interface for fans to navigate.

Great point Joel! Stats are definitely my bread and butter.

I monitor my referral traffic closely so it didn't take long to see hits coming from HN (which I watch anyway). That's how I also knew about the post on Mashable (or did I secretly post that too :-)

(s)lacker take a look at my reply to your comment on the other post. There are plenty of stats I think you'll find are unique to StatSheet. I've done the most with College Basketball so far. If you need more help, just IM me.

So far I've done the most with College Basketball and College Football.

Here are a few links that show features and stats unique to StatSheet:

http://statsheet.com/chart_list

http://statsheet.com/mcb/rankings/motion http://statsheet.com/mcb/games/2008/03/08/north-carolina-76-... http://statsheet.com/mcb/referees/steve-welmer/trends http://statsheet.com/mcb/players/player/davidson/stephen-cur...

http://statsheet.com/cfb/teams/florida/game_stats http://statsheet.com/cfb/players/player/florida/tim-tebow

http://statsheet.com/blog/introducing-statfix-com

How I got my domain is an interesting story in itself. It cost me $500, which I thought was a steal.

Why not MLB? Time and money :-) Plus, MLB stats on the web seem to be better covered than some of the other sports. But I do intend to add MLB in the near future. Ultimately I'd like to add every major sport to StatSheet! Golf, cycling, you name it.

StatSheet isn't only about stats. There are AP articles & photos, personalization features, discussion forums, etc. Soon users will be able to write articles too.

Thanks for the link! I'm the founder of StatSheet. I wish I had the money to pay for a PR firm. Should I put johnbilli on the payroll? :-)