anakin
Footballguy
Has this been talked about or considered?
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Pretty much anything free can be added. Let me know if there's anything specific missing. I'll take a look at the above site.
anakin
Footballguy
rookieblitz.com, ffreport.com, rookiedraft.com, fantasydc.com are a part of that
I was tracking Fantasy Depth Chart already but I'll start adding links from the others. Thanks.Also, just to provide an update: We've been logging content for a couple weeks or so now and already have nearly 800 entries in our database from nearly 60 different websites. Things are definitely picking up as 150 of those items were POSTED in the past 3 days alone.Among the ~800 items entered so far, over 150 are from Footballguys so that's probably why our stuff will tend to show up quite a bit in searches.
tarheel1unc
Footballguy
Data overload is good! 
tons of stuff posted today including a boatload of articles from FBG and FFToday released their projections/rankings.
Tau837
Footballguy
I like the site. Kudos to everyone involved.
However, I must say that describing it as "Google for fantasy football" seems a bit over the top. At least for me, that makes me think that I should be able to get the latest fantasy relevant news on a player at the site, but that isn't the case. For example, if I use Google to search for Vincent Jackson, I find articles from today commenting on his contract situation, which could result in a holdout into the season... IMO pretty fantasy relevant. If I search for Vincent Jackson at Today in Fantasy, I get none of those articles and nothing since 5/31.
This sounds like a complaint, but it's not. I'm just saying that the news element seems to be lacking from a site characterized as "Google for fantasy football". If you intend to later incorporate news, then perhaps that description is more valid.
Personally, I think FBG content is superior to everything else out there, so I am perhaps not as excited as everyone else about pulling together other content when I already have FBG. But I will certainly use the site for a while to see if it changes my mind.
However, I must say that describing it as "Google for fantasy football" seems a bit over the top. At least for me, that makes me think that I should be able to get the latest fantasy relevant news on a player at the site, but that isn't the case. For example, if I use Google to search for Vincent Jackson, I find articles from today commenting on his contract situation, which could result in a holdout into the season... IMO pretty fantasy relevant. If I search for Vincent Jackson at Today in Fantasy, I get none of those articles and nothing since 5/31.
This sounds like a complaint, but it's not. I'm just saying that the news element seems to be lacking from a site characterized as "Google for fantasy football". If you intend to later incorporate news, then perhaps that description is more valid.
Personally, I think FBG content is superior to everything else out there, so I am perhaps not as excited as everyone else about pulling together other content when I already have FBG. But I will certainly use the site for a while to see if it changes my mind.
this is true. that stuff is fantasy relevant, but it's also relevant to non-fantasy players who follow the NFL and more of a news item. there are already plenty of places to find news updates pretty easily out there, including FBG, so we're not trying to duplicate those efforts. at TIF, we're mostly trying to collect fantasy advice like rankings, projections, sleepers, draft tools, etc. The articles, podcasts, blog posts, and other things that relate specifically to fantasy football. Sometimes there are some news items that overlap, but that's not our focus.EDIT TO ADD: Also, if you go to Vincent Jackson's player page, you'll see a strip of links in the middle/right of the page. The top ones are for news links related to that player, from FBG, KFFL, Rotoworld, and Yahoo. So, this does offer an easy way to find news related to the player, along with the best fantasy-specific content along the left and bottom.
http://www.todayinfantasy.com/articles.php?id=JackVi00
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Tau837
Footballguy
OK, thanks for the reply. I guess I was thrown off because the first article shown for Vincent Jackson is a PFW article about the Chargers needing to sign Jackson and McNeill to long term contracts... exactly the type of fantasy relevant real NFL news that I was referring to earlier, that comes up in a Google search (and no doubt on the news feed at FBG, Rotoworld, etc.). But that article on the FIT page is from 5/31, whereas there are numerous other related articles since then that come up on those other sources.Bottom line is that FIT is not a site for the latest NFL news that bears on fantasy. That's not what I expected based on the early descriptions, but it's still a useful resource.Aaron Rudnicki said:
yeah, some of the PFW stuff in particular is less fantasy-specific but still usually pretty helpful for fantasy owners, IMO. we're still refining the types of content we want to log here and what not to, but since we're pretty early in the fantasy football pre-season, I've been trying to cast a wider net.Google news and the other sources are great for finding the latest news on a topic, but it's tough to sort out what the fantasy community thinks about a player or situation. Obviously, FBG provides a lot of this information so if you subscribe here, you should be covered. We're trying to fill in the gap for people who want to see what else is out there, and also highlight the great free content that is readily available. Eventually, we hope to expand to the other sports as well so we can be a one-stop portal for all types of free fantasy advice and information.OK, thanks for the reply. I guess I was thrown off because the first article shown for Vincent Jackson is a PFW article about the Chargers needing to sign Jackson and McNeill to long term contracts... exactly the type of fantasy relevant real NFL news that I was referring to earlier, that comes up in a Google search (and no doubt on the news feed at FBG, Rotoworld, etc.). But that article on the FIT page is from 5/31, whereas there are numerous other related articles since then that come up on those other sources.Bottom line is that FIT is not a site for the latest NFL news that bears on fantasy. That's not what I expected based on the early descriptions, but it's still a useful resource.
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Joe T
Footballguy
lol at the bolded.
ceo3west
Footballguy
Props again to you guys for this site, just wanted to let you know how great this thing is. 
I haven't seen it mentioned much these days, not sure it's getting the love it deserves. For years I've been using search engines with spotty results (at best) looking for exactly this kind of material. Would love to see this for baseball & hockey as well.
I haven't seen it mentioned much these days, not sure it's getting the love it deserves. For years I've been using search engines with spotty results (at best) looking for exactly this kind of material. Would love to see this for baseball & hockey as well.
we've decided to shut it down for now. an announcement with more details should be added to the website shortly.
ceo3west
Footballguy
I hope this is temporary. I use this pretty much every day now.
Hipple Long Ware & Peete
Footballguy
Quite the impressive results for my search for Kareem Huggins -QB Tampa Bay. 
I mean there was talk of the wildcat but...
nice results tho...
I mean there was talk of the wildcat but...
nice results tho...
stuckinthemuck
Footballguy
It was too good for FBG's own good. I found new, awesome sites that I wouldn't have otherwise discovered. Thank you for leading me to Dynasty League Football, for example.
I have to assume that the TIF site undermined the biz plan of FBG, right?
I have to assume that the TIF site undermined the biz plan of FBG, right?
Cassius
Footballguy
Wow this site looks awesome. And the homepage doesn't make my eyes bleed.
FantasyTrader
Footballguy
This has gotta be the reason why. As a direct competitor that gets referrals from organic SEO and various other 3rd party sites, the traffic I got from TIF immediately shot it to my #1 referral source, and that includes Google. Honestly, I couldn't believe FBG did it in the first place, so I'm not surprised to see it go away so fast.Awesome idea, but it's not in their best interest without going to a subscription model.
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Hipple Long Ware & Peete
Footballguy
LOVE the site. few minor glitches but all in all great.
ceo3west
Footballguy
It's been shut down, no new links for almost a week. No explanation, just wondering if it's done for good.
Joe T
Footballguy
STILL great though. LOVE the site. CAN'T WAIT for it to reopen. / H,L,W,&P
sorry for the delay. there is an explanation posted to the website now.we picked sept 2nd as a cutoff for the end of the 2010 preseason and decided not to carry forward through the regular season until we can improve on the website and some of the backend processes that help us run it.
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Thanks for the good words, Guys. I"m bummed but we just needed to reevaluate some processes and honestly assess why we weren't getting better traction. I see things talking about this being a threat to FBG. We didn't see that at all. We secured our own advertising deal with Fantasy Sports Ventures for the site so it was meant to be a completely stand alone site. I actually think it's a nice hedge to have a hand in both the free and the subscription model.
Aaron did a FANTASTIC job working this and Im bummed for him more than anything. He couldn't have done a better job at what we asked him to do. I still very much believe in the concept and hope we can get it going again. The technology behind the scenes of it is awesome and I can easily see it applying to other topics in the future. Just need to reevaluate here as we move forward.
Thanks to all of you that visited. Hope you can bring a bunch of your friends with you when we open it back up.
J
Aaron did a FANTASTIC job working this and Im bummed for him more than anything. He couldn't have done a better job at what we asked him to do. I still very much believe in the concept and hope we can get it going again. The technology behind the scenes of it is awesome and I can easily see it applying to other topics in the future. Just need to reevaluate here as we move forward.
Thanks to all of you that visited. Hope you can bring a bunch of your friends with you when we open it back up.
J
DoubleG
Footballguy
This. Nice job guys - while it lasted it was my one-stop shop (well, that and these boards
ceo3west
Footballguy
The concept is brilliant actually and I really hope this reappears next year, with other sports potentially integrated. I think it would take off if word actually got out and there was some advertising for it. The only place I ever heard it mentioned was in the shark pool.
stuckinthemuck
Footballguy
The Fantasy Football Librarian is a poor man's TIF. Today in Fantasy was like the friggin' Library of Congress by comparison. 
R.I.P. TIF
R.I.P. TIF
FantasyTrader
Footballguy
Agreed Joe. I mean, if you were able to get the back end technology down to automate the process and minimize actual man hours, imagine how far reaching the scope of TIF could be!!! Every niche has it's diehard fans. Once you got this process nailed down...Today In Boating, Today On Wall St., Today In Computing...TIF is a brilliant concept regardless of niche. In fact, if I were were you guys, I'd go right now and reserve the domain www.todayineverything.com Ultimately, Today In Fantasy could be one of hundreds of a whole suite of Today In _______ .com's
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Curado Kev
Footballguy
Man, that is too bad..A bunch of my friends were going to that site :(
I'll always be a subscriber to FBG but liked to look at this site for other opinions....and I agree it was the library of congress compared to Fantasy Football Librarian...But FFL is good and she does her best to help us out...so its back to FFL....
Looking forward to what the upgrades will be after the season, Kev
I'll always be a subscriber to FBG but liked to look at this site for other opinions....and I agree it was the library of congress compared to Fantasy Football Librarian...But FFL is good and she does her best to help us out...so its back to FFL....
Looking forward to what the upgrades will be after the season, Kev
Hipple Long Ware & Peete
Footballguy
i don't know why you guys shut it down. It was great. I'd say just leave it up and tweak along the way. No need for "launch" date. But its the best FF compiler I've seen yet.
FantasyTrader
Footballguy
I think the problem is that Rudnicki himself was the "compiler" you're referring to. And that it wasn't feasible to continue on that way. But, I could be speaking out of turn. That sounded like the problem anyway, reading between the lines.
Time Kibitzer
Footballguy
So it's May 2011, the supposed time of the relaunching of the TodayinFanatasy website according to the TiF homepage. Any word on when or whether it'll be back up?
We thought it was an idea with a ton of potential, and almost every piece of feedback we received on the website was very positive. People who used it seemed to love it and rely on it heavily, but we just didn't get enough people to use it to make it worthwhile despite a huge advertising push from footballguys. So, it will probably not be coming back until we figure out a better way to do things or a way to gain more traction in the fantasy community as a whole.Dodds posted this in an FFA thread recently:
'David Dodds said:
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