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{{Short description|Online football (soccer) community}}
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{{Infobox dot-com company
{{Infobox website
| name = Footytube
| name = Footytube
| company_slogan = Broadcasting the Beautiful Game
| owner = Independent
| owner = Independent
| logo = Footytube logo.png
| logo = [[File:Footytube logo.png|200px]]
| logo_size = 200px
| foundation = July 2006
| foundation = July 2006
| founder = Ben Tarek, Lee Smith, Matt Jackson
| founder = Ben Tarek, Lee Smith, Matt Jackson
| area_served = Worldwide
| area_served = Worldwide
| location_city = [[Valletta, Malta]]
| location_city = [[Valletta, Malta]]
| key_people = Ben Tarek, Lee Smith, Matt Jackson, Vlad Bosinceanu, Araz Heydariyehzadeh
| key_people = Ben Tarek, Lee Smith, Matt Jackson, Vlad Bosinceanu, Araz Heydariyehzadeh
| homepage = [http://www.footytube.com/ footytube.com]
| homepage = {{url|http://www.footytube.com}}
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| registration = Optional<br />(required to comment and rate videos)
| url = [http://www.footytube.com/ www.footytube.com]
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| launch_date = {{start date|df=yes|2006|07|24}}
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| registration = Optional<br />(required to comment and rate videos)
| current_status = Not Active
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| launch_date = {{start date|df=yes|2006|07|24}}
| current_status = Active
| language = English
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| website_type = Football Video & News [[News aggregator|Aggregator]]
| language = English
| alexa = {{IncreaseNegative}} 6,841 ({{as of|2014|4|1|alt=April 2014}})<ref name="alexa">{{cite web|url= http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/footytube.com |title= Footytube.com Site Info | publisher= [[Alexa Internet]] |accessdate= 2014-04-01 }}</ref><!--Updated monthly by OKBot.-->
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| website_type = Football Video & News [[News aggregator|Aggregator]]
}}
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'''Footytube''' is the world's largest [[association football|football]] video community. The website attracts over 1.4 million unique monthly users, with around 16m pageviews.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.quantcast.com/footytube.com | title = Footytube Quantcast Audience Profile}}</ref> and is listed in Alexa as being the 18th most visited football site in the world.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.alexa.com/topsites/category/Top/Sports/Soccer?q=soccer | title = Alexa - Top Football Sites}}</ref>
'''Footytube''' was a [[association football|football]] video community. The website attracted over 1.4 million unique monthly users, with around 16m pageviews.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.quantcast.com/footytube.com | title = Footytube Quantcast Audience Profile}}</ref> and was listed in Alexa as being the 18th most visited football site in the world in 2010.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.alexa.com/topsites/category/Top/Sports/Soccer?q=soccer | title = Alexa – Top Football Sites | access-date = 18 May 2010 | archive-date = 3 March 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303175920/http://www.alexa.com/topsites/category/Top/Sports/Soccer?q=soccer | url-status = dead }}</ref>


The site aggregates vast amounts of football data and presents this in a contextualized fashion to the user, covering everything from the latest highlights to fan made content, player interviews and club podcasts. The site also has a wide-ranging set of community features geared towards the football enthusiast. Users can create profiles and compete in the footytube fan valuation, fantasy football and fan trait leagues.
The site used to aggregate vast amounts of football data and present it in a contextualized fashion to the user, covering everything from the latest highlights to fan made content, player interviews and club podcasts. The site also had a wide-ranging set of community features geared towards the football enthusiast. Users used to be able to create profiles and compete in the footytube fan valuation, fantasy football and fan trait leagues. As of 2019, the site has been permanently offline.


==Recognition==
==Recognition==
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Footytube appeared in ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' newspaper's Top 25 Football Websites in 2009<ref>{{cite news | url =https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/6198609/Top-25-football-websites.html | title = The Telegraph – Top 25 Football Websites | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | first=Steve | last=Wilson | date=22 September 2009}}</ref> and was also a featured site in ''[[The Guardian|The Guardian's]]'' "Guide" and "Things we like this week" sections. The website also featured in ''The Guardian'''s open platform gallery.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.theguardian.com/open-platform/apps-footytube | title = Guardian Open Platform Gallery – Footytube | location=London | work=The Guardian | date=1 October 2009}}</ref>


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Footytube was mentioned in tweets by sporting celebrities and football journalists, including [[Tim Lovejoy]], who described the site as a "Footie Fans Heaven".<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ubervu.com/conversations/www.footytube.com/ | title = Ubervu Footytube Conversations| date = 21 April 2021}}</ref>
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Footytube appeared in ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' newspaper's Top 25 Football Websites in 2009<ref>{{cite news | url =http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/6198609/Top-25-football-websites.html | title = The Telegraph - Top 25 Football Websites | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | first=Steve | last=Wilson | date=22 September 2009}}</ref> and was also a featured site in ''[[The Guardian|The Guardian's]]'' "Guide" and "Things we like this week" sections. The website is also featured in ''The Guardian'''s open platform gallery.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/open-platform/apps-footytube | title = Guardian Open Platform Gallery - Footytube | location=London | work=The Guardian | date=1 October 2009}}</ref>

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Footytube is often mentioned in tweets by sporting celebrities and football journalists, including [[Tim Lovejoy]], who described the site as a "Footie Fans Heaven".<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ubervu.com/conversations/www.footytube.com/ | title = Ubervu Footytube Conversations}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
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Footytube was founded in July 2006 in what initially began as a WordPress blog showcasing the latest football videos from around the world. The blog quickly grew in popularity with supporters, and before long was attracting upwards of 100,000 unique visitors per month. In early 2007, footytube was acquired by Lee Smith and Matthew Jackson, two web developers and internet entrepreneurs with a passion for football.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.footytube.com/forums/off-topic/the-origins-of-footytube-1433/ | title = Footytube – Forum – Origins of Footytube}}</ref>

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Footytube was founded in July 2006 in what initially began as a wordpress blog showcasing the latest football videos from around the world. The blog quickly grew in popularity with supporters, and before long was attracting upwards of 100,000 unique visitors per month. In early 2007, footytube was acquired by Lee Smith and Matthew Jackson, two web developers and internet entrepreneurs with a passion for football.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.footytube.com/forums/off-topic/the-origins-of-footytube-1433/ | title = Footytube - Forum - Origins of Footytube}}</ref>

The current incarnation of the website (Footytube 2.0) spent a total of 18 months in development, before a closed beta version was released in February 2009. The Footytube 2.0 Beta went public in May 2009. Dispensing with the old blog, the site deploys a state-of-the-art custom web crawler for aggregating vast amounts of football data from around the world.

The new version of the site also saw various football community centric features released, including Dreamfooty, a proprietary fantasy football league game.

The current version of the site is the 2.1.5 'SpreadLight' Release.

The next major release (2.2) is expected in August 2010, some features of which will be unveiled during the 2010 World Cup.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.footytube.com/forums/ | title = Footytube - Forums}}</ref>

==Technology==

Footytube claim to have the most advanced football web crawler on the internet. The bot aggregates football videos, news, podcasts, blogs, fixtures, results, odds, and team stats and displays this data in a contextualized fashion alongside video content and team data. This is achieved by employing a range of partner APIs and services.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.footytube.com/aboutus/search-technology.php | title = Footytube - Search Technology}}</ref>

==Staff==
There are a total of four board members, including Tarek Ben (Founder), Lee Smith (Managing Director), Matthew Jackson (Communications Director) and Vlad Bosinceanu (Technical Director).

During the latter half of 2009, Araz Heydariyehzadeh joined the commercial department as Commercial Director.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.footytube.com/aboutus/ | title = Footytube - About Us}}</ref>

==Side Projects - Openfooty==

Openfooty is a spin-off project, spearheaded by the footytube team in an effort to support the wider football community. The project seeks to help encourage the emergence of innovative and compelling websites and ideas by championing open solutions in football. It represents the first and only free (for non commercial use) football data [[API]] available on the internet today.

The [[API]] exposes much of the data that is collected via the footytube crawler, as well as data from partnerships with [[Global Sports Media]] and ''The Guardian''.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.footytube.com/openfooty/ | title = OpenFooty}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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* [http://www.footytube.com/ FootyTube]
* [http://www.footytube.com/ FootyTube]


[[Category:Football media in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Football mass media in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Association football websites]]
[[Category:Association football websites]]

Latest revision as of 04:35, 27 May 2024

Footytube
Type of site
Football Video & News Aggregator
Available inEnglish
FoundedJuly 2006
Headquarters
Valletta, Malta
Area servedWorldwide
OwnerIndependent
Founder(s)Ben Tarek, Lee Smith, Matt Jackson
Key peopleBen Tarek, Lee Smith, Matt Jackson, Vlad Bosinceanu, Araz Heydariyehzadeh
URLwww.footytube.com
RegistrationOptional
(required to comment and rate videos)
Launched24 July 2006 (2006-07-24)
Current statusNot Active

Footytube was a football video community. The website attracted over 1.4 million unique monthly users, with around 16m pageviews.[1] and was listed in Alexa as being the 18th most visited football site in the world in 2010.[2]

The site used to aggregate vast amounts of football data and present it in a contextualized fashion to the user, covering everything from the latest highlights to fan made content, player interviews and club podcasts. The site also had a wide-ranging set of community features geared towards the football enthusiast. Users used to be able to create profiles and compete in the footytube fan valuation, fantasy football and fan trait leagues. As of 2019, the site has been permanently offline.

Recognition

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Footytube appeared in The Daily Telegraph newspaper's Top 25 Football Websites in 2009[3] and was also a featured site in The Guardian's "Guide" and "Things we like this week" sections. The website also featured in The Guardian's open platform gallery.[4]

Footytube was mentioned in tweets by sporting celebrities and football journalists, including Tim Lovejoy, who described the site as a "Footie Fans Heaven".[5]

History

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Footytube was founded in July 2006 in what initially began as a WordPress blog showcasing the latest football videos from around the world. The blog quickly grew in popularity with supporters, and before long was attracting upwards of 100,000 unique visitors per month. In early 2007, footytube was acquired by Lee Smith and Matthew Jackson, two web developers and internet entrepreneurs with a passion for football.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Footytube Quantcast Audience Profile".
  2. ^ "Alexa – Top Football Sites". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
  3. ^ Wilson, Steve (22 September 2009). "The Telegraph – Top 25 Football Websites". The Daily Telegraph. London.
  4. ^ "Guardian Open Platform Gallery – Footytube". The Guardian. London. 1 October 2009.
  5. ^ "Ubervu Footytube Conversations". 21 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Footytube – Forum – Origins of Footytube".
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