the gamethread......outside of Seattle is dead

SBN has added 5 MLS blogs since October and there will be more.

~50 comment in our thread were from visiting Red Bull fans as their blog is in transition right now. All of SBN’s soccer/football blogs are working at growing our readership.

that we are one of few areas in the country that can stomach this sport. Not to mention DC is 1-7. I guarantee you won’t see me on here after a 1-7 start.

This behavior is pretty typical for SBN blogs.
Some blogs are wildly popular, and have incredible comment totals during their game threads and general discussion. The blog I frequent most, Japers Rink, regularly sees upwards of 500 comments on every post by the editors, and a few thousand each game thread.
I have found that the popularity of team blogs does not necessarily have direct correlation between the success of the team. More the nature of the city the blog is based in. If the city is very connected, and its blogosphere works in close tandem with the team they cover, the blog gets tons of traffic. Naturally the success of the team has lots to do with it, but the core group of readers and commenters will continue to visit, as long as the site produces real, quality, actionable content. As far as the MLS goes, well all you need to do is compare the SBN Mariners blog with this blog.

He has really helped keep the conversation going. There have been a couple matches where most posters are at the game, leaving things around here pretty quiet (except for those of us who live East-side).

On that note, especially with MLS blogs you have to keep an eye out for whether the team is at home or away.

You also can’t compare across sports – plenty of folks on the MLB blogs have MLB.tv or follow along on Gameday, making it far easier for a broader geographical fanbase to participate.

Just a guess.