NFL Team Sites Review - San Francisco 49ers

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I must admit right up front that I'm a football junkie who cruises NFL team websites top to bottom to get as much information about them as I can to win all my sports bar arguments.  I also learn their blog site information to get a pulse from not just their websites but the people in their area who are a little more objective about the team even as fans of that team.  We'll start off this 32 team review and cruise with the 49ers and as you enter the team site on NFL.COM the first thing you notice is the mixing of noir and red on the photos which brings out that 49er red really nice. The site has a good mix of video and photos which are fan favorites and will curb some of the fanatics appetites until Training Camp starts back up.  The site also has a great mix of headlines, articles, and galleries to click into which makes this almost more than a team site and makes it into a 49ers content meeting space.  The producers of this site are doing a fantastic job and I leave out of the site impressed every time I visit.

49ers nfl.com site grades out as 95 on a 100 scale --------------------------------> 49ERS NFL Team site

The next stop on the 49er review is SB Nation and I was introduced to these blogs two years ago and I have been going back ever since. The 49ers site on SB Nation is called Niners Nation and they do a pretty good job of keeping fans up to date with stories, videos, and fanposts surrounding the 49ers that give it a unique flavor.

Niners Nation blog site grades out as 90 on a 100 scale ------------------------------------> Niners Nation

Bleacher Report is a good follow as well as they have 23,084 following them on Facebook which indicates a few things to me and it's they have work to do and how competitive it is to get views because the 49ers are a national team with 5 Super Bowls in their cabinet.  They have a lot of content on their page but it's not well organized and it's a lot of white space on the page. This is not a knock on the writers and contributors as they have plenty of updated features and content but the site looks disorganized when compared to their competitors.

Bleacher Report media site grades out as a 80 on a 100 scale --------------> 49ers Bleacher Report Site

Fansided, which is a Sports Illustrated subsidiary, keeps 49ers fans updated with their Niner Noise page which is a mix of editorials, news, and web links to information about the 49ers.  It's a well put together page with great information about the team.

FanSided media site grades out as a 90 on a 100 scale ----------------------------------------->Niner Noise

We'll close out this review and cruise with the juggernaut media leader ESPN who offers a team page through their NFL Nation link.  Paul Gutierrez is the 49er reporter who covers the team and through the sheer size of their network and the resources they just cover the team from top to bottom and add content through writing and reporting that dominates the others on this page.

ESPN NFL Nation 49er team site grades out as a 96 on a 100 scale ------------> 49er NFL Nation Site