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Shiny Media launch The Googly – Cricket Blog

Posted By Darren Rowse 2nd of March 2006 Blog Networks 0 Comments

The Googly

I’m an Aussie and I’m proud of it – so when a blog launches on our national sport (ok, one of them) my ears prick up.

UK blog network, Shiny Media have just launched a Cricket Blog by the name of The Googly.

Now this is not a blog that will appeal to every reader of ProBlogger as it’s on a game that many around the world just don’t get – but it’s going to have a massive potential audience. When you consider that countries like India (with a population over over 1 billion people) play (and are rather obsessed about watching) cricket you begin to see the potential for a blog like this.

It’s a blog that looks like largely being monetized by AdSense at this point but I suspect they might do ok with affiliate programs down the track – especially if they decide to explore betting affiliate programs (lots of money goes down on cricket matches in some parts of the world).

My only sadness – they beat us at b5 to the punch as we’ve been working towards our own cricket blog for a while.

I don’t tend to announce new blogs these days – but this one’s going straight to the news aggregator!

PS: it’s going to be great to be able to be a reader of a UK Cricket Blog during the next Ashes series when their team gets completely trounced!

PS2: Apologies to readers in non Cricketing parts of the world who have no idea what I was just writing about – feel free to ignore this post :-)

About Darren Rowse
Darren Rowse is the founder and editor of ProBlogger Blog Tips and Digital Photography School. Learn more about him here and connect with him on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.
Comments
  1. Still sore about the last Ashes then are we? :-)

  2. Cricket? Is that anything like basketball? ;)

  3. More than sore … we want them back. Just doesn’t seem right the best cricket team in the world not having them ;-)

    Now when are you Americans gonna get into cricket – sure beats baseball (I’ll duck for cover now as rotten tomatoes and eggs get hurled at me) ;-)

  4. The only thing we do with crickets here in the states is go fishin’ with them.

    :)

  5. hehe

    Tim – not sore, just looking forward with anticipation for a chance to crush the Poms

    A1Arcade – yep – very similar to Basketball…… (humor him ppl)

    Martin – very true. We were robbed

    PaulV – very sad – you don’t know what you’re missing.

  6. “Cricket? Is that anything like basketball? ;)”

    No. It’s sort of a hunting meets rugby meets skiing sort of deal. Very difficult to explain. ;)

  7. Geez I’m glad footy’s back…..

    I think The Ashes is about the only interesting series going around at the moment. I honestly can’t think of another test series opponent that’s interesting to play right now except for England.

  8. oh – footy will be a good season this year….although i think my beloved Blues will continue to struggle.. :-(

  9. Here’s a guide to the rules of Cricket

    Darren is getting excited about a new blog devoted to the sport of cricket. For those of you who find the sport of Cricket incomprehensible, here’s a guide to the rules of Cricket that should help: You have two sides,…

  10. Yep … I can easily see the Blues struggling … again :-)

    As for the mighty Pies … this is our year, or maybe next year … or the year after :-(

  11. I don’t think so Martin, personally I see a West Coast v Fremantle Grand Final :-)

  12. More like “lets watch those South Africans get their own back against the Aussies here in SA”. hehe.

    It’s high time we gave u Aussies some stick! ;-)

  13. We’ve got those Ashes and we’re keeping them. You shouldn’t have mentioned cricket – you don’t know what you’ve started.

  14. I’m sure there’s room for more cricket blogs.

  15. Great! I have recently started a Cricket Blog and would like to compare notes with them about it.

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