Pittsburgh Steeler Fans Weblogs

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Pittsburgh Steeler fans weblogs are possibly the most prolific and well-represented of any professional football team. This should not be surprising, as the Steelers (originally called the Pirates) are the oldest franchise in the American Football Conference division. For eighty years, the team has been battling on the gridiron with the unwavering support of the citizens of Pittsburgh. Now that the World Wide Web is available, the fans can take their love of the game and their players into cyberspace, connecting and sharing information like never before.

The Pittsburgh Steelers have fans all around the web

A History of Achievement

One reason for the number of Pittsburgh Steeler fans weblogs is that the fans have a lot to brag about. Theirs is a team that counts among its accomplishments:

  • Six Super Bowls
  • Five Super Bowl Victories
  • Thirteen Conference Championship Games
  • Host to more Conference Championship Games than any other NFL team
  • Only NFL team to win a Super Bowl after being seeded sixth (also the first to attain and win a conference championship game after that seed)
  • Twenty-two Playoff Games
  • Seventeen Division Championships

A Team of Champions

Those are simply the numbers. Players added to the legend, including Terry Bradshaw, Mean Joe Greene and Lynn Swann (also known for his Yoga). Coaches made history such as Mike Tomlin, who in 2007 became the franchise's first African American head coach, and Chuck Noll, who led the Steelers to four Super Bowl victories in six years.

No team is complete without its fan base, however, and this is where the advent of the Internet really enabled the history of this great team to be fully explored. Through discussion, shared memories, pictures, video, and yes, spirited debate, Pittsburgh Steelers fans weblogs are becoming the newest chapter in the saga of the team.

Professional Sites for a Great Team

The obvious place to start for a fan would be the team's official site at Steelers.com. Aside from as many statistics, historical stories, pictures, and other facets of the game, there is a fan's message board with over 84,000 posts. In addition, networks such as FOX have sections of their "Fan Nation" site devoted to the Pittsburgh Steelers, and users are encouraged to exchange ideas there.

While a great source for news and gossip, the message boards and network sites don't have the same type of individual expression that are present in other blogs such as Behind the Steel Curtain and Yinz Luv Steelers. These fans have gone so far as to buy their own domain names, which gives them more control over the blogs they create. A quick visit to Steelers Fever yields an entire list of Pittsburgh Steelers fans weblogs:

How to Create Your Own Pittsburgh Steeler Fans Weblog

In order to create a weblog, there are two routes to follow. One would be to go the route of Yinz and the other fans, completely independent of networks. The steps involved:

  1. Pick a unique domain name and register it.
  2. Pick a blogging client, either something externally hosted (such as MySpace) or something installed on your site such as WordPress
  3. Start blogging! Spread the word about your blog by posting and joining the conversations on other popular weblogs such as those listed above.

A simpler route would be to visit the Steelers Live website, which falls somewhere between the corporate sites and the individual fans. Many blogs are all gathered in one place, forming a community that is self-nurturing and alive. SteelersLIVE asks contributors to post news, pictures, and most of all blog and discuss. As they put it on the site, "Nobody knows more about the Steelers more than the fans"

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