MayDay
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Interesting they didn't look in-house for this job. I'm a Sabres fan but I'm assuming being the Bills columnist if the top job there and drives way more traffic than hockey.
I'm not sure this is true. The last time I remember reading a direct comparison of traffic stats, the Buffalo News' Sabres Edge blog was receiving far more hits than the Bills blog, and was in fact the most-visited page on TBN's website.
http://thesportsdaily.com/buffalo-wins/qaa-with-lisa-wilson-the-sports-editor-from-the-buffalo-news/
Q8) I read that Sabres Edge has had over 3 million hits since its inception in 2007. Why do you think the blog has been so successful? Also, do you find it strange that the BillBoard blog, which I’m sure does well because of the love for the Bills, has been behind the hockey blog in terms of hits?
A8) I think Sabres Edge has been successful because John Vogl and Mike Harrington never stop posting breaking news and interesting tidbits that keep readers coming back for more. I think Mark Gaughan, Rodney McKissic and Jay Skurski do the same with the BillBoard blog. I don’t think it’s strange that Sabres Edge has gotten more hits than BillBoard, considering the Sabres have had some success in recent seasons while the Bills have endured a long playoff drought. But it will be interesting to keep track of the numbers if the Bills keep winning.
Interview is from 2011, but I don't think the dynamics of the Buffalo sports market have changed all that much to make the Bills much more popular since then. If anything, interest in the Sabres has increased since the start of the Eichel era.
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