Bradr Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Mods, move this if needed. According to this HuskerExtra article, it sounds like the founding fathers of the site have been fired and no longer have access to the site? The founders are looking to open a new site called HuskerMax.com. The have an info page here. Weird. If this is true, I hereby boycott Huskerpedia from here on out. Quote Link to comment
ESPY Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Don't ya kinda hafta boycott Huskerpedia if the forefathers don't run it anymore? I'm not about to pay heed to someone who doesn't know the 1st thing about Nebraska athletics, especially if they're based in Cali. Quote Link to comment
NUance Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Turns out that the www.huskerpedia.com url is owned by Information Superbrand, Inc., an outfit based in Irvine. And all this time I thought it was Max's website. Quote Link to comment
huskerXman Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Well, the web content is his but the name is not (Huskerpedia). Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Turns out that the www.huskerpedia.com url is owned by Information Superbrand, Inc., an outfit based in Irvine. And all this time I thought it was Max's website. ISI is a facilitator. Think of them like the strip mall in which HuskerPedia is based. They provide the facilities through which HP does their business. HP and similar sites have the content but not the wherewithal to provide it to the public. What ISI did seems like a strip mall manager taking over a store that sells a unique product. They continue to sell that product under the actual owner's name after they kicked the old owner out. There is clearly more to this story. I have a very hard time believing Max when he says, “All I know is that Joe and I are no longer part of the company.” He knows more, and he's not saying. Probably he's not talking due to the legal ramifications of the situation, which is prudent on his part, but it could be any number of things from ISI just being belligerent and trying to take over a good product, or Max and the other Husker guy not paying their bills, to any number of things. It's way too early to tell who's at fault here. What I do know is this - I'll be supporting the Husker fans in this situation, not the overlords from Irvine. Bottom line for me is "support your fellow Huskers." 1 Quote Link to comment
husker B-rent Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 not as good as huskerboard anyway.. 1 Quote Link to comment
RedDenver Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Mark me as supporting the small-time Husker fans and not the large corporation. I've already switched my bookmark over to HuskerMax.com Quote Link to comment
nillie welson Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 not as good as huskerboard anyway.. Agreed. Haven't found much that's even close (mods, my address is....) Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 not as good as huskerboard anyway.. Agreed. Haven't found much that's even close (mods, my address is....) HuskerMax offers different things than we offer. For message boards there's nothing better than HuskerBoard, and frankly it's not even close. There's a reason I'm on here all the time talking to you guys - collectively, we know our stuff, and we make for good conversation. Everyone take a bow. HuskerMax provides some great stats, though, that HuskerBoard doesn't, simply because it's not our focus. I find them useful for supporting facts in a discussion. The facts come from over there, but the discussion happens here. As God intended. 1 Quote Link to comment
Bradr Posted March 3, 2010 Author Share Posted March 3, 2010 not as good as huskerboard anyway.. Agreed. Haven't found much that's even close (mods, my address is....) HuskerMax offers different things than we offer. For message boards there's nothing better than HuskerBoard, and frankly it's not even close. There's a reason I'm on here all the time talking to you guys - collectively, we know our stuff, and we make for good conversation. Everyone take a bow. HuskerMax provides some great stats, though, that HuskerBoard doesn't, simply because it's not our focus. I find them useful for supporting facts in a discussion. The facts come from over there, but the discussion happens here. As God intended. Absolutely. Different websites, but both very useful in their own way. 1 Quote Link to comment
mmmtodd Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Consider me in line for the huskerpedia boycott. I hope the word gets out, and jaws drop when they see the power of husker nation coming together, and making their greedy takeover of obviously a great product seem foolish once there are no more clicks on their site. Release the hounds! Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 What irks me about ISI is, if you go to their website, the only site they specifically name of the 1,500 for whom they provide services is HuskerPedia. They boast about how it grosses $1.5 million a year - as if they have anything to do with it. Here's their latest press release, dated today. Quote Link to comment
kchusker_chris Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 What irks me about ISI is, if you go to their website, the only site they specifically name of the 1,500 for whom they provide services is HuskerPedia. They boast about how it grosses $1.5 million a year - as if they have anything to do with it. Here's their latest press release, dated today. I think I remember about 6-12 months ago Max saying he was leaving his full time job to join Huskerpedia and work on it full time. I'm assuming that meant joining ISI on staff. From quickly browsing the other 1500 sites...I'd say Huskerpedia and the associated forum is a large percentage of ISI income. Just a wild guess (and this is all speculation), but I'd say there was probably a dispute about the future of ISI regarding the distribution of that revenue. Huskerpedia is Max's baby, but if he was on staff at ISI he had equal responsibility to the other 1500 sites. If they wanted to unequally distribute revenue I'd be pissed too. Huskerpedia needs a serious face-lift. With revenue like that it shouldn't be an issue - yet it's been almost a year since I'd read an update saying there was a new website in the works. I'm guessing Max was used to being agile in the development and content management. When you're small you can move quickly. When he joined ISI there's probably 3 miles of BS red tape to go along with every decision. Perhaps he saw his baby getting smothered by beauracracy. Just a theory. Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Yeah, could be. I emailed ISI to see if they'd provide some new info, but they haven't responded (and probably won't - I wouldn't). Quote Link to comment
Judoka Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 If that $1.5 mil is mostly because of Huskerpedia, ISI is sure are going to take a hit after the smoke clears on this one. Quote Link to comment
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