POSTED: Wednesday March 9th 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
INSIDER Coverage of Indonesian FA Crisis Shatters Records
Record numbers in response to coverage of FIFA taking steps to oust Indonesian FA president Nurdin Halid
World Football INSIDER's coverage of the crisis in Indonesian football has smashed all previous web traffic records, confirming its position as the publication of record for news about the global football business.
Response to INSIDER's coverage also indicates how important football is across Asia—and how important INSIDER is to Asia, with news organizations such as the Jakarta Post (http://m.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/03/03/fifa-takes-s ...) turning to INSIDER for information.
Traffic surpassed records set during last year's World Cup by well over 20%. This was underlined by an endorsement from Indonesia’s top football writer, Sam Hadi, of the Kompass Daily (Jakarta)(kompas.com) who says unequivocally, "INSIDER is first and a trend-setter on a global scale."
“The record number of visitors for our stories about disgraced Indonesian FA president Nurdin Halid cements INSIDER’s status as the number one website for news about the world football business,” said INSIDER editor Mark Bisson. “It also underlines the huge interest in the football industry in the rapidly-growing Asian market.”
INSIDER recorded nearly a half million page views with reporter James Corbett's exclusive coverage of FIFA's steps to oust Indonesian FA president Nurdin Halid. Corbett's series of stories also attracted thousands of new readers from Asia and other continents. ‘FIFA Move to Kick Out Disgraced FA Chief’ (http://www.worldfootballinsider.com/Story.aspx?id=34189) was the most-read story.
Corbett's stellar reporting continued on Tuesday, with news that Asian Football Confederation president Mohamed Bin Hammam blocked moves in last week’s FIFA Executive Committee meeting to bar Nurdin Halid from standing for re-election as head of the Indonesian FA. (http://www.worldfootballinsider.com/Story.aspx?id=34202)
INSIDER continues its series of exclusive stories this week with a report from Ramallah on Palestine’s first competitive international on home soil against Thailand in a London 2012 Olympic qualifier.
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