Happy Birthday Fanpop!
After our initial launch and some press from sites like link and link the first few months things were pretty quiet and we were honestly pretty scared that it wasn't going to work out. We knew that we had a good product, but we didn't know how to get users to come. Slowly but surely though, the fans found their way here. Twilight fans came. Harry Potter fans came. Justin Bieber Fans came. One Tree Hill fans came. Glee fans came. Michael Jackson fans came. More and more fans found their way to Fanpop and before we knew it we had thousands of clubs and millions of fans coming to the site. The best part about it was that fans around the world were connecting with fellow fans who shared their passions and were making new friends. Fanpop was actually growing into a bona fide community and the ultimate site for fans.
Fast forward to August 1, 2011 and today we are the #372 biggest site on the internet according to link. According to our internal metrics we have over 13 million users a month around the world visiting Fanpop. But more importantly, when I interact with users or read comments on our wall, I hear all the time how much people love the website and how they really feel at home here. It means more to the Fanpop four that we created a place on the web that didn't exist before which people can't live without now. That's pretty special and so are each and every one of our fantastic Fanpoppers. We feel like proud fathers who have watched our little website grow into this amazing network of fan clubs which are alive with excited fans who love to talk about all sorts of topics that we could have never imagined. We know that without all of our awesome and dedicated users, we wouldn't be where we are today. It's the fans that make Fanpop and we will never forget our commitment to you guys. We've spent the past five years building features and designing the website for you. But we're not done yet folks! So keep on Fanpopping, because there's much more in store for the years to come!
The Fanpop Four together for five
The original name for Fanpop was Fanspots
The Fanpop homepage on launch day: August 1, 2006
I'm not afraid of you, Ghost!
dont' leave
By the way this is my first soapbox
what it says above
Ok, I usually don't make user guides but this one needs to be made. I have seen a lot of picks and a lot of them are boring or annoying. Here is a list of steps to help you out.
1. Try to have more than three answers if possible. If the question is "Who should Jim be with?" Put, Karen and Pam, and then put an answer like neither or Katy.
2.Always have pictures for the question if it isn't a yes, no, or maybe question. Pictures bring in more fans and make the picks more interesting.
3. Try to ask questions that people haven't already asked and questions that people will be interested in. Don't make it boring.
Now these are the three golden steps to making a good, quality pick on fanpop. If you feel I need to add anything, then please leave it in the comments.
1. Try to have more than three answers if possible. If the question is "Who should Jim be with?" Put, Karen and Pam, and then put an answer like neither or Katy.
2.Always have pictures for the question if it isn't a yes, no, or maybe question. Pictures bring in more fans and make the picks more interesting.
3. Try to ask questions that people haven't already asked and questions that people will be interested in. Don't make it boring.
Now these are the three golden steps to making a good, quality pick on fanpop. If you feel I need to add anything, then please leave it in the comments.
Why are keywords so important?
What are keywords?
Why should I use them?
How can keywords help me?
Keywords are tags that you place on the content you submit to Fanpop so that other fans can find it. You don't need to use a lot of them, just the relevant ones. You'll want to use words that describe what's in the content. Who is in it, what episode it's from, etc.
Example: 
This example is very simple. It's an icon from the show Supernatural [keyword], the subject is Dean [keyword], it's from episode 4x18 [keyword] 'The Monster at the End of This Book' [keyword]....
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Why should I use them?
How can keywords help me?
Keywords are tags that you place on the content you submit to Fanpop so that other fans can find it. You don't need to use a lot of them, just the relevant ones. You'll want to use words that describe what's in the content. Who is in it, what episode it's from, etc.
Example:
supernatural, dean, 4x18, the monster at the end of this book
This example is very simple. It's an icon from the show Supernatural [keyword], the subject is Dean [keyword], it's from episode 4x18 [keyword] 'The Monster at the End of This Book' [keyword]....
"Journeyman" videos in the travel spot. *sigh* (image credit to Cinders)
Yesterday, I was fanpoping. I come across the link spot- And went to videos. link is what I saw. There were apple pie videos there. Submitted by Hulu.
link are some images by other fanpopers reporting this.
Hulu's videos should NOT be done by a webcrawler. (or whatever you call it) Dave, either have a manual team do hulu's videos, or dont do it at all.
EDIT: as amazondebs says in the comments, Fanpop isen't even getting paid for hulu's videos. What is the purpose of having them here?
(Another) EDIT: more of this maddness. and in link spot!
Chose Buffy & Spike From Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 7
If I was cool, I would say where this image came from here
