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tramazi said:
good reply. makes sense
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But that's not why they do it. I highlighted this in my KOTK column a while back, before the re-brand, suggesting that the rags PR team insisted on this whereas we didn't.

Stuart Brennan came back very quickly with a response to Save Wallace which was a little tetchy. I responded to Dave only with some language that was, shall we say, less than temperate. Unfortunately Dave then did a 'Garry Cook' and hit 'Reply All' meaning that Stuart saw my original email with the bad language included.

Anyway, the story Stuart told is as follows:
The MEN, like most papers, try to maximise the hits they get on stories and ones with 'Manchester United' rather than get far more hits than ones with 'Man Utd'. I can't recall the number of the top of my head but I think it was between 7 and 10 times as many hits.

He said that the difference is much less significant for us so they used both 'Man City' and 'Manchester City'.

You can try this yourself by typing "Man United", "Man Utd" and then "Manchester United" into Google and see the difference in the number of hits returned.
 
Prestwich_Blue said:
But that's not why they do it. I highlighted this in my KOTK column a while back, before the re-brand, suggesting that the rags PR team insisted on this whereas we didn't.

Stuart Brennan came back very quickly with a response to Save Wallace which was a little tetchy. I responded to Dave only with some language that was, shall we say, less than temperate. Unfortunately Dave then did a 'Garry Cook' and hit 'Reply All' meaning that Stuart saw my original email with the bad language included.

Anyway, the story Stuart told is as follows:
The MEN, like most papers, try to maximise the hits they get on stories and ones with 'Manchester United' rather than get far more hits than ones with 'Man Utd'. I can't recall the number of the top of my head but I think it was between 7 and 10 times as many hits.

He said that the difference is much less significant for us so they used both 'Man City' and 'Manchester City'.

You can try this yourself by typing "Man United", "Man Utd" and then "Manchester United" into Google and see the difference in the number of hits returned.
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Nah.
 
Prestwich_Blue said:
But that's not why they do it. I highlighted this in my KOTK column a while back, before the re-brand, suggesting that the rags PR team insisted on this whereas we didn't.

Stuart Brennan came back very quickly with a response to Save Wallace which was a little tetchy. I responded to Dave only with some language that was, shall we say, less than temperate. Unfortunately Dave then did a 'Garry Cook' and hit 'Reply All' meaning that Stuart saw my original email with the bad language included.

Anyway, the story Stuart told is as follows:
The MEN, like most papers, try to maximise the hits they get on stories and ones with 'Manchester United' rather than get far more hits than ones with 'Man Utd'. I can't recall the number of the top of my head but I think it was between 7 and 10 times as many hits.

He said that the difference is much less significant for us so they used both 'Man City' and 'Manchester City'.

You can try this yourself by typing "Man United", "Man Utd" and then "Manchester United" into Google and see the difference in the number of hits returned.
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Wouldn't you run the risk of irreversibly fucking your computer up ?
 
Prestwich_Blue said:
But that's not why they do it. I highlighted this in my KOTK column a while back, before the re-brand, suggesting that the rags PR team insisted on this whereas we didn't.

Stuart Brennan came back very quickly with a response to Save Wallace which was a little tetchy. I responded to Dave only with some language that was, shall we say, less than temperate. Unfortunately Dave then did a 'Garry Cook' and hit 'Reply All' meaning that Stuart saw my original email with the bad language included.

Anyway, the story Stuart told is as follows:
The MEN, like most papers, try to maximise the hits they get on stories and ones with 'Manchester United' rather than get far more hits than ones with 'Man Utd'. I can't recall the number of the top of my head but I think it was between 7 and 10 times as many hits.

He said that the difference is much less significant for us so they used both 'Man City' and 'Manchester City'.

You can try this yourself by typing "Man United", "Man Utd" and then "Manchester United" into Google and see the difference in the number of hits returned.
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This is a very logical and well thought out answer, however I call bull sheeeeeeeet!


:)
 
Prestwich_Blue said:
But that's not why they do it. I highlighted this in my KOTK column a while back, before the re-brand, suggesting that the rags PR team insisted on this whereas we didn't.

Stuart Brennan came back very quickly with a response to Save Wallace which was a little tetchy. I responded to Dave only with some language that was, shall we say, less than temperate. Unfortunately Dave then did a 'Garry Cook' and hit 'Reply All' meaning that Stuart saw my original email with the bad language included.

Anyway, the story Stuart told is as follows:
The MEN, like most papers, try to maximise the hits they get on stories and ones with 'Manchester United' rather than get far more hits than ones with 'Man Utd'. I can't recall the number of the top of my head but I think it was between 7 and 10 times as many hits.

He said that the difference is much less significant for us so they used both 'Man City' and 'Manchester City'.

You can try this yourself by typing "Man United", "Man Utd" and then "Manchester United" into Google and see the difference in the number of hits returned.
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Just another example of the Rag arse being serially licked - what a fucking sad world the media exist in.
 
I'm so prou
Mad Eyed Screamer said:
Maybe I am being a little sensitive.... but over the past few days I have noticed the local newspaper constantly referring to City as Man City, yet the rags get the full ''Manchester'' United.

I just copied this from today's online pages
Manchester United FC
Two Manchester United players are not up to scratch according to Paul Scholes
Every single one is Man City & Manchester United, even on the same line! Why?
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I'm so proud of Nico
 
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