THE HISTORY OF JETSINSIDER.COM
The history of JETSINSIDER began as an avid Jets fan in childhood. I have always enjoyed chatting up Gang Green with fellow fans. Whether at the game or the neighborhood tavern, there was never a shortage of Jets fans to either revel in a big victory or commiserate about a stunning loss.
But when the games ended, and the pubs closed, I felt there was no other outlet for my brethren and me to express our pleasure or displeasure with the team. Then I had a brainstorm.
In the summer of 1999, soon after purchasing a new computer, I surfed the web for sites where Jets fans could interact. Sadly, they were few and far between, and nothing of real substance existed. I was determined to change that.
Not being the most computer-savvy guy on the block, I stumbled across an idiot-proof web design program on my computer called Microsoft Publisher. After several hours of tinkering on one rainy Sunday and a quick visit to Network Solutions for a domain name registration, Jets Insider.com was born as a homepage with an accompanying free-ware messageboard.
Since our meager beginnings, JetsInsider.com quickly became the most popular NY Jets Fansite online, primarily due to word of mouth. JetsInsider.com averaged over 40 million page views and over 300,000 unique visitors.
Our fan forum, The Landing Strip, was possibly the busiest sports fan messageboard on the Net in the early 2020s, regularly exceeding 1,000 daily posts.
Many have tried to copy JI over the years, but we have remained the top Jets Fan website on the Internet. We are also the only fan website fully credentialed by the Jets and the NFL… and we are very proud of that.
Despite our popularity, we’re still a work in progress, and like Todd Bowles, we’re determined to get better.
From insider columns to fan-submitted stories to streaming audio/video, JetsInsider.com is your No. 1 source for getting up close and personal with your favorite NFL team. Unlike most fan sites, Jets Insider.com has inside access to the players and coaches, so keep logging on for behind-the-scenes coverage.
We aim to be the “Premier NY Jets Fansite” and the true “Voice Of The NY Jets Fan.” We have also created a place where Jets fans from Hempstead to Hamburg can interact with each other.
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As a fan-based site, we can’t cover the team like the daily newspapers, nor do we want to, but we are constantly striving to provide fun, unique, and exclusive features that you won’t find anywhere else.
The site has been rebuilt several times over the years, with the most recent design developed by Incognito Worldwide and hosted by I2WEBSERVICES.com.
Over the years, with the rise of public forums and social media platforms, private forums became less relevant, so we retired the original Landing Strip and replaced it so that members still had a private place to go; however, many now have shifted to our Facebook page, where we have nearly 10,000 followers.
In closing, we are always looking for Jets fans to contribute their talents to the site, so if you would like to help the JetsInsider.com team grow, please get in touch.
Thanks for visiting. Please come back often! Go Jets!
Warm regards,
SEAN M. DEEGAN
Founder: 1999
and
CHRIS NIMBLEY
Owner & Publisher since 2019