Fan Page

A fansite, fan site, or fanpage is a website created and maintained by a fan or devotee interested in a celebrity, thing, or a particular cultural phenomenon. The phenomenon can be a book, televisionshow, movie, comic, band, sports team, game, or the like.

Fansites may offer specialized information on the subject (e.g., episode listings, biographies, storyline plots), pictures taken fromvarious sources, the latest news related to their subject, media downloads, links to other, similar fansites and the chance to talk to other fans via discussion boards. They often take the form of a blog,highlighting the latest news regarding the fansite subject. They often include galleries of photos and/or videos of the subject, and are often "affiliates" with other fansites.

Fanlistings areanother common type of fansite, though they are much simpler than general fansites, and are designed simply to list fans of a certain subject. In fact, many do not contain much information on the subjectat all, aside from a small introduction. They are generally made with the thought that visitors will already have knowledge on the subject. However, several are a part of a bigger fansite, used toamplify the fanbase's experience. Most fanlistings are unofficial.

Many sites utilize other aspects as well, such as communities and social networking tools to augment the experience further. Indeed,by the early 2010s, independently-run fansites had largely been superseded by Facebook groups.

Most fansites are unofficial, but a few are officially endorsed, where the subject will supplymaterial and reimbursement for the expense and bother of running the site. To state that they are unofficial, many fan webmasters put a disclaimer on a visible place on the website, which sometimes alsoincludes the copyright of the site. Many celebrities prefer to create and run their own sites, in order to control the content and perhaps retail their personal views. They employ their own webmaster...