Ok I'm starting this thread for arcade site owners. I'll try to keep it alive and full of tips and discussions...so let me start it off first What kind of owner are you: A.) One or two big sites B.) Multiple mini sites Personally I'm A.) I find it a lot easier to focus on a small selection and build it up. Also is your site just a cookie cutter, or are you really into looking different among the rest?? I have a mascot and nice logo for my two.
I have 1 big site and 2 mini sites that I am building up. Good idea though, since the proxy owners have their own thread as well.
hey yeah I should of added a C. well anywho..yeah I'd like to see what we can pull outta this thread...I'll list my arcades: www.arcadehog.com - regular arcade and chat...about 2 years old www.dunggames.com - arcade where users submit their links and get traffic in return and thats all...I don't plan on building anymore
Nice. I'm just trying to promote my new arcades and juggle my other stuff right now. How much do yours bring in?
Great idea. I have several arcade sites, but I am also the author of the most advanced arcade script out there, Arcadem Pro. You can take a look at it here: http://store.agaresmedia.com/product_info.php?products_id=30
I might get into this niche. How do you promote? Is it easy to get returning traffic? What is the profit like?
I have one big site, http://www.gamestergames.com . Getting just over 1,000 uniques a day and its been up a month. I'm planning on adding a forum soon. Heres a tip. To get a lot of traffic (I'm not getting a ton because none of the games Ive made for it have done THAT well), sponsor a flash game (or make your own). I actually make flash games, put my sites logo in them and send them out. For every ten views the game gets (on other sites), we get one page view. It actually works out really well, especially if the game does very well (I've only put out 2 games so far. Neither are doing THAT great, but I'm releasing my third game for the site tonight) -Kyle
I am both A and B. I have one large site and several mini sites. I'm always interested in tips on promotion of arcade sites. My best tip: rank well in Google According to analytics the total visits for my arcade/mini sites was 2700 yesterday. Most of those visits came from ranking well in Google.
I promote by using arcadebanner exchanges like playbanners.com, trading traffic with friend sites, and talking some in gaming forums. Returning traffic is easy if you dont scare the user away. Dont blind them with 1000 blinking ads Profit is great if you have a good network...google adsense bites for arcades, don't use them. I suggest valueclickmedia. I'm expecting a little over $200 for this month
I don't know why, but adsense isn't doing that bad for my game site. Its getting on average around $2.30 per 1000 impressions. It gets an insanely high click rate (about 15%). EDIT: if you're not lying in your sig and really are getting $6-$10 per CPM, maybe $2.30 CPM is not that great
Adsense is doing fine for mine also, I have a steady CPM of $4. I seem to get around .20-.30 cents a click too. I guess it just depends on the quality of your traffic, and placement.
If anyone is interested in getting into this niche, and want to get in with a good, quality domain, check out my auction. http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?p=5873970
Seeing as it is two years old, I would expect your arcade to have far more active users. Is it safe to assume that you didn't market the website much?
Hi guys happy new year I own a Big website kenplay.com just knocking over 12k uv a day constant atm hitting the $xxxx a month now what im pleased about iv also got a on in devlopment here domain name and basic desgin so far play4all.net a small few rules on arcades u must remember 1. Desgin user friendly first thing ur user dnt wnat to see are ads ads and ads so lots game thymbs above fold. 2. ad placmnet blend them make them look like content 3. dnt use adsense looks ugly me thinks ( u cant earn money fom image ads 4. games update regualr 5.rank well on google ( 1 month ive done free games keyword 2nd page atm 6. Traffic swap with other site ( most valuble) 7. look at ur competeion see what there doing and why there doing great ( helps for them low times when server breaks) 8. chose your banner exchanges carefully Thats about it tushardhoot whats ur big arcade. I also own a unquie highscore arcade with VB froum gonna sell it soon
what is the best way to improve SE ranking? link exchange or buying links or directory submissions. what do you guys think?