Official Arcade Webmasters Thread

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by FIVE539, Dec 29, 2007.

  1. Loskas

    Loskas Peon

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    #481
    Have you guys tried to create/buy unique games for your sites? That could be a great traffic magnet.

    How do you seo your arcade-sites?
     
    Loskas, Jun 30, 2008 IP
  2. GamesPond

    GamesPond Well-Known Member

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    #482
    Anyone wanna trade links with my site www.gamespond.net will be working hard on it for the next 6 months. either pm me or go to the links page :)
     
    GamesPond, Jul 2, 2008 IP
  3. ColorWP.com

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    #483
    Just as the arcade site market, the arcade site script market became saturated too, because there are numerous good free alternatives. I guess if you can not overtop them as it comes to features and offer the script for a really competetive price, you could have success.

    My 2 cents.
     
    ColorWP.com, Jul 2, 2008 IP
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  5. thecatalyst

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    #485
    I have made 2 games for my site and i think it helps promote your brand
     
    thecatalyst, Jul 2, 2008 IP
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    #486
    Just a heads up, the next Arcadem Pro release (version 2.709) includes Smarty templates. I know a lot of you have said that the main problem with Arcadem Pro was it's theme system, and I listened to that feedback and fixed the issue. Here's a blog post that covers the switch to Smarty templates in depth, including what to expect:
    http://arcadempro.com/arcadem-pro-27-milestone-4-smarty-templates-rc1/
     
    jquindlen, Jul 7, 2008 IP
  7. ronmac

    ronmac Well-Known Member

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    #487
    do buyers of the 2.6 version ( that paid for it just last week ) get a free update?
     
    ronmac, Jul 7, 2008 IP
  8. jquindlen

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    #488
    Absolutely. I will give upgrades to even those users who purchased 2.0 almost a year ago.
     
    jquindlen, Jul 7, 2008 IP
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    #489
    Wanting to find out about a good and reasonably priced (i know that may be a contradiction) - Dedicated Server for arcade sites - any help would be appreciated.
     
    marmbo63, Jul 18, 2008 IP
  10. GamesPond

    GamesPond Well-Known Member

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    #490
    Game Developers ....

    If you would like please submit your games to Gamespond.net and I will review them asap..

    :) thanks
     
    GamesPond, Jul 20, 2008 IP
  11. jquindlen

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    #491
    You can't beat softlayer.com for dedicated servers. You can get a dual core Xeon for $120 a month. Find a coupon somewhere and you'll probably get some free upgrades thrown in. I've used them for mass proxies sites on 3 occasions, and they definitely offer the best bang for your buck and great customer service.
     
    jquindlen, Jul 20, 2008 IP
  12. jquindlen

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    #492
    .

    We've just released Arcadem LE 2.64 for FREE. It includes 500 free games, a full multi-tasking AJAX admin panel, 10 themes, and a ton more. For the download and more information, visit this URL: free arcade script

    Screenshot:
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    jquindlen, Jul 26, 2008 IP
  13. Mess

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  14. peter_anderson

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    #494
    For 1:1 Traffic Trade for Arcades

    See my sig :)
     
    peter_anderson, Jul 26, 2008 IP
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  16. lightstarm2k

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    #496
    So where do you find new flash games for your site? pls share!!!

    thanks
     
    lightstarm2k, Jul 31, 2008 IP
  17. cocoMonkey

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    #497
    Newgrounds is the main site for people adding new games - you could get them from there.

    Armor games gets new games often.

    If you dont mind not having the "latest" fresh from the coders games, addictinggames has 10000's of games -- so you could take a new one from there each week.

    Make sure you give a link back to the developers site if you take them, then it wont really matter.

    If you want 100% new -- pay somone to make you one, you can get a total custom one for a few $100. -- then, when people rip your game off your site, and you've submitted it to newgrounds and people take it off there -- you get all the backlinks at the start of the game.

    I've made a few arcades, made a few custom games, and got them getting a few 100 unique visitors just from the backlink clicks built into the game.

    :cheers:
     
    cocoMonkey, Jul 31, 2008 IP
  18. ColorWP.com

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    #498
    So basicly, you gave a couple hundreds of dollars, just to get a few hindred targeted visitors? That sounds pretty expensive advertisement. I guess it is more for branding purpose and for long term visitors, isnt it?

     
    ColorWP.com, Jul 31, 2008 IP
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    #499
    Just started my own games website, decided to go the manual route and add all the games manually, hopefully a good idea to make it unique.

    WeeGame
     
    Darkness, Jul 31, 2008 IP
  20. ColorWP.com

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    #500
    Do you make the games yourself and do you mind sharing the script with me?
     
    ColorWP.com, Jul 31, 2008 IP