Submit your games for some (almost)free advertising

Discussion in 'Advertising' started by brendgard, May 16, 2010.

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    My partner and I have a new game portal. Right now, it is only set up to handle flash games, but we are working on a similar section for RPG/MMORPG as well. If you have that(or other type of game site), let me know, maybe you can help determine how best to do it, to meet the needs of those type site owners.

    As for the flash games portal section, here is how it works:

    This is only for the originating authors or sponsors of games. The game's page on your server gets listed in our database. Not the game itself, the page it gets played from. The script feeds them out almost as if it were an arcade, but instead of playing the game from our server, or hot linking through an embed code, the game is played from your own website, it's own page. Our site feeds out a page with frames which includes your page.

    The top frame has some ads to help pay for our hosting, a link to report a bad link, a link to put the game into their favorites on my site, and a link to remove the frames(taking them directly to your site).

    The bottom frame is the page on your site that the visitor would play the game on, as if they had gone directly to your website. It displays your ads, banner exchanges, etc.

    Some are already starting to recognize this system as having been done with huge success in the past with a couple sites that have routed huge amounts of traffic to the participating arcades this way.

    The rules are simple:
    1) Only the author or sponsor can submit. The originating author gets first dibs on submitting it. If they can not be ascertained, and more than one sponsor submits it, the first sponsor who submits will usually get it. Only one instance will be accepted. This is NOT for any old game you downloaded and put on your site. If you didn't develop it, sponsor it, etc, you can not submit it.

    2) We ask for no frame breaking code on your site. We are coding it into our site to set it up so that the visitor can click on a link and do away with the frames, taking them directly to the page on your site. This gives the visitor the choice of adding your game to his favorites list on our site so that when they return they can easily find it through our site as well. Your own ads and banner exchanges will be shown, so you are losing nothing by this, but gaining traffic by advertising through our site. We feel this is not a burden, and a very small price to pay for the extra advertising you will be getting.

    3) No adult anything on your page. We don't care if you don't have a problem with it or not. If our advertisers have a problem with it, we have the problem, and it will be taken down. We won't play games with this.

    4) We require you to use a real email address when registering, if you are going to be submitting games for this promotion. No, we have no desire to SPAM you, we hate it ourselves, but if there is a problem with your game/site and we can't get ahold of you, it will get removed. Again, we can not afford to play games with this. We just need to be able to get ahold of you if there is a problem, that's all. If you choose to opt in, there is a newsletter that may get sent out from time to time, but you have to choose to subscribe from inside your profile. It is NOT automatic, it is purely voluntary/opt in.

    For members who are just looking for games to play, we do not require a real email address. However, we are also working on such things as a forgotten password system, which only works if you have supplied a real address.

    5) A sitewide/front page link back to us. This is also not a burden on a webmaster for getting some promotion.

    6) We could add or modify these terms as we see fit. You either accept them, and any changes, or you can't participate.

    Real simple eh?



    The URL is http://gamersgo.com and you are invited to register an account and submit your games. Please do follow the instructions as to what info is entered into the form. And if you have feedback please do let us know. The site is designed to help game site owners. If there is some feature you think would make your life easier, speak up about it.

    Yes, the site is ugly as sin right now, we are working to get a new template done. If you do templates and want to make a proposal, let me know.(Or banners)

    There are also some things we are not yet finished with.

    But this is a great deal for those who have developed or sponsored games. It has helped gain huge amounts of traffic in the past for those game owners who have participated in this type of thing. It is almost free of charge. The only price is following the rules.

    The question has come up as to whether we can help an arcade owner out by setting up an account for them and entering the games into the database. Right now, we can help a few out, for the time being. As things get busier, we might have to scale back what we can do, and for how many. If you need help in this, let me know.
     
    brendgard, May 16, 2010 IP