Stunt
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Why does James always use the "it's an SEO thing" excuse? Can we rectify this?
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Why does James always use the "it's an SEO thing" excuse? Can we rectify this?
DieGrootHammer
Daddy TK
Links to broken or rubbish websites lowers the SEO rating of the website linking them. Google's crawlers picks this up and will demote the MyGaming website to lower ranks on certain web searches.
Got your back James.....
Clive Woofer
New member
Ah, makes sense, I guess.
Stunt
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DieGrootHammer
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shadowfox
Anime Junkie
However, on a site of the size and amount of activity like myGaming, a few broken links are unlikely to have any major effect. Because if you think that myGaming doesn't have any broken links on it, you're in for one hell of a surprise, because the majority of the site happens to be in the hands of regular users (ie the forum itself). And there are plenty of broken links on happily indexed forum pages.
Google uses more than 200 factors to rank sites and pages - broken outgoing links are a minor concern. It naturally happens on a large and busy site. If you had a 20 page site with 20 broken links ... yes ... it's a problem. If you have a 300,000+ page site with 20 broken links ... not so much.
I wasn't exactly arguing with James, though. In an ideal world, any administrator would want every facet of SEO to be perfect, and this includes things like broken links. But what many fail to realise is that SEO is just one facet of a much larger marketing pie.
I'd actually be fascinated to see myGaming's actual traffic stats, although I realise it's not very likely.
Lyt
New member
Attention whore. Here is your response!
James
MyGaming Alumnus
Yeah, we won't share stats of detail such as you get in Google Analytics. Effective Measure gives a good overview of websites in SA that offer advertising - lots of publishers of course. That info is available to members of DMMA and advertising agencies and such (and anyone who wants to pay really).
The two stats that generally matter the most are unique browsers and page views. We don't mind telling people our stats; I just can't disclose competitors info (those that are registered with DMMA at any rate):
December 2013 was a surprisingly good month; usually traffic dips around and Xmas and New year but this year it remained solid, a good sign
UB: 43,816
PV: 328,714
matt
Local caffeine junky
So that double posting issue that was resolved some time ago seems to be back. The one where you make one post, and it gets posted twice.
I've seen it a few times in the last couple of days.
Eg.
http://mygaming.co.za/forum/showthread.php/29200-Playstation-Plus-Thread/page26?p=871538#post871538
http://mygaming.co.za/forum/showthread.php/34845-Thread-Killer-Mk-VIII/page413?p=870602#post870602
Maybe the server is struggling with the high traffic volume this week or something? But thought I would point it out FYI.
I've seen it a few times in the last couple of days.
Eg.
http://mygaming.co.za/forum/showthread.php/29200-Playstation-Plus-Thread/page26?p=871538#post871538
http://mygaming.co.za/forum/showthread.php/34845-Thread-Killer-Mk-VIII/page413?p=870602#post870602
Maybe the server is struggling with the high traffic volume this week or something? But thought I would point it out FYI.
matt
Local caffeine junky
Ya, maybe it was taking too long to post and they clicked the button again or something, just thought I'd mention it though
Mister 44
New member
Nevermind traffic. That's a lot of lurkers
Well, hello out there! Why don't you register? We all float down here!
Edit: And we have cake
matt
Local caffeine junky
Nevermind traffic. That's a lot of lurkers
Well, hello out there! Why don't you register? We all float down here!
Edit: And we have cake
The cake is a lie!
James
MyGaming Alumnus
We are working on a new newsletter format and will send out one daily. The weekly letter will be dropped because of redundancy. On top of that, we will only occasionally send out special newsletters to announce big competitions.
Simply put, yes.
Mister 44
New member
Yeah, we won't share stats of detail such as you get in Google Analytics. Effective Measure gives a good overview of websites in SA that offer advertising - lots of publishers of course. That info is available to members of DMMA and advertising agencies and such (and anyone who wants to pay really).
The two stats that generally matter the most are unique browsers and page views. We don't mind telling people our stats; I just can't disclose competitors info (those that are registered with DMMA at any rate):
December 2013 was a surprisingly good month; usually traffic dips around and Xmas and New year but this year it remained solid, a good sign
UB: 43,816
PV: 328,714
I'd love to see the January numbers at the end of the month. It should be interesting to compare with December and see how much the PS4 comp have lifted the UBs and PVs. One could also see if the increased activity on the forums are mostly from new visitors or if it comes more from lurkers that are lured into posting to be eligible for the comp.
Tydmors
New member
yeah i think it will be through the roof. perhaps 3 or four times more than Dec, perhaps even more.
Clive Woofer
New member
It depends on how many of those people use adblock apps. I don't think Google pays based on page views alone. The visitors have to actually see the ads. I stand to be corrected, though.