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Chrizum on 04 August 2011
Immortal said:
Chrizum said:
Immortal said:
You can't blame them. gamrFeed's job is to get hits - nothing more, nothing less. And, if you compare the number of views that "Sony is the Next Nintendo" as a fanboy article with no proper evidence supporting it gets (over 16000, I think?) to most of the objective sales analysis articles (from under a thousand to less than five thousand), it's quite clear that the former is far, far better at getting the job done.
We should just be glad that VGC has a couple of objective articles, even if they are getting fewer and farther in between.

Bingo. This strategy is extremely short-term though, as it comes with the price of users getting bored with the same old fanboy drivel which will eventually drive them away.

Hardly. Users will remain here for "the sales figures and the community" (that line is so overused, it's getting amusing, xD) and still view the articles every so often because, they don't actually lose anything by reading the article, regardless of whether or not it would have been written better by a monkey on a typewriter. Therefore, by publishing flamebait that hasn't been proofread, gamrFeed gets more hits despite putting in way less effort in terms of editing and accuracy without losing any significant proportion of its readership since they all stay for the rest of the site.

Businesswise, it's a genius strategy!

Actually, data points out this site and especially GamerFeed is now less popular than ever.



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Runa216 on 04 August 2011
RolStoppable said:

O...kay...

That sure is one the weirdest responses I've ever read.

I'm here for your entertainment, I guess. That said, I was just saying that sometimes it's okay to just spout your opinion, whether it's serious or not.  Editorials don't have a set pattern or level or srsness, sometimes you can make a point by just all out shouting, other times it requires finesse.  I know that thing you wrote was a joke, but to be honest some of the points made sense.  I wouldn't go as far as to say Sony IS askiddy-like as nintendo, hell no...but you did make good points, even if by accident.  I think.  

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o_O.Q on 04 August 2011
Spedfrom said:
What you actually mean OP is that you don't like to read editorials that feature your console(s) of choice in a less than bright light. But then again, who does?

It's ok, breathe in and then out. The masses will decide which one comes out on top. We're but a drop in the middle of the ocean.


this exactly



Immortal on 06 August 2011
Chrizum said:

Actually, data points out this site and especially GamerFeed is now less popular than ever.

Really? I don't mean to imply that I don't believe you at all, but would you care to link me to the data? That would be quite surprising considering how many views the now-frequent fanboy articles get.



 

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TadpoleJackson on 06 August 2011
Immortal said:
Chrizum said:

Actually, data points out this site and especially GamerFeed is now less popular than ever.

Really? I don't mean to imply that I don't believe you at all, but would you care to link me to the data? That would be quite surprising considering how many views the now-frequent fanboy articles get.


http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/vgchartz.com

That's for the base site/. They don't have records on gamrconnect or gamrfeed