Traffic For a Gaming Website

There are a lot of gaming websites popping up online as time goes on, and a lot of these sites are struggling for traffic. If your a cheap person and only want to use free resources, there are plenty abound.

Youtube and Google Video can generate you a lot of hits if you have video that is worth seeing, such as convention showings, game reviews, and so forth. Something that draws the people to your site to find that extra tidbit of information. Another is going to various other gaming sites across the net and toss a short summary about the article and a link back to your site. Be sure to don't advertise this too greatly on your competitions site, I'm sure you wouldn't want the same done to you either.

There is yet another method of getting a LOT of free traffic, using sites like www.fohguild.org and www.legionofsteel.org which have a substantial userbase and can net you a large amount of traffic. This is usually an untapped resource that isn't usually used by most marketers, since people usually think that guilds are small in nature, which can be true for the most part, except for those rare mega-guilds that have several hundred members, tens of thousands of hits per day, all by themselves.

The best type of marketing is viral marketing, gaming in general is usually like that. Someone see's something interesting on your site, they link it in some random forum, more people see it on their forum, and they link it onward. You just need to be able to plant the seeds in some nice fertile soil, such as other popular high traffic sites (fansites, mega-guilds, etc).

Knights of the Old Republic MMO?

BioWare has formed a new online team to create a Star Wars: Knight of the Old Republic massively multiplayer online game. You can read more about it here.

Warhammer Online Beta Coming Up!!

It's been a good wait watching the development of this blossom into a true Warhammer game. Beta has just been announced at Warhammer Online's Official Site, in which they are picking guilds for the test. I hope whoever gets the chance to beta test this game really does a good job and nails out the bugs. I've been waiting for Warhammer to become a MMO for a very long time. I even followed the previous Warhammer Online which was being made by a different company until it stopped development.

Here's to hoping my guild named the Legion of Steel gets into beta, we've been waiting for this one for a long time. *crosses fingers*

:)

World of Warcraft : Blood Elf Mask?

Alot of people wonder where they can pick one of these up. They are located in Azuremyst Isle and Wrathscale Point near the southern coast. Both the Alliance and the Horde can kill the Blood Elf Bandits to get these (They are not in the service of the Horde).

*Hint - For lower level characters, it's easier to drown yourself under the boat in Auberdine where you take to get to Valaar's Berth, and then respawn on top of it.

Hunter Pet Training for the Blood Elves?

Alot of new players seem to have no clue that at level 10, the Blood Elf Hunter can do a questline to get the ability to train pets. The person you need to speak to is Oninath, he's located in the Hunter training area in Silvermoon City in the north eastern area.

Trademarking Your Guild Name? Has It Gone Too Far?

When guilds start becoming living communities, is it right or wrong to trademark your name?

"The Syndicate® has also Trademarked our name with regards to all things online gaming related. Because we own the trademark of The Syndicate® (and our logo and motto’s) it is not permitted that our name be used by any other gaming guild/clan/group or any other gaming related webpage without our expressed written permission."

Article found at: http://www.raphkoster.com/?p=302

The Funniest and/or Interesting Guild Names?

While in my travels through various MMO's, I've picked up some very funny guild names. Check them out!


Rolfcopter Down Send Aid
Built Horde Tough
Itty Bitty Brigade
Huge PvPness
Riders of Lohan
Two Dollar Horde
Flowers of Happiness
Oprah Windfury
Death From Below
Hurts when I PvP
Farm Or Family Dies
Sapped Girls Cant Say No
Less QQ More Pewpew
Rock N Reroll