here is a fast Free arcade traffic shortcut
OK Guys
I know during these dog days of summer many arcade webmasters are emptying buckets of cold beverages down the drain because what they are really thirsty for is another long post from yours truly LOL. So with that in mind I thought I would write something today about free traffic generation. This is going to be a neat little trick that you can use for a quick little pop of traffic to your arcade. Now the good news is that this trick is completely free but the bad news is that it is going to cost you a little time to get it all setup and do a little research. So lets get this party started guys!
What you will need:
An arcade script with an RSS FEED built in
( Preferred )
There are sites that will convert your page to a feed but
I have never done this with them.
1. Visit Google trends: look over the main page but also Click on the link that says "More hot searches " and in my example I am of course looking at
Hot USA searches and topics.
NOTE: Another site to get hot topics from is twitter itself by visiting
http://twopular.com/
This site merges all the data so you can get a birdseye view of what guys are tweeting about on twitter ( anyone get that Birds eye view bu dum bump LOL ).
2.OK now you will not find this every day but on occasions you can look for
people in the news, weird stories or something that is related to a Flash game you know exist ( or double check on some archives like FGD,Gamesfeed,Mochi and AWF uploads ) but you DONT have this game on your site already.
3. Now if you got an idea then we are half way there. Next you add the game to your site and try to use Keywords similar to the search topic or string you found on Google or the birds on twitter.
4. OK now you update your RSS feed if that is not done for you automatically
5. Now visit a site like
http://www.pingler.com
and ping your feed
6. Then just sit back because you have picked a good game to add and will get some Extra traffic and back links in 2 ways.
a) There are a lot of scrapers looking for hot topics and they will discover your site and feed giving you a few backlinks for free.
b) There will already be a built in interests for the game you added and YOU KNOW 100% that there is because of the research you done. This will lead to more plays and page views + the possibility of a player sharing that game ( because it was based on a hot topic right then ) with a friend.
NOTE: This game might not be really new but because you are tying it into your site for the first time it is new to your visitors and if you drop a few KW here and there it will be related to a hot current fresh topic. Right now the trend seems to be leaning towards what my brother calls " Hot n Now " stuff more than ever in the search engines.
That is just a fast and easy traffic shortcut you can use for your arcade. I have done this a lot over the years and most recently with a Green lantern game a few days ago. When there are less results for a
topic and you catch it fast ( test results by putting the phrase in Quotes on google search ) then you can sometimes get a first page listing in Google for this new game you added ( GREAT traffic pop then ). I had that happen to me with a Chris Brown and Rihana dressup game back in the day. I hope this little traffic shortcut helps someone and gets you to thinking of more little tricks to build free traffic fast.
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Originally Posted by Jason C
