Hades, if you choose to do that, be careful about the whole COPPA type stuff.
09 Jul, 2007, Hades_Kane wrote in the 22nd comment:
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Conner said:
Hades, if you choose to do that, be careful about the whole COPPA type stuff.
I appreciate it… but after looking into it, I found this:
"The Act applies to websites and online services operated for commercial purposes that are either directed to children under 13 or have actual knowledge that children under 13 are providing information online. Most recognized non-profit organizations, are exempt from most of the requirements of COPPA. However, the Supreme Court ruled that non-profits operated for the benefit of their members' commercial activities are subject to FTC regulation and consequently also COPPA."
Since we aren't in anyway attempting to benefit commercially, I would think it wouldn't be an issue. But still something that I will investigate further.
I've always thought that the whole COPPA thing just smacks of government interference in our lives. If parents aren't responsible enough to monitor what their kids do on the net, they have only themselves to blame. They should stop running to the government every time junior puts his email address into a contact form or on to a web forum for all to see.
TBH, i always just clicked yes, i am 13 or over.. =P. of course now i am 13 or over so thats irrelevant, but its not actually going to stop anything. :TBH, i always just clicked yes, i am 13 or over.. =P. of course now i am 13 or over so thats irrelevant, but its not actually going to stop anything. :[
I've always thought that the whole COPPA thing just smacks of government interference in our lives. If parents aren't responsible enough to monitor what their kids do on the net, they have only themselves to blame. They should stop running to the government every time junior puts his email address into a contact form or on to a web forum for all to see.
But Big Brotherhas to protect you from everything… :rolleyes:
kiasyn said:
TBH, i always just clicked yes, i am 13 or over.. =P. of course now i am 13 or over so thats irrelevant, but its not actually going to stop anything. :TBH, i always just clicked yes, i am 13 or over.. =P. of course now i am 13 or over so thats irrelevant, but its not actually going to stop anything. :[[/quote]
Getting back on topic, the Frontier has utilized a lot of paid advertising in spurts over its four years in existence. As pointed out by others, the trick is where you advertise. We ran ads on TMS, Mudmagic, Mudconnector, MPOGD, SomethingAwful, and a few other gaming sites with great results. Particularly cost-effective was SomethingAwful's forum ads ($15 for linking to a topic), it drove in all kinds of traffic. If you run ads at the same time you post to sites that are in the same theme/genre as yours, you can really see a huge blast of traffic.
It just takes some tinkering to find a combination that works well for your game. I'd advise trying to pace yourself and keep a lower number of ads up and running every month rather than blow a huge chunk of money on a bunch of different sites for one month.
I suck at artwork, even in the slightest, I'd enjoy taking advantage of the free banner posts, but that would require me to make a banner, and it would be really lame. and anyone who saw it would be like 'OMFG, that is SOOO LAME, the mud must be just as bad'
so i'd rather not have a banner and leave it a mystery till they log in, then they can find out that its lame…. :P
18 Jul, 2007, Hades_Kane wrote in the 33rd comment:
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Lol, that's pretty amusing :p
Why don't you try to get someone to make one for you?
I just happened to have had a neat idea for mine and ran with it… I'm sure if you had some ideas, someone would be willing to help you out.
I used Xara Webstyles to make most, if not all, of my banners. It's a nice program, but it's not free. You might be able to use a demo version of it long enough to create the banners you need/want.