Lurker > yoloyoloswagEMP

yoloyoloswagEMP posted...

uwnim posted...

https://www.gamefaqs.com/feedback?type=28

thanks

also, anyone know who to contact from CBSI about this? I'd like to send some screenshots their way ;)

NP.

I'd recommend not doing that. Apparently some Xsquader guy did that and it didn't go well.

yoloyoloswagEMP posted...

bobbysjoby posted...

yoloyoloswagEMP posted...

bobbysjoby posted...

Are gamespot users coming this time too? The NBA and RAP boards seriously need some new blood

231 hasn't been good in years

Facts, used to be able to go there just to get news updates lmao

r/hiphopheads closest thing to that but DAMN that board was so fucking good back in the day

i'm talking like...a decade ago

Yup, used to be posses, the dipset lovers, the backpackers who only repped the underground and way tang clan and affiliates, and everyone hated g unit

I dunno how that place died such a brutal death

https://www.gamefaqs.com/feedback?type=28

yoloyoloswagEMP posted...

SBAllen posted...

yoloyoloswagEMP posted...

Using a subdomain means you don't share SEO power, they're still separate entities in the eyes of Google. Hahah CNET is a fucking mess

SEO wasn't mentioned anywhere in what you quoted. :)

No shit? That's why I brought it up?

Even SBAllen can't wrap his head around this one hahah

You don't seem to have any idea what you're talking about so I'll leave you be. You got us! Hahah!

Uzi is punk/ pop if anything

yoloyoloswagEMP posted...

If @SBAllen apologizes for being condescending and unprofessional, I'll close my account.

I'm sorry for being condescending and unprofessional when originally responding to you. You at least seem to understand why we're doing what we're doing which is good. You don't need to close your account.

yoloyoloswagEMP posted...

bobbysjoby posted...

Are gamespot users coming this time too? The NBA and RAP boards seriously need some new blood

231 hasn't been good in years

Facts, used to be able to go there just to get news updates lmao

yoloyoloswagEMP posted...

Tmk posted...

yoloyoloswagEMP posted...

TIL flaming the site admin ain't that big a deal

Just don't bust out the hard stuff like calling him a "lamer"

i called him lactose if ya know what i mean

You called him a sugar that is present in milk?

Are gamespot users coming this time too? The NBA and RAP boards seriously need some new blood

yoloyoloswagEMP posted...

TIL flaming the site admin ain't that big a deal

Just don't bust out the hard stuff like calling him a "lamer"

CableZL posted...
Oh yes he does

We don't take kindly to people who welch 'round here

I mean, I'd assume he has an alt ready and waiting anyway. Or this is a s***posting alt in itself that he just didn't switch away from for this topic.

SBAllen posted...

yoloyoloswagEMP posted...

If @SBAllen apologizes for being condescending and unprofessional, I'll close my account.

I'm sorry for being condescending and unprofessional when originally responding to you. You at least seem to understand why we're doing what we're doing which is good. You don't need to close your account.

Oh yes he does

We don't take kindly to people who welch 'round here

yoloyoloswagEMP posted...

If @SBAllen apologizes for being condescending and unprofessional, I'll close my account.

I'm sorry for being condescending and unprofessional when originally responding to you. You at least seem to understand why we're doing what we're doing which is good. You don't need to close your account.

wtf man. now we know SBallen stands for Soy Boy allen

yoloyoloswagEMP posted...

company secrets

I'm still confused why he used this phrase, and not the actual phrase "trade secrets". Not even getting into whether any of this actually falls under that umbrella.

MC_BatCommander posted...

Calm down emp

To be fair, Allen's being ridiculous.

Calm down emp

Honestly, I'm amazed he stuck around this long. Usually he just runs away when things don't go his way.

Allen really just needs to admit this whole conversation is well above his pay grade and back out.

@yoloyoloswagEMP

As someone who wants to start learning SEO, what resources would you recommend?

yoloyoloswagEMP posted...

SBAllen posted...

You don't seem to have any idea what you're talking about so I'll leave you be. You got us! Hahah!

SBAllen posted...

Hey, you're the marketing expert! :)

Which is it then, bruh? What kind of shit are you tryna pull here?

We're not fucking stupid, you're backpedaling.

....you were talking about SEO when I said that.

A URL we will have to look at all the time. Looks ugly and lowers the quality of my GameFAQs experience.

You don't seem to have any idea what you're talking about so I'll leave you be. You got us! Hahah!

Hey, you're the marketing expert! :)

Spooking posted...

Hmm... does that mean if somebody clicks an ad on GameFAQs, both GS and GFAQs get credit for the click? Double dipping?

No. You can read yoloyoloswagEMP's post above as it touches on some of how it works. It doesn't cover all of the details but it gives you a high level view as to what will be going on. There's a lot more nuance to it, of course, but again it's not really my place to explain how CBS Interactive goes about making money. Nor should it be, of course.

yoloyoloswagEMP posted...

ChromaticAngel posted...

yoloyoloswagEMP posted...

The primary reason for this domain change is to show that as a collective, GameFAQs and GameSpot are the definitive, largest destination for gaming on the Internet. By combining our strengths and hosting the sites on the same domain, we will offer the largest and most comprehensive place to go to for anything gaming. We considered many options on how to get the two sites on the same domain. Ultimately, it made the most sense to have both sites on the GameSpot domain, as it is the flagship CBS Interactive gaming brand, rather than hosting both sites on the GameFAQs domain or even moving both to another new (and unknown) domain.

What fucking idiot came up with this solution?

Using a subdomain means you don't share SEO power, they're still separate entities in the eyes of Google. Hahah CNET is a fucking mess

it's a branding thing. the SEO isn't going to change.

it was decided likely by some dude high up at CBS miles above SBAllen.

Senior Sailor probably isn't happy about this as it's a demotion for him.

Yeah dude, I get the play but I don't see it as their best option.

Speaking as someone that does marketing strategy for a living, I don't see why they don't merge to a single domain to gain backlink power from GameFAQs' website assets. If they're migrating anyways, why the subdomain? What's the advantage?

What products do you help market that's more profitable than gamefaqs?

@yoloyoloswagEMP

Huh, thanks for the enlightenment.

And to think I had you dismissed as a troll up until recently.... My bad...

eah, thanks @yoloyoloswagEMP

Nice to get answers from someone.

it's more of a "company secret" anyway

yoloyoloswagEMP posted...

PiOverlord posted...

SBAllen posted...

Eevee-Trainer posted...

Can someone (Allen?) explain to me how "subdomain of GameSpot" translates to "more revenue to spend on FAQs?"

It's complicated and I'm not the best person to explain it (and really it's more of a "company secret" anyway), but basically it revolves around how internet advertising works.

Can you direct us to someone who would know?!? We want answers.

I got you. Let's put it as simple as I can...

Advertising networks typically work on tiers (to some degree). Reach a certain threshold for traffic and you're able to use their platform. Increase your traffic and you can get better rates. For example, the promoted links by Taboola you see on these forums have a min. 500k impressions per month to be considered for their ads.

In the eyes of advertisers, there are 2 separate websites right now: GameFAQs and GameSpot.

By moving GameFAQs to a subdomain or GameSpot, they can combine their traffic metrics for advertisers. They go up a tier and can get paid more for ads.

In reality, it's a lot more complex than this and can work very differently depending on the advertiser but this should cover the concept at least.

Hope that helps, it's not like you can expect anything useful from @SBAllen

So you actually see this as something that COULD potentially lead to more revenue for gfaqs?

SBAllen posted...

Eevee-Trainer posted...

Can someone (Allen?) explain to me how "subdomain of GameSpot" translates to "more revenue to spend on FAQs?"

It's complicated and I'm not the best person to explain it (and really it's more of a "company secret" anyway), but basically it revolves around how internet advertising works.

Can you direct us to someone who would know?!? We want answers.

Eevee-Trainer posted...

Can someone (Allen?) explain to me how "subdomain of GameSpot" translates to "more revenue to spend on FAQs?"

It's complicated and I'm not the best person to explain it (and really it's more of a "company secret" anyway), but basically it revolves around how internet advertising works.

SBAllen posted...

yoloyoloswagEMP posted...

So it's about easy transition, rather than performance?

Nope, this is incorrect.

I made my statement about the domain move. Like any other business in the world, we make a statement and we don't share every conversation had behind closed doors. I'm answering questions that make sense to answer and ignoring things that I don't see a merit to answering.

SBAllen posted...

I'm answering questions that make sense to answer and ignoring things that I don't see a merit to answering.

SBAllen posted...

I'm answering questions

where

yoloyoloswagEMP posted...

So it's about easy transition, rather than performance?

Nope, this is incorrect.

I made my statement about the domain move. Like any other business in the world, we make a statement and we don't share every conversation had behind closed doors. I'm answering questions that make sense to answer and ignoring things that I don't see a merit to answering.

yoloyoloswagEMP posted...

ChromaticAngel posted...

yoloyoloswagEMP posted...

CableZL posted...

yoloyoloswagEMP posted...

It's a neutral, yeah.

My point is that if they're combining the two, why wouldn't they just move to a single domain instead?

I think the goal there is to combine them both to a single domain and still keep the boards separate. One or more parties didn't want to move them to a single domain.

You're saying they couldn't accomplish that without a subdomain?

gamespot.com/gamefaqs wouldn't work?

why would you have that clusterfuck of a URL which, by the way, uses the exact same DNS as gamespot.com thus ruining the search rankings.

How is that a clusterfuck? It's the exact same character length as using a subdomain.

You seriously think that move would ruin rankings? LOL

No it doesn't.

There is the fully-qualified domain to worry about, in this case www.gamespot.com/gamefaqs which is longer than gamefaqs.gamespot.com.

there are also other advantages to using a subdomain such as the ability to use a specialized or wildcard cert for https. as a website within gamespot, you can only use gamespot's cert which means when gamefaqs does something they have to make sure it plays nice with gamespot's cert. That increases SDLC time because you have to coordinate cert changes and deployments with more organizations.

and yes. full domains, TLDs, and subdomains all have priority in rankings over somebull.shit/morebull/shit.aspx?more=bullshit&shit=fromabull

yoloyoloswagEMP posted...

Or are you gonna keep avoiding the discussion?

He's gonna avoid the discussion.

Hell, when Ceej was in charge the message announcement board accepted comments to provide him feedback and Allen turned that board into a safe space.

Probably wasn't even up to SBAllen in the end.

yoloyoloswagEMP posted...

How is that a clusterf***? It's the exact same character length as using a subdomain.

You seriously think that move would ruin rankings? LOL

It's the same character length, yeah, but it throws GameFAQs into a GameSpot subdirectory as opposed to still being a separate web page.

yoloyoloswagEMP posted...

You're saying they couldn't accomplish that without a subdomain?

gamespot.com/gamefaqs wouldn't work?

It would work, but that essentially puts all of GameFAQs into the gamespot.com domain, and would pretty much make GameFAQs just parallel to gamespot.com/pc or gamespot.com/xbox.

If you want to keep the sites separate, a subdomain makes more sense, since you can have gamefaqs.gamespot.com point to the same IP as GameFAQs.com, then just have gamefaqs.com redirect to gamefaqs.gamespot.com. It's an easier transition than throwing the entirety of GameFAQs into a Gamespot subdirectory.

yoloyoloswagEMP posted...

CableZL posted...

yoloyoloswagEMP posted...

It's a neutral, yeah.

My point is that if they're combining the two, why wouldn't they just move to a single domain instead?

I think the goal there is to combine them both to a single domain and still keep the boards separate. One or more parties didn't want to move them to a single domain.

You're saying they couldn't accomplish that without a subdomain?

gamespot.com/gamefaqs wouldn't work?

why would you have that clusterfuck of a URL which, by the way, uses the exact same DNS as gamespot.com thus ruining the search rankings.

yoloyoloswagEMP posted...

CableZL posted...

yoloyoloswagEMP posted...

It's a neutral, yeah.

My point is that if they're combining the two, why wouldn't they just move to a single domain instead?

I think the goal there is to combine them both to a single domain and still keep the boards separate. One or more parties didn't want to move them to a single domain.

You're saying they couldn't accomplish that without a subdomain?

gamespot.com/gamefaqs wouldn't work?

That would just be an interior page to the domain of gamespot. A subdomain works differently.

yoloyoloswagEMP posted...

It's a neutral, yeah.

My point is that if they're combining the two, why wouldn't they just move to a single domain instead?

I think the goal there is to combine them both to a single domain and still keep the boards and sites separate. One or more parties didn't want to move them to a single domain.

yoloyoloswagEMP posted...

It's a neutral, yeah.

My point is that if they're combining the two, why wouldn't they just move to a single domain instead?

I think the goal there is to combine them both to a single domain and still keep the boards separate. One or more parties didn't want to move them to a single domain.

yoloyoloswagEMP posted...

Asherlee10 posted...

SBAllen posted...

Asherlee10 posted...

@SBAllen - do you think moving Gamefaqs a subdomain on Gamespot will increase traffic?

Nope, but our traffic isn't a concern anyway as we still have year to year growth in all important traffic metrics.

Huh - I figured there would be expected increase in traffic with this sort of move because of the SEO impact.

There's no SEO benefit to doing this because they're using a subdomain.

there is no SEO downside either.

rankings won't change as well as Google mainatins their own transactional DNS history so when one domain changes to another they know and update the rankings.

I don't know why you're so concerned about SEO