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RPGPundit says "there's no significant loss of users going on here". Sources within!

Started by FeloniousMonk, May 01, 2018, 11:41:48 PM

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FeloniousMonk

May 01, 2018, 11:41:48 PM
Quote from: RPGPundit;1036753There's no significant loss of users going on here. We get new users all the time.

Fake news! Source:

https://www.similarweb.com/website/therpgsite.com#overview
https://www.semrush.com/info/therpgsite.com?db=us

Your traffic is down. Significantly.

Mike the Mage

#1
May 02, 2018, 12:10:05 AM
If you are happy to see the site doing badly, what do you post here for?

Actually, a quick check of your post history answers that.

Never mind.

I suggest this thread is moved.
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Manic Modron

#2
May 02, 2018, 12:11:10 AM
The PnP RPG page is already cluttered up with enough things that are only tangentially related to actual RPGs.  This bullshit isn't helping.

Christopher Brady

#3
May 02, 2018, 12:20:22 AM
I blame Mearls for jumping on the politicizing a hobby trainwreck and getting everyone mixed in with it.
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#4
May 02, 2018, 12:30:04 AM
I smell a vendetta.
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Spinachcat

#6
May 02, 2018, 01:14:59 AM
More members would be a good thing, but RPGPundit doesn't run the forum as a business, like RPG.net, BGG or ENworld. If he invested in advertising and marketing, I expect we would see a significant uptick, but that's harder with organic growth. Also, G+ has made forums less popular, even though I personally don't see the major draw of G+

S'mon

#7
May 02, 2018, 01:58:43 AM
Quote from: FeloniousMonk;1036948Fake news! Source:

https://www.similarweb.com/website/therpgsite.com#overview
https://www.semrush.com/info/therpgsite.com?db=us

Your traffic is down. Significantly.

Traffic might not equal users though, since similarweb says 77% of traffic is via search engine results, ie not registered users. Locking Pundit's Forum to search would in itself hit this traffic.
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jeff37923

#8
May 02, 2018, 03:05:27 AM
Quote from: Ratman_tf;1036961I smell a vendetta.

Yeah, or unrequited love.
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RPGPundit

#9
May 02, 2018, 03:37:34 AM
Closed. And Monk, consider this your one and only warning. This thread constitutes Site Disruption, off-topic posting, and stalking (a hatrick of offenses).  I should probably just ban you right now since you're inevitably going to keep on going with this.
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#10
May 02, 2018, 11:06:01 AM
Final post as an FYI. Sites like that mean nothing, since most of their bots are blocked here.

Quote from: FeloniousMonk;1036948https://www.similarweb.com/website/therpgsite.com#overview
https://www.semrush.com/info/therpgsite.com?db=us

Your traffic is down. Significantly.
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