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Ten Things I learnt from HitMebiz

To the tune of: Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick by Ian Dury & The Blockheads.

Cardinal Place taken by Simon Wicks

Radian6 is the paid-for social media metric of choice… (@robshaw99) …while Google Alerts is the free metric. (@melcarson) Any brand failure to engage with users will be punished… …but don’t overlink your sites – and don’t build e-commerce and social-bait sites on the same IP. (John Straw, @searchDNA) Long tail keywords are best for SEO. By 2019 your ipod will have enough space to record your entire life. (Via Kryder’s law.)  (John Straw) Always put your latitude [more...]

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(This is a response to Rob Fahey’s Special Editions piece on Gamesindustry.biz) . To the tune of: Yo, Ho – Disney There are three things that are going to keep gamers buying games rather than pirating them. Those are community play (achievements, online play, friend lists, chat, etc), fear (in my opinion, generally inducing negative emotions in the general population is something to be avoided as much as possible) and bonus content, such as DLC and Special Editions. Special Editions, in particular, are the future of boxed games..

A 1C Shop in Moscow

Why? Let’s look at Russia. Russia [more...]