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Are you saying that you have never bought anything at a grocery store that wasn't on your list?

Also, it may be a "text adventure" but theme is always important to every player in every text adventure.

There are other manager games like BB that pop up well before them with the "simulation" search. I'd bet their entire client list is made up of people that searched "simulation" instead of "manager". Even if you disagree that this is a simulation game, it boils down to simple product marketing. Take a look at the ads here on BB. I'm looking at one for a fantasy based MMORG called Tynon right now as I type this. Does that have anything to do with basketball, management, or simulation at all? Nope. But the people paying for the ad know darn well that BB players are more likely to check it out even though they didn't search for it.

In this case, I'm talking about people that are actively searching for a game which has an even better success ratio of sign ups than an ad does. And since the searcher is actively trying to find a desired theme (in this case basketball) you want to make sure you get as many looks as possible. So what if only 2% decide to sign up on the "simulation" search. That's more than what you would have otherwise.

And really, it doesn't take that much work.

Last edited by Gamer at 10/9/2013 11:56:21 AM

The sign up ratio isn´t what I´m talking about - the "stick with it" ratio is my concern. Nevertheless - whether it takes "not so much" work or "alot of work", it still requires work, and it´s up to the BBs to decide about it. Your suggestion is out, and heard. Nuff said.

Kind of like reading BB forums:

Read the BB global forum... there is a novel by Wolph
Read the non BB global forum... there is a novel by Wolph
Read the suggestions forum... there is a novel by Wolph
Read the help forum... there is a novel by Wolph
Read the (insert thread title here)... there is a novel by Wolph

It is true it takes but a few minutes to update some HTML mumbo jumbo to increase listing on web searches.

Oh and I never go into the non-bb global forum, not that I am aware of or remember recently.

Funny, you've been punching away at the keyboard here: (249848.1)

Why couldn't you just agree in the first place? ex. "Yes, I agree BB could spend a small amount of time improving their search engine exposure." not regressing into a pointless list of unrelated searches.

I agree totally. I have had friends that signed up and when the 1st game started and they didn't see any REAL basketball(Dunks,Jumpshots people actually moving around on a court) being played, they quit the very next day. One friend even compared BB to farmtown. A bit harsh but he wasn't that far off...you go on and check everything and log off just to log back on the next day and do it all again.

Semantics and Definitions aside, I think the original poster is on to something. BB has an exposure problem. With 33k users and the average userbase declining season by season, BB could certainly use some more people discovering the game. Search Engine Optimization, or whatever the correct term, why wouldn't or shouldn't the BBs work on this. This game is phenomenal. From my experience, a lot of the bugs have been fixed, things seem to be running smoothly, and they've added cool new features and functionality lately.

Why not have the BBs post on the News page that they would love some help with Search Engine Optimization, and they're looking for users help. With 33k users, many of whom clearly like analytical things, chances might be good that someone has SEO expertise in the userbase.

Semantics and Definitions aside, I think the original poster is on to something. BB has an exposure problem. With 33k users and the average userbase declining season by season, BB could certainly use some more people discovering the game. Search Engine Optimization, or whatever the correct term, why wouldn't or shouldn't the BBs work on this. This game is phenomenal. From my experience, a lot of the bugs have been fixed, things seem to be running smoothly, and they've added cool new features and functionality lately.

Why not have the BBs post on the News page that they would love some help with Search Engine Optimization, and they're looking for users help. With 33k users, many of whom clearly like analytical things, chances might be good that someone has SEO expertise in the userbase.

I agree with you, Timbo4.

I see the real problem quite differently though. I'm surprised, our friends from Nippon, haven't mentioned it, in this thread yet. All the search engine fixes in the world, won't solve it.

Its how people are now connecting to the internet. I used to be, what you would call, a PC gamer. Japan, used to have millions of them, but what we are finding out, we saw in Japan 1st, was how people are not sitting in front of their computers anymore. The world has gone Mobile!

Instead of wasting time/effort/money/other resources, on how you bing up in a search engine, BuzzerBeater, needs to get with the Generation Millennials and develop an APP. Even companies like Disney, know how to reach the changing world. Their last major game lauch, Disney Infinity, has access through 4 game systems AND a bought APP!

I'm not a coder, but if the Puffin browser, can let us watch our games live, building an APP can't be that difficult. I would think the hardest thing to do would be involve the Transfer Lists for players and staff, as those change by the second. The rest would just be navigation issues.

If you don't believe me, just take a honest look around, not at this moment, but throughout your week, and observe how people connect to the internet. Its not like it was 10 years ago, or even 5 years. The Iphone has changed everything.

Someone should make a viral video promoting BuzzerBeater.