The stats have shown a drop though in readership and views. I guess the honeymoon is over. LOL For the most part it is understandable. Once the newness has faded (and it does fade quickly doesn’t it?) it is expected to see less visitors.
I guess that is the reason for this post. I have been looking around the site and I think this is a great place for outside the GAP interactions but I can’t discount the anonymity of being online. Perhaps that is why we get a lot of readers and not much in terms of comments or posts.
I apologize for not posting anything in here. I am getting used to the idea of posting for all my GAP buddies without the constraints of it being a Sony sanctioned site.
This place is here for you though GAP members. Please if you want something other blog plugs or personal site plugs, feel free to drop a comment here with some suggestions. I have been messing around with the themes and I guess it is something we Caretakers never talked about. How fluid do we want the Theme and banner? I liked the black theme we had first. I wanted the Gamer Advisory Panel banner to be something we would recognize immediately.
I guess not all of us have our GAP Cards at the ready though. LOL I am a card carrying Sony Elite gamer apparently because I keep my card in my wallet. =)
So if there is something you want to see in here other than a Social networking hub, blog plugs etc., please leave a comment.
I hope this new post is something that will spark more usage and interaction outside of the Gamer Advisory Panel for us in here. It has been a great start and I hope to see more GAP Members with a WordPress blog and thank you to those who have been added to the blogroll. I have so much to read each time I log in and I thank you for that.
I think that some of the drop in the stats could be those of us with WP accounts using BlogSurfer. I pretty much read blogs that way and only really click through if I want to comment.
Comment by Rain — August 1, 2008 @ 10:09 am
I keep mine in my wallet too.
Thought I’d put this here: I made a MGC leaderboard for the GAP if you want to put it on the side here. You just need to add a text widget and copy and paste this:
<a href=”http://www.mygamercard.net/clboard.php?id=BrrpNGtk” rel=”nofollow”><img src=”http://card.mygamercard.net/apps/clboard/u6sfzbqO.png” /></a>
Comment by dharmabum — August 5, 2008 @ 6:12 am
hmm, the code tags didn’t work, wish WP had a preview function.
Comment by dharmabum — August 5, 2008 @ 6:13 am
Like so?
Comment by NIAC — August 5, 2008 @ 9:07 am
That made part of it appear, but the full code isn’t there… because it had img tags, which aren’t allowed in comments, I guess WP stripped them out even surrounded by the code tags. I’ll try again in this comment, maybe I goofed the tags; otherwise I’ll just email it (assuming you want to put the leaderboard up here, no offense to me if you don’t).
Comment by dharmabum — August 5, 2008 @ 5:02 pm
And, how’s that?
Comment by NIAC — August 5, 2008 @ 8:52 pm
LOL, speaking of me being retarded, I didn’t even RSS my main WP blog here. ahahahah DUH.
Comment by NIAC — August 6, 2008 @ 10:57 am
I thought that was a conscious choice on your part but I guess we’ll have to chalk it up to your old age…again. =) LOL
Comment by E_Dragon — August 6, 2008 @ 11:43 am
No, not really a choice. Lack of focus? Like that guy buying milk, and handing it to his wife, when they already have 35 cartons in the fridge.
Comment by NIAC — August 6, 2008 @ 12:16 pm
I’m glad you said cartons and not sacs of milk. LOL
Poor ol guys with Alzheimer’s and senility. I will be glad I won’t be aware of such things forty years from now. So what did you do with all that milk?
Comment by E_Dragon — August 6, 2008 @ 12:39 pm
Hey wow, I haven’t checked this in a while. I Like the new look and the links are way easier to follow! Thanks!
Comment by dagger32 — August 7, 2008 @ 5:12 pm
Glad you like it Dagger. Hmm, the RSS feed says you have a new post. =) Protected? Pfft. =) I will be there to check it out.
Comment by E_Dragon — August 7, 2008 @ 8:21 pm