Well, I took GameHappy down.
First, I had set up a trial account at TypePad for the site to get a feel for TypePad’s features. It’s a great system, but I get pretty much the same stuff from WordPress for free.
Second, the traffic just wasn’t there. I got an initial spurt of traffic at launch and it climbed well for a few days, then started to dwindle despite me trying valiantly to make at least 3 posts a night.
Finally, I found more and more that all I was doing was rehashing other people’s articles and publishing links to their sites. There really isn’t much that hasn’t already been said on a far more timely basis on any one of a million other games blogs that I was adding to the conversation. So, I shot it in the head.
awwww
Comment by dang — May 9, 2008 @ 1:15 pm |
Hey dude, seems a shame, but I know what you mean! I try really hard not to just rehash other peoples stuff, but sometimes if the story needs telling some people do it better.
The other thing is when I heard you were going to do a blog on games I thought I would add you to my feed reader! TypePad didn’t sem to have a RSS feed, maybe you could add it but WordPress seem to do it automatically.
Take care buddy
Comment by Skimmer — May 10, 2008 @ 7:08 am |
It’s a shame especially if you love games. I can understand what you mean. No one wants to rehash stories unless they can add something to the story.
Comment by Catherine — May 29, 2008 @ 9:36 pm |