{"id":68,"date":"2008-07-30T17:27:11","date_gmt":"2008-07-30T17:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/positech.co.uk\/cliffsblog\/?p=68"},"modified":"2012-12-07T14:15:07","modified_gmt":"2012-12-07T14:15:07","slug":"sticking-to-our-corner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.positech.co.uk\/cliffsblog\/2008\/07\/30\/sticking-to-our-corner\/","title":{"rendered":"Sticking to our corner"},"content":{"rendered":"

They say that there are 800 million people on the web, and google claims<\/a> to have indexed over a trillion pages now. Anyway you look at it, the web is a BIG place, with tons to offer, lots to do, and bags of opportunity. The web is the very first real worldwide marketplace, where anyone (even a guy in his bedroom<\/a> in England) can sell something he creates all over the world, to an audience in the hundreds of millions. Surely there is a catch?<\/p>\n

Yes.<\/p>\n

The catch is, that those 800 million people aren’t looking for what me or you makes, and even if they did, it’s not easy to find us. I think part of the problem is that as human beings, we haven’t really adapted our brains or our attitudes to the web. We are still thinking like apes, clustered together in our own little social groups.<\/p>\n

Think of the last time you read the world news online. Think of the time before that, and the time before that. I’m 95% likely it was the same sites all three times. Right? I know I get my news from the same place (BBC <\/a>news), despite the fact that I could just as easily read it here<\/a> or here<\/a> or here<\/a>. And that’s just the Uk take on the world news. Maybe I want a US<\/a> view? or maybe Australian<\/a>? How about a totally different<\/a> point of view?<\/p>\n

I don’t go to any of those sites often at all. I stick with what I know. So do most people, for news, stock market information, travel information, the weather, and for entertainment.<\/p>\n

If people get their games news from a site that doesn’t ever feature indie games, they may never hear of my games. If they buy their games from Steam, I’m invisible to them. If the maybe 0.01% of games sites that i advertise with arent on their radar, I am invisible. Obviously that’s bad for me, but it’s also bad for them.<\/p>\n

When was the last time you went to a totally new website that you haven’t visited before? and what percentage of your surfing is truly exploring what’s new, as opposed to rechecking the same 20 URLS in your bookmarks? And most relevantly to me, where do YOU <\/strong>get your games news, reviews and demos?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

They say that there are 800 million people on the web, and google claims to have indexed over a trillion pages now. Anyway you look at it, the web is a BIG place, with tons to offer, lots to do, and bags of opportunity. The web is the very first real worldwide marketplace, where anyone<\/p>\n

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