EOI = 23% of all traffic to Keenspace

Xmung · Post by **Xmung** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 7:25 pm

what faub said.

even 'professional' stuff improves as its creator gains more skills. there's never a point you can be 'perfect' cos where do you go from there? (many things jump the shark after they're 'perfect'!!!)

Yeahduff · Post by **Yeahduff** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 12:07 am

Phalanx wrote:
Ratbert wrote:Way to go, Sorty. It's amazing that PA has the power to convert a normal comic (not that EOI wasn't popular before, but still) into a huge hit...imagine if someone else got linked from them or even you!
I believe the last time I got plugged by Sortelli I nearly fell off my chair because my visits/per day shot up to 1000...from what... 250?

Pretty damn impressive... I say

I'd post the graph of my hits in March, but I'd fear I was gloating. Anyway, looking at it, the day that Sortelli plugged me in a rant is rather absurdly clear. It's like seeing the Sears Tower sitting in the middle of Kansas.

Thank you for that.

Xmung and Faub speak truth.

Warren · Post by **Warren** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 5:50 am

Go ahead and gloat, man. I like your comic, so you must deserve it!

War · Post by **War** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 6:25 am

Gloat my son, gloat all you want!

Phalanx · Post by **Phalanx** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 7:18 am

yeahduff wrote: Anyway, looking at it, the day that Sortelli plugged me in a rant is rather absurdly clear. It's like seeing the Sears Tower sitting in the middle of Kansas.

I like that analogy, it's so apt.

faub wrote: I don't think you should turn down any help that might be available to you just because you don't think you're ready. You may find that your comic has been ready for months and you're the only one holding you back.

*cough*

That's very good advice.

Sortelli · Post by **Sortelli** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 3:23 pm

Thanks for the kind words again guys. I better get to work on the merchandising after all. I sure as heck wouldn't turn down a place at Keenspot, not in a million years, but as I type right now I am about 16 hours late on a late late late update so I better get back to my comic. ^_^

Faub · Post by **Faub** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 7:44 pm

Phalanx wrote:*cough*

That's very good advice.

Yeah, so I'm a hypocrit, so what? 8)

Jaster! · Post by **Jaster!** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 7:54 pm

Sortelli linkage is a magical thing, he sent a link my way mid-march and my hits SKYROCKETED. He also conveniently was too busy to update for about a week after having linked me, and as such I consistently had crazy high page views for a while. Imagine my dismay when he updated again, and hits settled right down to about normal, making me realize that my popularity was due to the extreme coolness of EOI, and not really anything I had done.

Oh well! Congrats! You definitely deserve it.

I... should probably update and take down that almost week-old April Fools joke before I complain about traffic, too.

Brockway · Post by **Brockway** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 8:04 pm

So Sortelli, gonna put up a newsbox anytime soon?

*brought to you by webcomics that get less than 1k hits a month...*

Orion · Post by **Orion** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 9:56 pm

indeed, lets us steal your beautiful viewers.

Tim · Post by **Tim** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 10:05 pm

Some of us already steal a few, thanks to us linking EOI and helpless prey falling into our Google search traps. mwahahaha >:D

Terotrous · Post by **Terotrous** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 10:39 pm

brockway wrote:So Sortelli, gonna put up a newsbox anytime soon?

*brought to you by webcomics that get less than 1k hits a month...*

Visits. Less than 1k visits. They're as different as night and day.

Don't you think that night and day are different? What's wrong with you?

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 10:46 pm

faub wrote:
Phalanx wrote:*cough*

That's very good advice.
Yeah, so I'm a hypocrit, so what? 8)

Pray tell the story, I gotta practice my awesome gossip skills.

Faub · Post by **Faub** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 11:04 pm

Simple enough, Ping gave me the same advice and I turned it down.

http://www.talkaboutcomics.com/viewtopic.php?t=14171
Girlamatic is taking submissions. Ping thought I should submit FAUB. Adis has already submitted CYS and I gave a couple silly reasons for bowing out.

Sortelli · Post by **Sortelli** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 11:20 pm

Girlamatic is cool. I second teh Ping!

Yeahduff · Post by **Yeahduff** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 12:32 am

All right, since it's funny, and War 'n' Warren asked me to (thanks guys), this is my month of March.

I thought something was broken in my favor when I first looked at it.

edit Maybe you can see it now.

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 1:27 am

faub wrote:Simple enough, Ping gave me the same advice and I turned it down.

http://www.talkaboutcomics.com/viewtopic.php?t=14171
Girlamatic is taking submissions. Ping thought I should submit FAUB. Adis has already submitted CYS and I gave a couple silly reasons for bowing out.

Did I miss something? I though girlamatic is hosting only comics by girls?

Mr.Bob · Post by **Mr.Bob** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 2:14 am

Jaster! wrote:Sortelli linkage is a magical thing, he sent a link my way mid-march and my hits SKYROCKETED. He also conveniently was too busy to update for about a week after having linked me, and as such I consistently had crazy high page views for a while. Imagine my dismay when he updated again, and hits settled right down to about normal, making me realize that my popularity was due to the extreme coolness of EOI, and not really anything I had done.

Oh well! Congrats! You definitely deserve it.

I... should probably update and take down that almost week-old April Fools joke before I complain about traffic, too.

YOU have the most NOTORIUS update schedule in the WHOLE of KEENSPACE!!!
Every time I miss an update I'm sad.
But then I think, "Ahh.. but what the heck - Ol' Jaster's probably leaving ARG for another month or so!"
And then I feel less sad.

*poke*

Sortelli · Post by **Sortelli** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 3:04 am

Let's not forget Cup of Suffering, which has been more than a year between updates at least. But they say they still update, so I have hope.

Phalanx · Post by **Phalanx** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 3:23 am

yeahduff: Wow! That's some spike!

faub wrote:Simple enough, Ping gave me the same advice and I turned it down.

http://www.talkaboutcomics.com/viewtopic.php?t=14171
Girlamatic is taking submissions. Ping thought I should submit FAUB. Adis has already submitted CYS and I gave a couple silly reasons for bowing out.

It was just a suggestion, since you mentioned you wanted to get FAUB published and all that, and that would have helped a lot.

But come on, don't let anything I say push you in one direction or another. It's just my opinion after all. It's your comic, and your choice in the end.

Oh, and Adis didn't submit CYS, he submitted another series of his: The Wisdom of Moo.

From what I heard, he really impressed Lea Hernandez. Half of her latest editorial was all about him and his new series.

I'm glad. I think we all agree that Adis deserves some recognition at last.

mcDuffies wrote: Did I miss something? I though girlamatic is hosting only comics by girls?

*Elsewhere in the world, Lea Hernandez senses a disturbance in the Force*

You know, most people automatically assume that because of the name, but it's not true. While the majority of creators are female, a good number of the creators are male as well. And the stories there aren't the icky 'girly romance' stuff either.

I mean, look at SPADES. It's by most standards, it's what some people would call a 'manly' comic (IMHO that's silly, 'manly' comic, heh) but it's going to be in GAM anyway.

If I'm not mistaken, GAM is about female friendly comics, but NOT female only comics. Like I think I mentioned elsewhere, it's more of a place for creators and readers where the 'titties sell comics' mentality doesn't apply.

That doesn't mean we want to have boring stereotyped 'girl' branded comics stuff. Personally, I like my violent/horror/mystery/action comics, just minus the stupid obligatory eye candy women in ridiculous get ups.

Or at least, if you have to have cheesecake, then be fair and have something for the girls too

Oooh. Am I ranting? Drat. I am. Sorry. At least I cleared that point up.

Ping stop now.