Author Topic: GoNintendo "blog" (Read 15172 times)

Shift Key · « **Reply #25 on:** February 20, 2008, 11:17:13 AM »

Quote from: thatguy on February 20, 2008, 08:00:48 AM

I've got to be honest, Gonintendo is a pretty good site. Look at it. As a Nintendo fan, I can go there at the end of the day, and see absolutely everything that happened that day. And who cares if not all of the content is original? RMC has to make a living somehow, right? The site is good for me, and that's probably all that matters.

What's even better is that they've expanded. It's like they're a real, legit media powerhouse now. Pretty soon, they'll probably be one of the biggest gaming conglomerates out there, and I couldn't be more excited.

Dot points because I'm lazy.
~ They post everything they can get their hands on. That's not how a professional site works.
~ The ratio of content referenced to content generated is not a good business model. What happens when the other sites they source go under? What happens when 100% of their content referenced is rumour?
~ If they can't even keep the GoNintendo site up (couldn't reach it the last time I tried) how are they going to handle three sites?
~ The community is full of rabid fanboys and is already up there with NeoGAF and GameFAQs on my "bottom of the pit" list.

ShyGuy · « **Reply #26 on:** February 20, 2008, 11:23:57 AM »

So wait, the entirety of game media is going to go under and then GoNintendo is screwed?

Shift Key · « **Reply #27 on:** February 20, 2008, 11:53:17 AM »

Quote from: ShyGuy on February 20, 2008, 11:23:57 AM

So wait, the entirety of game media is going to go under and then GoNintendo is screwed?

Traffic and advertising is what keeps game media sites alive. I may be extrapolating a bit but if you have one conglomerate then the others are fighting for the smaller part of the pie.

NWR_pap64 · « **Reply #28 on:** February 20, 2008, 08:39:02 PM »

Quote from: Pale on February 18, 2008, 04:41:19 AM

Gonintendo is just an aggregator. Aggressive fans flock to it because they post EVERYTHING... even completely unfounded rumors.

When people are in a certain stage of their fandom, their entire day revolves around swallowing up every piece of news they possibly can. That is why gonintendo is successful. I don't think NWR should feel threatened by them.

Now this is true. If you want something posted or noticed Go Nintendo is your best bet. They don't ask where you got the info, if its true or who you are. You just send it, they read it and if its good enough its posted, sometimes within an hour of sending it.

While I admit I go to the site in order to check out what's going on in Nintendo land it is very questionable that they post whatever they get their hands on without even checking if its worth it or not.

vudu · « **Reply #29 on:** February 20, 2008, 10:05:00 PM »

Quote from: Shift Key on February 20, 2008, 11:17:13 AM

Dot points because I'm lazy.

You missed the point.

nitsu niflheim · « **Reply #30 on:** February 20, 2008, 10:09:11 PM »

Quote from: Svevan on February 18, 2008, 05:01:11 AM

Let's burn this mother down.

DISCO INFERNO!

Plugabugz · « **Reply #31 on:** February 22, 2008, 08:45:20 PM »

So what other sites would be respectable?

Anybody who says NWR is banned.

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #32 on:** February 22, 2008, 09:01:25 PM »

Bashing IGN and GoNintendo, how um original? I will say though the NWR podcasts are 10xs better than GoNintendo's "let's be stupid" cast

Crimm · « **Reply #33 on:** February 22, 2008, 09:27:20 PM »

Quote from: GoldenPhoenix on February 22, 2008, 09:01:25 PM

"let's be stupid" cast

Thank you for Episode 88's title.

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #34 on:** February 22, 2008, 10:31:20 PM »

Quote from: GoldenPhoenix on February 22, 2008, 09:01:25 PM

Bashing IGN and GoNintendo, how um original? I will say though the NWR podcasts are 10xs better than GoNintendo's "let's be stupid" cast

You make it sound like it's an act...

Crimm · « **Reply #35 on:** May 07, 2008, 09:49:08 PM »

I would just like to state the following: "speed racer DS" in Google (without quotes) gets GoNintendo's co-opting of my review as result 2.

We're not even on page 2.

"speed racer DS review" (also without quotes) makes my review (on their site) the third result (the second site). We are fifth.

That's terrible

ShyGuy · « **Reply #36 on:** May 07, 2008, 10:49:48 PM »

So GoNintendo has higher pagerank than Nintendoworldreport....

DAaaMan64 · « **Reply #37 on:** May 07, 2008, 10:52:35 PM »

Quote from: ShyGuy on May 07, 2008, 10:49:48 PM

So GoNintendo has higher pagerank than Nintendoworldreport....

Thats because Digg's favorite Nintendo source is GoNintendo. Reddit as well...

Makes me laugh though because GoNintendo gets more hits but has less ads. Not to be an ass, but how come?

MegaByte · « **Reply #38 on:** May 07, 2008, 11:10:22 PM »

It's easy to get more links in/search engine rankings when you copy everybody's content.

DAaaMan64 · « **Reply #39 on:** May 07, 2008, 11:17:05 PM »

Quote from: MegaByte on May 07, 2008, 11:10:22 PM

It's easy to get more links in/search engine rankings when you copy everybody's content.

Have you ever asked them not to copy our content?

Nick DiMola · « **Reply #40 on:** May 08, 2008, 12:11:58 PM »

After I posted my Octomania review I did a little research to see what publications would pick it up. There were definitely sites worse than gonintendo who literally quoted my whole review. At least gonintendo only gives a taste and links to the full review.

In any event, I personally can't stand the site. It is just spammed with garbage and they will post ANYTHING, it makes for really irritating browsing if you aren't checking it constantly.

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #41 on:** May 08, 2008, 12:34:41 PM »

Quote from: Mr. Jack on May 08, 2008, 12:11:58 PM

After I posted my Octomania review I did a little research to see what publications would pick it up. There were definitely sites worse than gonintendo who literally quoted my whole review. At least gonintendo only gives a taste and links to the full review.

In any event, I personally can't stand the site. It is just spammed with garbage and they will post ANYTHING, it makes for really irritating browsing if you aren't checking it constantly.

But you miss out on the most intelligent gaming community in the WORLD.

vudu · « **Reply #42 on:** May 08, 2008, 02:09:33 PM »

GoNintendo serves a purpose. I generally browse it quickly once a day to pick up on any stories I might have missed otherwise. It's also handy that I don't have to visit all the gaming related sites unless they have something I'm particularly interested in reading (although, that's probably why a lot of other sites don't like GoNintendo).

ShyGuy · « **Reply #43 on:** May 08, 2008, 02:31:15 PM »

You know who's a worse "thief" than GoNintendo? NeoGaf. I think we should hate on them.

Ghisy · « **Reply #44 on:** May 10, 2008, 06:41:47 AM »

I personally read GN on a regular basis, I know they post everything and anything but I'm not sure where else I could find that much info about Nintendo (except for NWR).
Any links to good news gaming sites??

animecyberrat · « **Reply #45 on:** May 10, 2008, 11:26:07 AM »

I never liked GoNintendo myself but not for the reasons everyone here has. I just think the site is cluttered and not very well organized.

But this (NWR) site and Gamespot are the only two sites I take time to read, besides occasionally stopping by Sega.com.

D_Average · « **Reply #46 on:** May 10, 2008, 12:01:48 PM »

Its nice to find others who share my distaste for GoNintendo. At the end of the day, they serve no purpose. Google Reader does what they do, except 100x times better.

I can't imagine what it must be like to have no voice of your own.

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