What Would Add Value to Gamers for A Newly Established Gaming Blog?

chenyjuliana

chenyjuliana

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Umm, so...I started a gaming blog called thegamerian.com and initially didn't think of making it like a proper blog but more like an experiment hub with AI content with the rise of ChatGPT and many AI writing tools (perhaps this is already a mistake from the start...). Blog content is currently 90% AI-written stuff, 10% genuine manually-written game reviews on indie games that I personally played and enjoyed. Thought to pump up my site's DR and DA via some seller services to hopefully rank some of the AI articles (ok, a second big mistake) - it worked for a period of time before the latest Google update crashed all hopes and dreams lol.


Perhaps it's a good thing that happened, because I finally realized that I DO care about my blog. I feel sad to know my DR dropped from 40+ to 13 now, and that goes without saying that many of my previously ranking articles have dropped out of SERP, so bye-bye to my site's traffic. All I'm kinda left now is a blog that is beginning to lose purpose of existing, to the point that I'm struggling with the thought of scraping the project entirely vs rebuilding it properly as an income-generating yet helpful site, not an afterthought like my previous mindset.

Thing is, I also realized that my blog is just another meh blog out there. What kind of value should I provide to gamers or potential readers? What would gamers like? What's the best course to rebuild my blog to tide against the heavy competition? I admit I'm not a hardcore gamer, just a casual, on-off one, and I'm not even highly skilled in any of the games I've played.

Sorry that this is starting to sound like a rant, but I would love to hear your ideas and thoughts if you were in my shoes. Or...perhaps I shouldn't even start a blog in this niche? x.x
 
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StickyPostFarm said:
You could try to google most popular MMO games at the moment and get started with class specific guides / best farming spots / how-to's and maybe explaining some of the ingame systems.
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Thank you for your input. Would you be interested to read something like that from a new website vs more established sites like GamesRadar+ or GameRant? Will trust be a factor that impacts your decision to come back to the site?
 
chenyjuliana said:
Thank you for your input. Would you be interested to read something like that from a new website vs more established sites like GamesRadar+ or GameRant? Will trust be a factor that impacts your decision to come back to the site?
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To be honest with you, I would personally read it only if I knew you play / played that game and know what you are talking about !
Too many platforms around writing guides and such but only few of them really has good info ( acquired by really playing that game ) and not talking about something they only seen on youtube .
If you really want to do this, I suggest setting up a Twitch / YT account and go live, play games and write guides / reviews for them, always ask your viewers what they want to see / read .

EDIT : Ive just take a look on your website and the first thing popped out is your gambling / casino related writing, that was a major GTFO for me and just left without actually reading anything.
 
What would add real value would be interviews with really good gamers.

I'm not talking about established, e-sports legends.

I'm talking about people who have established an early reputation for the game.

Maybe you can find them through their YouTube channels or Twitch streams.

Or maybe you can find them through Twitter because people talk about their favorite games, and sometimes they mention the names of the players that they know who are really good.

Some of these players are maybe on Discord but they don't have their own YouTube channel or Twitch streams.

The key here is to find talent before they blow up.

I think that would be an amazing niche because it's very gameplay-intensive.

It's kind of interactive on that front.

But also people like to know who the up-and-coming talent is and to get into their heads.

This way, your channel gets to pick back on the fast-rising careers of some of these people.

Now, of course, it's a numbers game.

So chances are, for every 100 interviews you do, maybe 1 person will get famous.

I don't know if you want to take that kind of risk.

But to me, since I play a lot of games, that sounds like a lot of fun.
 
StickyPostFarm said:
To be honest with you, I would personally read it only if I knew you play / played that game and know what you are talking about !
Too many platforms around writing guides and such but only few of them really has good info ( acquired by really playing that game ) and not talking about something they only seen on youtube .
If you really want to do this, I suggest setting up a Twitch / YT account and go live, play games and write guides / reviews for them, always ask your viewers what they want to see / read .

EDIT : Ive just take a look on your website and the first thing popped out is your gambling / casino related writing, that was a major GTFO for me and just left without actually reading anything.
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Thank you for the feedback, I truly appreciate that! I think one hurdle I'm facing is that, I do play many games but to actually put those into reviews takes up a lot of energy and resources (plus even if I do play them, I may or may not have completed them :/) haha. But that is definitely in the plan.

blackbeans said:
What would add real value would be interviews with really good gamers.

I'm not talking about established, e-sports legends.

I'm talking about people who have established an early reputation for the game.

Maybe you can find them through their YouTube channels or Twitch streams.

Or maybe you can find them through Twitter because people talk about their favorite games, and sometimes they mention the names of the players that they know who are really good.

Some of these players are maybe on Discord but they don't have their own YouTube channel or Twitch streams.

The key here is to find talent before they blow up.

I think that would be an amazing niche because it's very gameplay-intensive.

It's kind of interactive on that front.

But also people like to know who the up-and-coming talent is and to get into their heads.

This way, your channel gets to pick back on the fast-rising careers of some of these people.

Now, of course, it's a numbers game.

So chances are, for every 100 interviews you do, maybe 1 person will get famous.

I don't know if you want to take that kind of risk.

But to me, since I play a lot of games, that sounds like a lot of fun.
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Ooo, this is something I haven't thought about at all, really interesting idea! Thanks for taking the time to answer this
 
Festinger Vault said:
I would changing your theme to a more gaming related website t.b.h.
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Hmm, this is something I didn't really think about much since I was going for gaming blog kinda concept rather than gaming news website style. Thank you for the feedback! - I will consider this for sure :D
 
Try adding esports tournament stats to your blog, like who's competing with who, their scores, and stuff. Gamers love keeping up with the latest competition results and player rankings.
 
chenyjuliana said:
Umm, so...I started a gaming blog called thegamerian.com and initially didn't think of making it like a proper blog but more like an experiment hub with AI content with the rise of ChatGPT and many AI writing tools (perhaps this is already a mistake from the start...). Blog content is currently 90% AI-written stuff, 10% genuine manually-written game reviews on indie games that I personally played and enjoyed. Thought to pump up my site's DR and DA via some seller services to hopefully rank some of the AI articles (ok, a second big mistake) - it worked for a period of time before the latest Google update crashed all hopes and dreams lol.


Perhaps it's a good thing that happened, because I finally realized that I DO care about my blog. I feel sad to know my DR dropped from 40+ to 13 now, and that goes without saying that many of my previously ranking articles have dropped out of SERP, so bye-bye to my site's traffic. All I'm kinda left now is a blog that is beginning to lose purpose of existing, to the point that I'm struggling with the thought of scraping the project entirely vs rebuilding it properly as an income-generating yet helpful site, not an afterthought like my previous mindset.

Thing is, I also realized that my blog is just another meh blog out there. What kind of value should I provide to gamers or potential readers? What would gamers like? What's the best course to rebuild my blog to tide against the heavy competition? I admit I'm not a hardcore gamer, just a casual, on-off one, and I'm not even highly skilled in any of the games I've played.

Sorry that this is starting to sound like a rant, but I would love to hear your ideas and thoughts if you were in my shoes. Or...perhaps I shouldn't even start a blog in this niche? x.x
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tracking game pricing in different region - goal - buy game cheaper - drives traffic
tracking game discounts and automatically make a post about it - goal - buy game cheaper - drives traffic and blog subscribers ( can be converted to service )
 
Remove the AI content and fall back to manual writing like the old days and keep doing the basic link building yourself, rather than going for the easy services.

Try adding a YouTube channel to your gaming blog.

Write some trouble shooting related content or even articles where you can help gamers where they get stuck into some levels.
 
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