Comments on: Don’t Believe – Test It http://www.gameproducer.net/2006/01/24/dont-believe-test-it/ I'm baking games. Indie style. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:05:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Game Producer http://www.gameproducer.net/2006/01/24/dont-believe-test-it/comment-page-1/#comment-135 Game Producer Thu, 26 Jan 2006 05:27:12 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/2006/01/26/dont-believe-test-it/#comment-135 @Ken: That's true - the example I give here is not the best one. But I still say that the site I checked is getting more than million visitors yearly and is not the first "long" blog I've seen. It was kind of a test of "one site suggesting small against one popular site suggesting big" test with my perception (true - you shouldn't use "opinions") about the general size of blogs (gamematters, gbgamer's etc.) - and as said: I remember my target audience (game developers). Very good comment. To make a proper test needs a systematic approach on how to conduct the research/test situation and how to evaluate the results. @Ken: That’s true – the example I give here is not the best one. But I still say that the site I checked is getting more than million visitors yearly and is not the first “long” blog I’ve seen. It was kind of a test of “one site suggesting small against one popular site suggesting big” test with my perception (true – you shouldn’t use “opinions”) about the general size of blogs (gamematters, gbgamer’s etc.) – and as said: I remember my target audience (game developers).

Very good comment. To make a proper test needs a systematic approach on how to conduct the research/test situation and how to evaluate the results.

]]> By: Ken Paulson http://www.gameproducer.net/2006/01/24/dont-believe-test-it/comment-page-1/#comment-131 Ken Paulson Wed, 25 Jan 2006 16:36:08 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/2006/01/26/dont-believe-test-it/#comment-131 Checking one site isn't really much of a test. A popular, established site will be able to bend or break many rules. Excessive size could keep a smaller blog from ever reaching higher. So it's good to test, but you need to do a real test if the results are to be meaningful. But you also have to keep in mind your target audience. Game Developers will tend to have better technology in general, so I'd bet that fewer of them would have 56k than compared to the general public. But then you should really test that theory. :) Checking one site isn’t really much of a test. A popular, established site will be able to bend or break many rules. Excessive size could keep a smaller blog from ever reaching higher. So it’s good to test, but you need to do a real test if the results are to be meaningful.

But you also have to keep in mind your target audience. Game Developers will tend to have better technology in general, so I’d bet that fewer of them would have 56k than compared to the general public. But then you should really test that theory. :)

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