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yourofl10
08-05-2009, 11:23 AM
There is nothing wrong with this imo. But I;m sorta surprised because TA and AppVee are compete against each other. But if TA needs the money or what ever it's fine. I'm just surprised but it's fine by me I coudl care less really.

Discuss.
Eli
08-05-2009, 11:24 AM
what
Mr. Charley
08-05-2009, 11:25 AM
Where is Appvee advertising here? I don't get it...
yourofl10
08-05-2009, 11:27 AM
Where is Appvee advertising here? I don't get it...

home page I'll get a screenshot
Eli
08-05-2009, 11:27 AM
They have a banner rotating in the bottom block of the right hand side of the front page.
yourofl10
08-05-2009, 11:29 AM
They have a banner rotating in the bottom block of the right hand side of the front page.

Yea thats what I;m talking about.
I cant seem to find it but when I do I'll take a screenshot. Since it rotates I can seem to get it.
dannys95
08-05-2009, 11:36 AM
yourofl10 you liar. there is NO bottom banner.

http://up.widget2.mibbit.com/up/3Wx6bQPJ.png
Mr. Charley
08-05-2009, 11:37 AM
Interesting....

Don't see a banner on the bottom right hand side of the front page but maybe it's blocked here at work.....who knows.

Count me in then as someone else that's surprised. Does TA have a banner on appvee too? ;)
Prab
08-05-2009, 11:46 AM
Hmm.. I saw the AppVee ad before as well. I think I saw it on the front page, at the top right hand side of the page (under "support our sponsors")..
DaveMc99
08-05-2009, 12:08 PM
yourofl10 you liar. there is NO bottom banner.


Yes there is..
6060
dannys95
08-05-2009, 12:11 PM
Wasin't there when I took MY screenie
Kamazar
08-05-2009, 12:41 PM
Yeah, I've seen it there for the past month, too. Didn't remember what AppVee was 'til now, but never clicked it because it was too vague to interest me. Methinks TA is safe ;)
yourofl10
08-05-2009, 01:07 PM
Yes there is..
6060

Yea thanks! Thanks for getting it theres my proof
yourofl10
08-05-2009, 01:08 PM
I'm just wondering why because AppVee and TA are competitors...Theres nothing wrong with it imo.
Eli
08-05-2009, 01:15 PM
I'm just wondering why because AppVee and TA are competitors...Theres nothing wrong with it imo.

Pretty simple, they want to drive traffic to their site. Touch Arcade gets a lot of traffic, so they bought a banner ad. I wouldn't really say they're competitors either. Touch Arcade is more about game discovery, which is why a lot of our posts are "Hey this came out, we tried it, here is what we liked about it, here's a trailer or brief gameplay video."

AppVee is more of a video review site, so while I suppose technically we both deal with stuff from the App Store, their format is substantially different from ours and really, there's reason to read both sites. It's not like one is better (or replaces) the other.
yourofl10
08-05-2009, 01:19 PM
Pretty simple, they want to drive traffic to their site. Touch Arcade gets a lot of traffic, so they bought a banner ad. I wouldn't really say they're competitors either. Touch Arcade is more about game discovery, which is why a lot of our posts are "Hey this came out, we tried it, here is what we liked about it, here's a trailer or brief gameplay video."

AppVee is more of a video review site, so while I suppose technically we both deal with stuff from the App Store, their format is substantially different from ours and really, there's reason to read both sites. It's not like one is better (or replaces) the other.

I agree but you are both App review sites....
dannys95
08-05-2009, 01:23 PM
I agree but you are both App review sites....

:eek: geez yourofl10. re-read hodapp's post. kthxbai
yourofl10
08-05-2009, 01:26 PM
:eek: geez yourofl10. re-read hodapp's post. kthxbai

right now I know but theoretically TA is driving traffic to AppVee which means it gets more popular which is bad for TA
dannys95
08-05-2009, 01:39 PM
right now I know but theoretically TA is driving traffic to AppVee which means it gets more popular which is bad for TA

http://www.zgeek.com/forum/gallery/files/1/7/9/1/0/facepalm-1.jpg
Kamazar
08-05-2009, 03:47 PM
right now I know but theoretically TA is driving traffic to AppVee which means it gets more popular which is bad for TA

*resist the urge to facepalm, must resiiiiist*

Let's think about this in baby steps. Say you take a car to the train station, and take the train to Los Angeles.

Step 1: Drive the car.
Step 2: Take the train.
Step 3: Arrive at LA.

Now, just because you're taking the train doesn't mean your not going to use the car. People are still using the car, that's how they're getting to the train. You can't get rid of the car, you can get rid of the train, but the car will always be there.
atommo
08-05-2009, 04:07 PM
It's quite normal for sites in the same field to advertise on each other.
Especially in a category where you could both report on things all day and still have very little content overlap.
1337brian
08-05-2009, 09:26 PM
@Kamazar

So TA is the car....? I prefer to think of it as a train, a big badass freight train that can't be stopped... :p;)
gillygize
08-06-2009, 01:06 AM
right now I know but theoretically TA is driving traffic to AppVee which means it gets more popular which is bad for TA

But theoretically AppVee is sending money to TA which is good for TA.
Bluellama1
08-06-2009, 02:39 AM
@Kamazar

So TA is the car....? I prefer to think of it as a train, a big badass freight train that can't be stopped... :p;)
Fine, TA is a big tanker, like the one that blew up that overpass in Michigan, better? :D