08-09-2014, 06:49 AM
Well, it's certainly much quicker to type PBM than to type Episodic Strategy Games. PBM has three letters, and Episodic Strategy Games has twenty-one, and that's not counting the spaces between the three words that comprise the latter.
Plus, on my Google search results, I see that a posting that I made to the PlayByMail.Net Google+ page stands out quite visibly, over on the right hand side. On the first page of search results for Episodic Strategy Gaming, no comparable equivalent exists over on the right hand side. Visually, my eye is drawn to the right side, on that PBM search results page. It stands out to me.
In a span of less than two full days, an article from the Article Archives of Suspense & Decision magazine is in the 3rd slot on the first page of search results for the term PBM. That's pretty good, I think.
The Episodic Strategy Gaming search yields a first page of results, with all tend entries mentioning a game or something game related, ten out of ten slots.. The PBM search yields a first page of results, with two out of ten slots mentioning games or something game related. Of course, it's not quite as simple as it looks, because if you did an equivalent search for the term PBM Strategy Gaming, Google yields a first page of results with ten out of ten slots mentioning games or something game-related.
In SEO (search engine optimization) terms, you're comparing apples and oranges. Using a long tail phrase for search purposes will always yield more specific results. It's not exactly rocket science. If you do a search for ESG, an equivalent search length, as an abbreviation for Episodic Strategy Gaming, then Google yields a page with zero out of ten slots mentioning games or something game-related.
A search for PBM games yields ten out of ten slots referring to games or to something game-related. A search for PBM gaming yields ten out of ten slots referring to games or to something game-related.
Stacking the search deck, with the inclusion of the words strategy and games, does not mean that, therefore, the search phrase containing the word episodic is the better choice.
I have attached two screen shots to this message for site visitors to compare the two search terms that you suggested.
Plus, on my Google search results, I see that a posting that I made to the PlayByMail.Net Google+ page stands out quite visibly, over on the right hand side. On the first page of search results for Episodic Strategy Gaming, no comparable equivalent exists over on the right hand side. Visually, my eye is drawn to the right side, on that PBM search results page. It stands out to me.
In a span of less than two full days, an article from the Article Archives of Suspense & Decision magazine is in the 3rd slot on the first page of search results for the term PBM. That's pretty good, I think.
The Episodic Strategy Gaming search yields a first page of results, with all tend entries mentioning a game or something game related, ten out of ten slots.. The PBM search yields a first page of results, with two out of ten slots mentioning games or something game related. Of course, it's not quite as simple as it looks, because if you did an equivalent search for the term PBM Strategy Gaming, Google yields a first page of results with ten out of ten slots mentioning games or something game-related.
In SEO (search engine optimization) terms, you're comparing apples and oranges. Using a long tail phrase for search purposes will always yield more specific results. It's not exactly rocket science. If you do a search for ESG, an equivalent search length, as an abbreviation for Episodic Strategy Gaming, then Google yields a page with zero out of ten slots mentioning games or something game-related.
A search for PBM games yields ten out of ten slots referring to games or to something game-related. A search for PBM gaming yields ten out of ten slots referring to games or to something game-related.
Stacking the search deck, with the inclusion of the words strategy and games, does not mean that, therefore, the search phrase containing the word episodic is the better choice.
I have attached two screen shots to this message for site visitors to compare the two search terms that you suggested.