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Re: The Secret Glossary of Social Games Analytics

Dev — Fri, 03 May 2013 00:04:09 -0000

Can anybody provide the minimum values for each of these metrics?

Re: The Secret Glossary of Social Games Analytics

Friv — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 06:10:22 -0000

Nowadays social gaming trend is coming in the world which is so much popular and famous among so many people who really want to play online. Above description is helpful for people who want to develop gaming application.

Re: The Secret Glossary of Social Games Analytics

Gunawr — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 01:52:45 -0000

I think it is the discount rate.

Re: The Secret Glossary of Social Games Analytics

Aren — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 13:15:03 -0000

What is k in the
Lifetime Network Value formula?

Re: Interview: Brian from Mario Marathon Discusses Gaming for Charity and How to Grow an Audience

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Re: The Secret Glossary of Social Games Analytics

SGA — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:46:02 -0000

Great Post!! But i would like to know the standard figure for each terms used above at which you can call a game as successful. For eg: i have read somewhere that DAU/MAU if you gets between 15- 20 %, you can say that your game is successful, likely i would like to know the rest.
Pls help

Re: The Secret Glossary of Social Games Analytics

Jkarnay — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:00:44 -0000

Exactly. It doesn't account for unique users.

Re: The Secret Glossary of Social Games Analytics

Achal Augustine — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 14:22:14 -0000

Great Glossary

Re: The Secret Glossary of Social Games Analytics

Daniel G. Sinclair — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 19:21:28 -0000

What about how many game-related plush toys sold? :D

Re: Looking for Community Manager jobs? Ask this important question at your interviews.

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Re: Interview: Brian from Mario Marathon Discusses Gaming for Charity and How to Grow an Audience

Brian Brinegar — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 19:59:56 -0000

Thanks for taking the time to put this interview up. I hope that your readers find it at least a little interesting.

Re: The Secret Glossary of Social Games Analytics

Matt — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 13:49:08 -0000

You're correct, that would be a little strange :) if you're getting a 50% DAU/MAU ratio, and you're not trying to pump new users into the game, you're crazy. For the most part, a game getting 20% DAU/MAU is doing very well, with most games between 5 (uh oh) and 15.

Interestingly, the Scrabble facebook game has numbers like the (admittedly English-majorfied) example above. Here are Scrabble's numbers from Appdata:

http://www.appdata.com/apps/fa...

~375,000 DAU, and ~1,147,000 MAU. That's crazy retention, but for whatever reason (longevity, lack of support, etc), the game is no longer adding new players.

Re: The Secret Glossary of Social Games Analytics

GaRaA — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 08:26:25 -0000

I think that it's not strange. You can have half million users in a day and 1 million UNIQUE in the whole month. It makes all the difference ;-)

Re: The Secret Glossary of Social Games Analytics

Atom — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 18:23:37 -0000

There is something strange in the example explaining DAU/MAU: half million users in a day but, just a million during the whole month?

Re: The Secret Glossary of Social Games Analytics

Jerome — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 12:43:21 -0000

It doesn't matter how much revenue per user u get unless you aren't sure on how much yo'r going to pay to get him/her.

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Re: Looking for Community Manager jobs? Ask this important question at your interviews.

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Re: The Secret Glossary of Social Games Analytics

free games — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 17:02:04 -0000

This is great! I am just starting to learn how to develop a game. I think its important to know the basics it self.

Re: Need a jolt of activity? Appeal to narcissism.

Eric Suesz — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:37:45 -0000

Great stuff. Kind of wish I was part of your community. Sounds like fun.

Re: Looking for Community Manager jobs? Ask this important question at your interviews.

Eric Suesz — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:44:07 -0000

Such an excellent point. I never would have thought to ask this, but I sure won't forget to ask it next time around.

Re: Looking for Community Manager jobs? Ask this important question at your interviews.

the99th — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:30:46 -0000

Yeah and if they sit you next to customer support, your job will involve eating bees or something equivalent.

Re: How To Grow Your Online Community with the ACT Model

Marc Joffe — Sat, 01 May 2010 02:03:47 -0000

Great article. The online community manager should have a unique combination of qualities. Social to engage, strategic to sustain interest, and a real passion for the brand. The reward comes when the community moderates itself.

Re: How To Grow Your Online Community with the ACT Model

Scot Duke — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:21:58 -0000

The job of a Community Manager is Fulltime and can be daunting. The reward comes in the conversion.

Re: Need a jolt of activity? Appeal to narcissism.

Matt — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:52:08 -0000

That's brilliant. And I'm stealing it immediately ;)

Reminds me of the old networking saying: "the most beautiful sound in the world is your own name."

Re: Need a jolt of activity? Appeal to narcissism.

Facebook Indie Games — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:59:47 -0000

When I started tweeting, I wanted to get follows and retweets. I tried to figure out what would get me RT'd and followed by influential people.

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