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Buy a domain name. Install WordPress. Now, keep in mind I said “plan” to start a new blog. I might not necessarily be ready to put all of my energy into making the website right away. Instead, I just want to keep my domain parked. But what are the SEO effects of parked domains? How can I start optimizing my website before there’s any content, so that when I do have content, my SEO will have gotten a head start? There are a lot of WordPress themes out there which are great at gathering up subscribers prior to a website’s launch. But you also need to make search engines bots understand that your site will soon become very valuable to search engine users. I was watching a video by Matt Cutts (embedded below) in which he explained the SEO-friendly way of parking a domain before a website is fully launched. These tips are very helpful for bloggers to make the most out of their parked domain and upcoming … [Read more...] about How To Keep a Domain Parked Before a Site Launch for Better SEO

As you may recall, I was given just a little time to hit up Snail Games’ ARK Park a few days before I left for GDC 2018. I was able to make it to the games’ launch party, but as I’d already played the game, it was mostly useful for talking to people involved in its creation between speeches/demos. However, afterwards, I was allowed to pass some questions on to Snail Games Vice President Tianqi “Sky” Wu about bugs, science, and the future of ARK. We have some exclusive information about that last tip, but don’t worry, no chief engineers, computer programmers, or lawyers were harmed in the making of this game. Well, not physically, at least. Welcome to ARK Park While I liked the idea of ARK Park from the announcement, I also remember thinking to myself, “Why not just fix ARK‘s current VR issues?” When I asked this to Wu, he replied via email that Snail “envisioned ARK Park as its own title – not … [Read more...] about GDC 2018: ARK Park’s Snail Games on VR, science, and the future of the franchise

By the time you read this dear reader, I’ll already be dead… dead tired, that is, from running around the Game Developer’s Conference talking to developers from such companies as Snail Games about upcoming games like ARK Park. Ahead of my meeting about the game, I was granted a review copy so I could get some time in with the real thing before my interview and end of the media embargo. As my Oculus Rift set-up isn’t exactly travel-friendly, and I can be prone to motion sickness, I only had enough time to jump into the game for a few scant hours. It was an interesting experience, since the game wasn’t simultaneously available to the public, and that meant I was probably missing out on the critical social factor for my impressions. Nevertheless, I think they’re worth hashing out. Let’s dig in. Something’s wrong in ARK Park Hopefully by the time you read this on launch day, Snail will have patched the game, but my opening moments with … [Read more...] about First impressions of the newly launched ARK Park

I feel like I've been in a "check out this cool game coming out" mode lately. Keeping with that trend, here's another game that looks pretty cool: Jurassic World evolution. It's basically a dinosaur park management simulator. As the player, you'll get to control and design the park, handling everything from dinosaur breeding to park logistics. Looks pretty good. I'm usually not falling head over heals for the sim/management games on PC. Looks neat and worth keeping on the radar. Release date is June 12, and I think there's a new Jurassic World movie coming out around then too. … [Read more...] about Jurassic World Evolution: The Dino-Park Management Sim Game

How’s virtual reality dino land ARK Park doing since its early access launch one month ago? Magic 8 Ball says reply hazy. Steam’s aggregated review score is currently “mixed,” with even even positive reviews admitting the game lacks content and scope, which lines up neatly with our own impressions of the game. Snail (apparently rightly) believes one of the game’s major problems is the movement system, and it’s just addressed that with what it’s calling a “major update,” which is already being received well by the community. “One of the biggest issues is locomotion. You wanted free movement so here it is! Our dev team has been working hard on the movement system and now you have the option to choose between teleportation and free locomotion.” There’s also a controls tutorial for newbies, bug fixes, in-game instructions for using the Gatlin gun, and adjustments to the character creation UI. PlayStation VR players are … [Read more...] about VR-based ARK Park has patched in free locomotion and better tutorials