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So, these billions of events were the result of a flash game developer using Playtomic analytics for their game. The game, PiTSi [1], has over 40 million insta

by ronnier 16y ago

So, these billions of events were the result of a flash game developer using Playtomic analytics for their game. The game, PiTSi [1], has over 40 million installs using Conduits toolbar app. Conduit is ranked #32 on Alexa and offers thousands of browser games. The author of this article and I are both surprised that we've never heard of Conduit. Is it unheard of to most of you? [1]http://apps.conduit.com/Conduit-and-baconOppenheim-PiTSi-app?appid=08e2fb49-51a7-48e0-9c20-5fc16b151a11 http://apps.conduit.com/Conduit-and-baconOppenheim-PiTSi-app...

benologist 16y ago
Beyond not knowing of Conduit before... who even imagined putting a game in a toolbar? The entire game is contained within the colorful little rectangle here: http://playtomic.com/Blog/Uploads/killer-game.png http://playtomic.com/Blog/Uploads/killer-game.png That was at least as surprising as being the last person to discover one of the most popular sites on the internet.
- d_r 16y ago
  Having thought about nothing other than iPhone or web/SaSS apps in the recent months, seeing this makes me fascinated at just how much of the web (and creative outlets) I don't know.
  - allenp 16y ago
    Yeah I had no idea about this either - it is so encouraging to find new stuff online. New markets, new experiences, new ideas. I think for a lot of us, being out on the forefront of technology and innovation (especially regarding the internet), we forget what it is like to discover a new thing, and how much fun it can be just to feed our curiosity in a new way. I think if you can deliver that same feeling to your users you've got a winning app.
ambiate 16y ago
Whoa. I've been on the Conduit site for about 2 hours now reading up and analyzing all of the apps. It is such an interesting platform. I've never heard of it in my life. I also come to the realization that I was in a generation where a toolbar equated to harassment. 100k Bing backlinks, 32 alexa rank, 8 pagerank, 47 compete rank(17mil uniques, 218mil visits). Somewhere around 4.3mil backlinks total. Wait, what? Oh, right, your toolbar installer gives you a follow backlink to your domain. A quick yahoo site explore of backlinks to conduit consists of 90% spam/auto generated blogs/monetization in mind sites. I saw a few reliable new sources/sites offering the toolbar. It is an addictive platform once they suck you in to installing it. Easily adding features/gadgets to your toolbar is somewhat nice. They're currently sitting at the #11 spot in google, #9 on yahoo, and #4 on bing for "toolbar". The Conduit site itself works on a freemium model with payment for toolbar installs/usage (scary). They make money by offering paid services/support/etc. I'm going to attempt to work on a gadget tomorrow. Sources: http://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/search?p=http://www.conduit.com&bwm=i&bwmo=d&bwmf=u http://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/search?p=http://www.con...
danibacon 16y ago
game credits and download at http://www.baconoppenheim.com/projects/conduit/pitsi/ http://www.baconoppenheim.com/projects/conduit/pitsi/ take care

by ronnier 16y ago

benologist 16y ago

Beyond not knowing of Conduit before... who even imagined putting a game in a toolbar? The entire game is contained within the colorful little rectangle here: http://playtomic.com/Blog/Uploads/killer-game.png http://playtomic.com/Blog/Uploads/killer-game.png That was at least as surprising as being the last person to discover one of the most popular sites on the internet.

d_r 16y ago
Having thought about nothing other than iPhone or web/SaSS apps in the recent months, seeing this makes me fascinated at just how much of the web (and creative outlets) I don't know.
- allenp 16y ago
  Yeah I had no idea about this either - it is so encouraging to find new stuff online. New markets, new experiences, new ideas. I think for a lot of us, being out on the forefront of technology and innovation (especially regarding the internet), we forget what it is like to discover a new thing, and how much fun it can be just to feed our curiosity in a new way. I think if you can deliver that same feeling to your users you've got a winning app.

ambiate 16y ago

Whoa. I've been on the Conduit site for about 2 hours now reading up and analyzing all of the apps. It is such an interesting platform. I've never heard of it in my life. I also come to the realization that I was in a generation where a toolbar equated to harassment. 100k Bing backlinks, 32 alexa rank, 8 pagerank, 47 compete rank(17mil uniques, 218mil visits). Somewhere around 4.3mil backlinks total. Wait, what? Oh, right, your toolbar installer gives you a follow backlink to your domain. A quick yahoo site explore of backlinks to conduit consists of 90% spam/auto generated blogs/monetization in mind sites. I saw a few reliable new sources/sites offering the toolbar. It is an addictive platform once they suck you in to installing it. Easily adding features/gadgets to your toolbar is somewhat nice. They're currently sitting at the #11 spot in google, #9 on yahoo, and #4 on bing for "toolbar". The Conduit site itself works on a freemium model with payment for toolbar installs/usage (scary). They make money by offering paid services/support/etc. I'm going to attempt to work on a gadget tomorrow. Sources: http://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/search?p=http://www.conduit.com&bwm=i&bwmo=d&bwmf=u http://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/search?p=http://www.con...

danibacon 16y ago

game credits and download at http://www.baconoppenheim.com/projects/conduit/pitsi/ http://www.baconoppenheim.com/projects/conduit/pitsi/ take care