Name of your website?
Prieteni - Romanian site for online games
Your name?
Manuel Timita
Your Location (city, etc)
Bacau
When did you start your website and why?
I've started this website just two weeks ago, and it's mainly conceived for fun, even if I am displaying ads on my pages. I know, the Internet is full of games sites, even in Romania, but my goal is to give to the visitors the opportunity to play only good, selected games, with the possibility to build an online community (for discussions, tournaments, contributions, and so on).
A short summary of my website.
At the moment, it includes only five categories for online games, in which I've added up to 50 games, and i am continuing to add. It does not contain too many ads, or blinking banners, just two ads from Google. Until September I'm planning to ad a forum, a chat, two more games categories, and more games.
What has been the most difficult part of creating and running your website?
That's a good question... Technically, it wasn't to difficult, because I am using an open source CMS (Joomla!) which I think that's the best. Things were changing when adding games, because I had to play most of them, in order to be sure about the quality and to provide the best description for them. And that took some time.
What has been the easist part of operating your website?
The easiest and the pleasant part in running my site is when I'm writing content and the reason is that i like to write. I write my words like they are spoken, keeping in mind that my visitor is a human being, not a number on a traffic stat.
What was your biggest mistake?
On the index page, the density of one from the main keywords was too big (the percentage on the body was 9%), and I think I was penalized by Google (after indexing, my site appeared on the first 40 results for that keyword and two days later... I was kicked out, somewhere on the page 35). I hope it won't last too long.
Who maintains your website and why?
I am maintaining my site by myself, because I like this work, even if momentarily is like a hobby. I hope to learn enough to be a professional webmaster some day.
Tell us how your business has benefitted from your website?
At the moment, i run this website just like a past time activity, not like a business.
What are your views on ecommerce and the future of the internet?
I believe the ecommerce should be the most important way for selling and buying goods worldwide, because it is so comfortable. Time has became too precious to be wasted. But I think that's necessary to have more sites related to security issues, because many buyers are concerning on that subject. About the internet? It is the only "future". Shortly, it will became a real second world.
What would you like to see change with respect to the internet?
Sincerely, after a few years, i would like to read in a history book about something called SPAM. I am sure this is the biggest headache of most internet users.
What is your website address?
Prieteni - Romanian site for online games
