Name of your website?Half Life Storm
Your name?
Phillip Couto
Your Location (city, etc)
Toronto
When did you start your website and why?
This website was started in the year 2005 and my cousin and I decided to start this website cause we are fans of the halflife series and are also modders. We have played in clans together and also mapped togeth then i noticed that my cousin was also writing up small tutporials for people on other sites and eventually he started a studio on fpsbanana. After having a fare share of discussions with him we both decided to develop and manage this site.
Please give us a short summary of your website, business model, etc
This site is mainly a tutorial dump, but we are trying to expand on but impletmenting news, information on steam updates, hosting maps, and also having a community base.
What has been the most difficult part of creating and running your website?
Well the most difficult part is the development of the new 2.0 version of the site which is being completely hand written by me. So far we are advancing at a fast rate but school and well jsut life can get in the way of hobbies. the 2.0 version if interested in viewing is at htt://www.halflifestorm.com/v2/
What has been the easist part of operating your website?
Is the easiest part of operating the site is when i can finally be a member of the community and contribute.
What was your biggest mistake?
not starting the hand written version as the first implementation of the site.
Who maintains your website and why?
My cousin and I both maintain the site because without content no one will return to the site.
Tell us how your business has benefitted from your website?
We have having an outstanding of hits to our tutorials we have many on pixel2life. Also everyday we have 1-3 user signups which is outstanding.
What are your views on ecommerce and the future of the internet?
I believe that the internet will be the future of fast and instant communication with: shopping, family, information, jobs, and also education
What are your views on Search Engine Optimization (SEO)?
SEO is a stradegy jsut like many large companies hire marketers to optimize and streamline advertisements to increase profit. Search engines are another form of the media.
What are your views on Search Engines? Have they helped or hindered your website?
Search engines have driven quite abit of traffic to my site. Also it helps by sending only interested and targeted traffic to my site so people stay longer and some even return on a daily basis.
What method has been most successful for promoting your website?
Posting links of our tutorials on sites like pixel2life and fpsbanana.
What method has been least successful for promoting your website?
link exchange systems
What would you like to see change with respect to the internet?
More support for javascript
What is your website address?
Half Life Storm
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