Problematyka pomiaru popularności gier przeglądarkowych jako przykładu serwisow internetowych

• Authors: Marszałkowski Jakub

Title variants

EN

PROBLEMS OF MEASURING THE POPULARITY OF BROWSER GAMES AS AN EXAMPLE OF INTERNET SERVICES

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Despite the rapidly growing popularity of browser games there is still little research on them, mainly because of problems with methodology. In quantitative studies, the basic problem is how to measure and compare the popularity of these games. The paper presents all the usually applied measures: from the most popular 'number of players', through active accounts, online (users logged in), ending with unique visitors. Their advantages and disadvantages will be analyzed. The model of acquiring players through browser games, the bounce rate and returning visitors will be explained. And finally, based upon the fact that browser games are a type of internet page, tools that allow access to the data describing the popularity of these games (and often other statistical parameters, too), the statistical systems, AdPlanners, toplists, Alexa and Wolfram will be presented and analyzed.

Keywords

EN

ADPLANNERS; ALEXA; BROWSER GAMES; INTERNET SERVICES; ONLINE GAMES; POPULARITY MEASURES; TOPLISTS; WOLFRAM

• Publisher: Polskie Towarzystwo Badania Gier (Games Research Association of Poland)
• Journal: Homo Ludens
• Year: 2010
• Issue: 1(2)
• Pages: 97-106
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Marszałkowski Jakub

• Jakub Marszalkowski, Politechnika Poznanska, Wydzial Informatyki, Instytut Informatyki, ul. Piotrowo 2, 60-965 Poznan, Poland

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