How would you grow a game discovery website from zero traffic?

PlayToEarn · Tuesday at 9:47 AM

I’m currently building a gaming discovery portal and I’m at the stage where the technical foundation is largely in place, but traffic and supply are the real challenge.

The project targets several audiences:

• Players looking for new games
• Indie developers looking for visibility
• Studios and agencies
• Gaming creators and press

My current strategy is a mix of SEO, developer outreach, social media, game reviews and user-generated listings.

For those of you who have grown directories, marketplaces or content-heavy websites:

What would you prioritize first?

Would you focus on:

Building a much larger content inventory
SEO landing pages
Outreach and backlinks
Partnerships
Paid traffic
Community building

Curious to hear what has actually worked for other webmasters.

For context, the project is: Play 2 Earn Games

PaySkipORG · Tuesday at 9:57 AM

@Tango please tell M to not let this forum become AI slop, it was literally one of the few remaining authentic forums

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PaySkipORG said:
@Tango please tell M to not let this forum become AI slop, it was literally one of the few remaining authentic forums

and by this i mean new users are incentivized to spam with ai slop just to gain access to pm's

PlayToEarn · Tuesday at 10:26 AM

PaySkipORG said:
@Tango please tell M to not let this forum become AI slop, it was literally one of the few remaining authentic forums

Post automatically merged: Tuesday at 9:58 AM

and by this i mean new users are incentivized to spam with ai slop just to gain access to pm's

Excuse me? Acess to pm's?

what for? The only pm I have sent was to one person asking if he was working in the adult industry.

Srsly ppl like you need to get a real life, it sucks not to gain enuf attention from a single forum.

btw here's what AI just said about that / you in particular:

https://imgur.com/6QdVD5D

PaySkipORG · Tuesday at 10:29 AM

PlayToEarn said:
Excuse me? Acess to pm's?

what for? The only pm I have sent was to one person asking if he was working in the adult industry.

Srsly ppl like you need to get a real life, it sucks not to gain enuf attention from a single forum.

btw here's what AI just said about that / you in particular:

https://imgur.com/6QdVD5D

i wasn't talking about you specifically, but there are users that keep replying with the most generic ai answers to threads without knowing anything about the topic

Dden · Tuesday at 12:49 PM

needs to focus on niche targeting, search engine optimization, and community building.

PlayToEarn · Tuesday at 6:51 PM

Dden said:
needs to focus on niche targeting, search engine optimization, and community building.

thank you for your input. I have already done a research for my competitor's, there's a few but I believe in the long run with a good SEO strategy i can outrank, well, except for 1 guy , that has been in this business for years lol

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