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Itch Algorithum

A topic by Sparsh0177 created 9 days ago Views: 290 Replies: 18
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I think that the itch algorithum is very unkown , i have recently released a game and done alot marketing on it posted alot of things in itch but it never promoted my game but abruptly last day my game got around 1000 views(964) that was insane , from getting barely 1-2 views a day to about a 1000 views in a day man i am shocked.

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Do some digging? Maybe some random Social media influencer promoted your games.

yeah it may be but whats more weired is still my game is not coming on search results.....

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You can't really rely on itch.io's search feature. The site is optimized for browsing by tags. There's been plenty of threads in the forums discussing the issues with search results if you're interested 

Edit: It looks like your project hasn't been indexed yet. This is fairly common for new sellers, but I'm not sure why it would take so long. See Getting Indexed for more info

what should i do so my game is indexed

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I would email staff about it. See Support & contact

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Thanks Man

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Sure thing

Also, I just wanted to say that I think the concept for your game is pretty cool.

Maybe if you would not make suspicious sales, it would help your indexing. You are currently delisted for one reason or another. 

Don't you see, where the views come from in the analytics? Some of my views come from actual search engines.

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Hey why am i delisted ? Any Idea

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I told you what I think. Your setup looks suspicous. You have an 18 months long "sale". 

https://itch.io/docs/creators/quality-guidelines#sales/your-project-should-not-b...

Why you are delisted, I have no clue. You sure you were indexed to begin with? First time "paid" projects usually take longer to be put on the index.

And can you see in your analytics where your traffic comes from or not?

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I have 18 month sale because i always wants my game to be free and on 100% off sale so that it could reach more and more people

but if it is the problem i will end my sale


also the traffic came from youtube but not from my youtube channel 

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That’s illegal.

What's illegal in this

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Because you’re lying about the true price of the product.

If you publicly set a price, just to let yourself yell “100% SALE” at all times, that is deceptive pricing.

Bro if you will see the game you will notice that the game may be about 4-5 dollar of price but i am giving it for free because i want my game to reach a wider audience also one can barely find a free rage game like that..... its actual price may be about 4-5 dollars but yeah if society doesn't want free games i am removing the sale

Bruh if you want your game to be free just set it as free instead of putting a price on it then making a sale and stop acting like an idiot

Bro i can but i saw on youtube that a game on sale gets more views than a free game that's why i put my game on 100% sale , there is nothing like being idiot here