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How to set up in the best way Title, Project URL, Short description or tagline, Tags, Custom noun ?

A topic by Paolo Fassin created Nov 13, 2023 Views: 868 Replies: 3
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How to set up in the best way Title, Project URL, Short description or tagline, Tags, Custom noun ?

I would like to point out that I have recently been dedicating myself to applying the new regulations relating to clarity, simplicity and transparency of the descriptions of the my apps that they are published here, detailed explanation of the apps and warranty, prevention of malware and viruses and prevention of compromise of websites by unsafe software created deliberately to cause damage or unwanted; theese regulations are been imposed by Google, through an email that reached me as well as other owners of a web space dedicated to the online sale of software.

This regulation will come into force on 10 December 2023 and all sites found to be unsuitable will be closed with a few days' notice.

I believe this is also linked to the activities of Google Analytics 4, which should make your site more visible on the web, guaranteeing a greater number of visits.

It's precisely the poor visibility of my apps on the web that gives me some doubts about how I've set up some fields in my dashboard apps and for this reason I ask you for some answers or advice on how to improve these settings

First of all, what should the title of the app contain?

Just the name of the application, which can be composed of several words separated by spaces or even other symbols, such as brackets and punctuation marks? Can it contain other information related to the app, such as bit number and/or version?

Here is an example of mine:

Title: 1st version of "Bacci & the ducklings" (16 Bit).

Should Project URL reflect the app title?

Can it be changed after I have updated the title or modified the project?

Regarding the previous example (original URL):

Project URL: the-first-16-bit-video-game-born-from-me-years-ago

Regarding the previous example (original URL):

Short description or tagline: bacci-and-the-ducklings-v10

As regards tags, I must necessarily use the tags specified in the drop-down menu or can I, for example, include my project name and more?

Regarding the previous example:

Tags: 16-bit, FPS, High Score, Music, parallax, Pixel Art, Shoot 'Em Up, Side Scroller, Sound effects

Finally, how should I use, what is it for and what is the purpose of Custom noun?

Regarding the previous example:

Custom noun: Bacci 16 Bit

If anyone had the time and courtesy to answer these questions I would be very grateful; I know that perhaps this information could be present in the guide, but a direct confirmation from a user or a moderator could be the most effective way for me to be sure I understand, given that I am Italian and do not have in-depth knowledge of the language English (USA).

Thank you for your attention.

Paolo Fassin (PCDear.ent.games)

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Dear moderator Mr. No Time To Play, thanks to you, I understood where I made a mistake by replying to Mr. Qadri Studio and Mr. MRNO ONE itch.io (in Questions & Support, My Games not showing up): that is not allowed to insert links between two posts by two different people as an answer to a question, for example in Questions & Support, because this is automatically considered spam and is blocked. I'm very sorry, especially for Mr. Qadri Studio, but thanks to you I will never make this serious mistake again. I hope somehow that, for example, by removing my answer, his post doesn't remains stuck. Furthermore, if the questions I asked here are legitimate, I would like to get some advice from you.

Thank you so much and have a good evening.

Paolo Fassin (PCDear.ent.games)

Moderator(+2)

Very briefly, after skimming your questions:

  1. You can change any details any time, including the title and URL
  2. It makes no sense to put your project name in the tags, why would you do that?! But you can add any tag, not just those suggested by the system.
  3. The custom noun is used to make itch.io refer to your project as something special, such as an "interactive experience".

Hope this helps.

Yes, what you wrote to me completely satisfied me and is very useful to me. Thank you.

Paolo Fassin (PCDear.ent.games)

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