ElementsTheGame vs Kongregate

[BluePriest]

Im pretty sure we ALL prefer playing on Elements, but I was wondering. Doess Zanz get money when people just log in to play on this site? I know its better to do the paypal through this site, but what about actually playing? Would it be better for zanz's wallet if we always played on kong?

[genraenera]

Well the way that most flash sites like kong work is that the developer gets a certain percentage of the ad revenue from people clicking ads on the screen where that developers game is loaded; the percentage depends on if the developer has the game solely for that site, and it depends on the site.  I'm not sure how much he would get from the ads on kong, but its probly around 1/3, while he gets 100% of the revenue from elementsthegame.com.  So the best way to help out zanz (other than direct donations) would be to load elementsthegame.com and click the ads there.

Oh and if im horribly wrong about that, someone correct me please 

[BluePriest]

I thought and i may very well be wrong about this, that kong also gives money depending on the amount of plays it gets... If im wrong about that though, then it would definitly be better to play it here.

[karthikking]

At kong he gets 35% of all ad revenue from his game.

[genraenera]

Ok thanks for the clarification karth.  And the way the more plays = more money mechanic works is pretty simple:  If tons of people play elements on kong, statistically more people will click the ads, thus generating more money for zanz.  If the game is unpopular, people wont play it, therefore people wont click the ads, and the developer gets little to no money.

[Scaredgirl]

Kong revenue is peanuts compared to ElementsTheGame.com. Anyone who wants to support the game should play it using the main site.

Also this topic is dangerously close to something that is prohibited in Google Adsense ToS so I'm closing this topic so that Zanz don't get his account disabled (very unlikely but why risk it?).