Netmarble Tech Blog Prepares to Bid Farewell to the Black Rabbit (2023)

As of the end of 2023, the Netmarble tech blog had published a cumulative total of 69 posts, of which 20 were published in 2023. There were no publications in March or September, and some writing attempts stopped midway, leading the team to note that more direct support would be needed in 2024.

Visitor metrics, on the other hand, increased. According to Google Analytics, a cumulative 153,000 people visited and viewed the blog more than 280,000 times, and it was noted that even though the volume of publishing decreased, existing posts continued to be read steadily and drive traffic.

From a pageview perspective, the team premised that the more general-purpose the content, the greater the exposure it can gain, and then compared the top 10 posts of 2022 and 2023. As a result, 7 posts made the top ranks in both years, confirming the power of long-lasting content, and it was also shown that 976 URLs are being managed among the cumulative top 20 across the entire period.

The keywords that repeatedly appeared in the top posts were as follows.

• Docker Desktop
• WSL2
• Static IP configuration
• Unreal Engine development environment
• ChatGPT
• OWASP Top 10 - 2021
• C/C++ build speed
• Game server systems
• HikariCP options and configuration
• Data pipeline principles and practices

An operator's behind-the-scenes account was also added. While they don't precisely track external inflow, they said they found it rewarding to discover cases where someone started their own personal tech blog after seeing this blog, and cases where it became a topic of discussion in unexpected communities.

Internally, two epics — Tech Blog Content and Tech Blog Homepage — were created and managed to run the tech blog, and over the course of 2023, 110 story-type tasks accumulated. Of these, 303.3 hours were spent on content and 85.6 hours on the homepage, and the team recalled that checking the status every morning gave them the same excitement as opening a delivery box.

In closing, they pledged to grow in 2024 into a tech blog that can handle anything, regardless of topic or format, and extended New Year's greetings.