Any connection between Thotbott & Wowhead?

Сообщение от humma

is there any kind of connection between the two wow databases?
lets say in 80% of all cases these two sites are used to find coordinates or just simply how to finish a quest or a get an item.
Thotbott exists much longer and has far more information about the thousands of quest and etc. so my question is: is there any kind of data switching thing between these two?

Сообщение от Skyfire

They are both owned by the same company, ZAM.

Other than that... I'm fairly there's no sort of information switching going on.

Сообщение от TheOnyx

The databases are maintained independent of one another. While owned by the same company, the sites are staffed by different people.

Сообщение от bwirum

And Thottbot has done a much crummier job of keeping a clean database imo.

Сообщение от Skyfire

And Thottbot has done a much crummier job of keeping a clean database imo.

True, but let's leave the bashing to other places. :)

Сообщение от pelf

Does ZAM intend on keeping these completely separate forever? Seems like they'd want to capitalize on the strengths of each and merge them eventually...

Even though that makes sense to me, I'm still kind of scared by the thought.

Сообщение от Ikari

Seems like they'd want to capitalize on the strengths of each
WoWHead's clean and fast set up and Thott's popularity huh?

Easiest way: Make Thottbot's URL redirect here. :)

Сообщение от asole

Yes both owned by ZAM but totally difficult developers & users.

Сообщение от zdravko

Wowhead looks far better and it is easier to use(plus it gives equal information as thottbot) so I find it much better then thottbot.

Сообщение от Aevitas

I think both websites use the same ways of obtaining informations about items, quests, events etcetera.
Although WoWHead is much further than Thottbot, because of their superior use of CSS, XHTML and PHP scripting. It's definitely not related to eachother. WoWHead leaves Thottbot miles behind.

Сообщение от Helliox

Seems like they'd want to capitalize on the strengths of each
WoWHead's clean and fast set up and Thott's popularity huh?

Easiest way: Make Thottbot's URL redirect here. :)

Yea, that would be a great ideea :) wowhead is far superior to thottbot, and i dont know any person that uses thottbot anymore, because of their messy database and lame design :)

Сообщение от pelf

Thottbot's looter just seems to have been designed without the forethought with which the Wowhead one was designed. There are data points in very unlikely locations, un-merged sets of mobs that represent the same thing and very strange things that often make no sense that should probably have been screened on the way in or somewhere, at least.

As I said before, it seems like it's something they'd want to do, but it scares me to think of what would happen to Wowhead if they did.

Сообщение от 92549

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Сообщение от pelf

wow, I had no idea they were owned by the same company...

But why would one company want two different competeing sites?
Three, actually. ZAM owns Thottbot, Wowhead and Allakhazam, right?

Сообщение от 20820

http://www.zam.com

Zam currently owns Thottbot, Wowhead, Allakhazam, MMOInterface (WoWInterface) and OnlineGamingRadio.

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