Is it really necessary to have an exit link? I rather just state that the surfer should "leave now" if they don't agree with the warning.

Exit links are NOT necessary and are potentially a reason to get rejected or even worse banned.

Better yet, is it WORTH it? Stats whores wake up! hehe I mean, can anybody say with great certainty that
(a) surfers actually DO click that exit link? (not me, if i'm going to bail on a site, it's ALT+F4 or [ X ])
(b) If anyone does actually click exit links, is that traffic of any quality?

Be interested to know what you all think... I usually just piss that link away at a search engine, figuring that fewer than 1% of surfers actually click it anyway... Thoughts?

I have a small group (seems like) that all exit to warning pages. But it seems lately that they are using a domain name when I click over the exit button that leads to warning pages. Then I get trapped and have to exit all the way out. I'm on to them now and just delete them.

I have used warningpages.com but I suppose I should look into something else.

I don't use exit links myself anymore, haven't for quite a while now, I saw this thread again today when I searched for it to quote someone who gave some good advice, and saw it had been kinda 'left' - seems I need to have a quick scout on the board to see what the coincidence is :)

Hey Jel
When I contacted Warning Pages a month ago and they asked for clarification I explained the problem and gave them the link to this thread. So they know what's going on. I've heard nothing further from them.
I think they're a waste of space. |crazy|

There must be some other EXIT link sponsors out there that are non adult and could potentionally make sales.. I know for a fact that my exit link gets a lot of hits. (I was quite shocked to see how many actually clicked it)

I am using a psychic exit link at the moment- havent made any sales yet, but it is counting loads of hits.

Guess my horny surfers already know they are gonna pump that thing instead of getting the real deal, so they dont need a reading lol

Im still looking for a better exit link - something non adult but also interesting to males. So if you have any suggestions for one.. post them here please (hope they dont consider that spam if you post links that people are requesting)

Emm

If you're going to be in Vegas I have a couple to show that you might want to try :)

I've seen people using http://www.tshirthell.com/

Ermerald ya little smut peddler you - whynot make a page of your own that basically is a directory of al types of things from "pills sponsors - the male enhancement variety" to dvds, books at amazon etc - just a real nice filtering page - I would think (actually Ive experienced) that this would work better than going for one particular thing - just like you would do on your hub/trap filtering

So its ok to have a revenue generating non-adult exit link that won't count against your 3 out going links?

I've been building under the belief that an exit link does count as one of your three outgoing links per page; while I'd rather not have an exit link, a lot of LLs don't specify whether they require one or not, so to be safe side I have been using one, and just linking to one of my non-adult mainstream blogs or sites so far.

Haven't researched enough yet about non-adult pay per click sponsors for exit links, but glad I learned here to not consider warningpages.com. |thumb

-CatsEye

I have a question regarding exit links, why would anybody want one? After all we bust our asses building a site, submit it to links lists for traffic, we get the traffic and on the first page of our site we offer them to leave? LOL

I used them a few years ago when I did AVS sites as it was requierd, I used them on a few of my first freesites until I found out I didn't have to have one which at that point I just dropped it. If a surfer goes thru the links on a link list looking for porn and find your site, you have a better chance of selling porn than anything else.

Just my 2 cents :D

Yea, you're absolutely right Sy...they're not required by most lists.

But, the purpose of the exit link isn't really to generate revenue. The purpose is ostensibly to provide an exit for surfers who are either not of age, or stumbled onto porn accidently (yea, right!). The mindset being that providing a way for surfers to exit (much like having a warning page)...shows the webmaster is attempting to protect those that shouldn't see porn.

Realizing the link is a traffic leak is why many webmasters use some minor mainstream revenue generating item. Hell, I had GIANT fishing lures on mine for a while :D

Almost forgot...I heard from a little birdie that warningpages may be looking into the trapped back button issue |thumb

I don't use exit links - if they want to leave they can go out the way they came in :)

I have not been using exit links so far without trouble. But I had actually decided to try it out (as of today) and send it to one of my mainstream sites.

I think the best thing to do if you are using an exit link is to build a relevant mainstream site or some sort of mainstream traffic filtering hub as some of you guys have already mentioned.

Exit links for SE traffic would likely be more effective from SE traffic than actual LL traffic as surfers on LLs will already be looking for porn whereas a surfer from SEs may have typed in an obscure term and actually be looking for something mainstream. There is still the curiosity factor that may cause a surfer to click on the exit link and they could still be looking for porn, maybe a small link back into the adult network could be included on your mainstream site.

Making money out of your exit link should be possible but like most things in this biz it will be trial and error. But I think there is some pocket money to be made from it and I have heard some people do.

only one question:

- anyone ever made $$ not just tons of clicks off the exit links?

(linking 'exit' link to yahoo for two years myself)

I made over $660 in 3 months from my previous exit link. It was pay per click. My current (pay per signup) one is not doing so well - just testing the waters right now with that link.

I believe it is a waste to send it to a Search Engine. I think people started to use that as their exit thinking it will raise their site in SE rankings.

from what I heard people never made anything from pps programs, probably pay per click is the way to go then, never tried that.

what I follow:

"exit link going to something than just a search engine will get you declined more places and you will lose more $$ in future than those few bucks you made from exit traffic"

I just want to clarify one thing.. I havent built a free site in years.. the traffic was coming from different avenues and I didnt have to follow anyone rules to have the exit link there..

I am not suggesting everyone put up a sponsor on their exit link - make sure you stay withing the rules of each LL you submit to. Smut Gremlin's doesnt have any "exit" link rules. Except it cannot go to an adult destination. But thats logic...

T-shirt hell rocks |headbang| We're using them for contests.

i'm wearing a shirt from them right now actually, it says, "Yes, I have plenty of change you homeless piece of shit! Thanks for asking."

Regarding the back button. I would have replied earlier but I didn't know about this thread. Thank you Emerald for sending it to me.

I just fixed the problem. It was caused by a script we had running that helped us moniter traffic. People would go from site a consumptionjunction.com > link.php > linkings.com if you are on linkings.com and hit back its only gonna get to link.php then its gonna push them right back forward. That link.php had a real function for us but it isn't worth losing traffic over so we removed it from the equation.

All should be working fine now. Anyone can hit me up directly at rick@dollars.com if they have questions or problems.

That's good news...thanks much for fixing it Rick |thumb

A quick question on the side: Would this be an acceptable exit link on a freesite http://www.my-big-penis.com ? Or is it to adult/money making minded?