Thanks for the comments - I guess I'm still thinking TGP galleries. :)

You've probably guessed that I haven't yet put together a free site for submission.

i still check my old sites ones in awhile and i love it that after more then 3 years i still get traffic from RR and Gg and others..............mmmmmmmm now i realy sound stupid, i submit my sites to the ones who list me forever and i myself removed the site after an year listing...........well its isnt stupid its smart thinking:D dont you dare to say something else, i am nuts and a nuthead is always right |horse| |tomato|

Actually, my rule has nothing to do with traffic back or PR or anything - it was simply an attempt to keep the number of links down. There's over 12,000 listed now & I'd really like it to be around 5000, but kicking out 7000 links for no good reason would piss even more people off :D

Originally, and still valid.. the number of links per page has to do with load time.
There are Dial Up users, remember them??? They've paid you for years now.
3 banners and an html page of 300k looking for free porn??? I don't think so.

Build it, submit it, and forget it.
Oh wait, that's so 90's. LMAO

oke kill me and i dont ass kiss,i am agreeing with gg, 5000 links a linksite was my goal i did that with netmaniak and analbitch and realy with my next linksites i do the same, maybe a linksite with archive i dont know but i realy dont want big linksites...also i removed about 200 bad links a month at netmaniak that time, my view is a linksite with 5000 links will do good fresh and clean and i can send the traffic. and wil be better for ses....and bite me if you dont agree :D

i build but realy dont forget :D

Could you have a procedure where each six months worth of links could be stored on a sub-domain. That could speed up processing for the later entries, but keep access for the older entries.

Actually.. that's SO what we tell site builders to do now... Or am I wrong? Do people that build sites daily, reading this thread, not think that is the basic system? Build it and forget it.

I think you are way out of touch Mark.. You actually sound exactly like the type of "problem" linklist webmaster I had in mind with that attitude.

I'm not sure why you think page sizes or dial up users have ANY relevence to this issue... Again you sound like you're clutching at straws for any excuse rather than the factual one... It's better for you so you don't care what happens to any other site, or how it may affect the linklist biz as a whole. I am sure there is some people not ashamed to say they think that is an OK attitude.. but you are just making excuses to either kid us or yourself now.

How many dial-up users do you imagine are in found in each 100 paysite signups? Have you ever looked at your own traffic to check this? Do you even have a clue how to determine who is what, may be a better question!

You were saying your reason for dumping sites was not wanting to leave yourself listing dangling links first up! Now you want to say it's dial-up users or something?!? |clown|

Opti - I respect you, though on this issue I think we simply disagree.
You run yours, I'll run mine, and there has never been a LL "ours".
Let's leave it at that.

Buttster asked a question.
Now they're more confused than when they posted. :(

btw - Marks has does not remove listings.
If you wish to carry this on privately fine... I'm easy to reach.

|thumb sorry to sound as confrontational as I did ;-)

This thread has inspired a possible solution now!! Something that sounds so simple yet so smart, I'm blown away none of us are already doing it that I know of... It's not for me to describe yet, but the idea sounds like it will be easy for any linklist to implement and will help everyone that runs or submits to linklists in a big way... I am convinced it will help make sure we can't be hammered so hard by all the spammers targetting our linklist domains too.

Not being cryptic.. hopefully the person I've been speaking with about it and I will have it tested and ready to share with everyone quite quickly.