Getting listed - Greenguy + Jays
 

How do you know?

I have never gotten an e-mail either way from either of them.

I have only been submitting for 2 weeks but I guess that's enough time to know? I dunno.

Thank you,

AST

I stopped sending any emails (other than the one you get when you submit) a couple years ago.

Look at your stats :D

Ok, there are stats on all 3 domains from link-o-rama. From the admin area... :)

I guess my work isn't good enough.

FWIW, I don't think it's very fair to not list and not send an e-mail .. but that's my opinion I guess. It's just a simple button to click..

It seems (to me) like when people do that they are willing to get something but not give back.

Yes, web logs. It's in there :)

Looks like I submitted 6 sites to Jays and they reviewed the last one.

I guess the other 5 got dumped before review.

For jay's list there's an special thread in this forum, you can ask him there :)
http://www.greenguysboard.com/board/...ead.php?t=4928

So.

I guess new threads are good for the board. No ?

The thread you originally quoted and then edited out:
http://www.greenguysboard.com/board/...highlight=mail
has nothing to do with anything.

I asked, "do they send mail", got my answer and then commented on people who let you run their recips and don't have the courtesy to say they don't want to run your page.

"Got tired of" is a bullshit answer. "Got tired of .. clicking the box"?

Right.

Besides, I find that one site didn't even review 5 out of 6? Why would I grovel to them and ask why in some thread about their LL. It makes more sense to just forget them and move on. It's evident they aren't opposed to me running their link and then not even bothering to load my page one time.

AST

There is another thread of LL owners vs. Submitters about not sending mails. I thought it was the one I first posted but it wasn't.

And there's really no need to take such a hostile attitude.

Reason #1 for not sending out mails anymore is some submitters start flooding you with "hatemail", calling you names, giving stupid remarks on how they do all the work and all you have to do is push a button and blablabla...

At first every LL owner sends out rejection mails but the more they send out the more replies they get from submitters who just can't seem to understand how it all works, so after a while it's bye bye rejection mail.

BTW. this is the thread I was looking for :)
http://www.greenguysboard.com/board/...rejection+mail

Don't forget the standard reply #1:
"Everyone else of the big guys has listed my site" - yet when you check it, none have listed it.

I still send replies though and will continue to do it. I think it's a good way to get more personal with submitters and if there's just minor mistakes, I say it in the mail and accept the site.

You're right, except for the fact that I'm no newbie and have a tendency to call it like I see it.

I actually make a nice amount of daily sponsor sales, (I'm not even talking my other biz stuff) and I know my work is good. I get into the freesite game just lightly and these are my observations.

It makes you feel like you're (I'm) working hard just to run a recip for someone who doesn't even have the courtesy to say "hey, in my opinion your work sucks". Right ?

Reason #1, I have to call bullshit on that.

Simple courtesy, "your site wasn't listed because either I just didn't like it or you need to read the rules" from noreply@somelinklist.com would suffice.

Instead of the clear message, "I don't want to tell you and I'm supposing that you'll run my recip forever".

I guess I could just be wrong and know nothing and got to where I am by blind luck.

Probably not.

Well I just started and none of the big sites have listed me, so LOL.

Exactly. Or tell me "Your site sucks raw ass and I'll never list that shit now go away fucking retard". I can deal with that.

I had a site reject me last week .. for not capping 2 letters, lol, but that's her rule. She told me I was rejected, so I fixed it up and re-submitted :)

Ya, she hit the nail on the head. I don't need to take the time to read the rest of the thread about how much time it takes and people e-mail me and cuss me out and blah blah blah.

Those "thank you mails" sure as hell come out on time with all of their sponsor links crammed in them :)

I can understand why some sites like GG don't send replys back... if for no other reason they are busy and don't have the time.

I also know as a submitter I like to get some responce back, like i get from Richards Realm so I know what I need to fix.. so what I do is submit to Richard Realm and fix any issues and then submit to to the other link lists.

On a side note I take the time to review each site and send back info if I reject the site.. for instance one submit I got the webmaster didn't check the site in Firefox and it looked like crap, so I rejected the site and told him about the issue.. I know I've appreciated that kind of feedback in the past.

My 2 cents.

I can definitely see how it is true.

I get far from the amount of submits they get and I still have the daily thesaurus jockey email me after declining their site that wasn't even a free site, but was yet listed at ALL the big guys.

I got sick of often seeing the exact same site submitted with the same problems fifteen minutes after I declined it.

I also got sick of the hate mail.

It also just became too time consuming to select the proper decline reason.

Also besides declining for not following my rules I get some many submits that I only list the better ones so telling someone that I didn't list their site because I just didn't like it doesn't go over real well.

This is what the TGPs have been doing for years now so this is nothing new. We have stats so it is no big deal to see if someplace is listing you and then there is boards like this one for finding out why you aren't getting listed.

Once again, a procedure I put into place 4 or 5 years ago gets called out :D

Long story shot - sending "accepted" emails means you also have to send "rejected" emails & the time it was taking me to sort thru all the replies to these was put to better use by having a board where people could come & ask (and the "noreply" email addy doesn't because then you get people that reply even when it says "DON'T REPLY" & they get pissed because you didn't reply back to them)

Build sites that fit the rules & you'll get listed.

Not sure? Look in your stats. Look on my "newsites" page 2 days after you submitted. Not listed? Come here & post. It's very simple :)

I really love that all these rules & procedures that I put in place over the last 8 years or so are thought of as a clever way for me to get more recips or free traffic. Believe me, I'm not that bright :D

Bottom line is it's more time efficient for me to do it on the board & I have no plans of changing around my set up because some people don't like it. Don't like the rules, don't submit - it's just that simple.

Not just yours, everyone who adopts this policy. Just yours is one of the bigger sites I was asking about. You always think I'm personally attacking you, but I'm really not. .. Anymore. :)
I don't dislike you in the least. Don't think that.

1) I don't care about "accepted". I care about "rejected". It's not nice to ignore people who are doing something for you and you're not planning to reciprocate.

2) This board hasn't been here 5 years. Where did they go before that? (I don't really need an answer).

3) Excuse. TELL THEM not to reply, that you won't answer. If they do, tuff. Believe me, I'm one person who understands workload.

One point here, I'm not asking you to change your policy. When people ask me to change mine, I tell them to fuck off.

Was that a rule? "Rule 1, I won't mail you other than the first one with my sponsor links and links to things that I think are cool in it".
(I don't know if you actually do that, I never checked. Other linklists damned sure want you to see their sponsors, fuck all listings and rejection mails).

I think I missed that rule.

.

1.) I'm sure traffic isn't considered reciprocating, being that, your site may send back 8 hits in a year.

2.) This board is incarnation what 4 now GG?? lol And yes, those still in biz know how to find us.

1.) No spiders? Nothing? Well then. :) How many sites out there link to you and have never been listed .. or have been dropped ? Oh, wait... that would be everything that wasn't added within the last 6 months + a few hundred thousand. I see. Nevermind. Those "8 hits" kinda add up over time huh?

By the way, by reciprocating I also meant including at least having the courtesy to click the link ..

2) That makes no sense really. What does that have to do with eggs in China?

.

I was going to type up a really long & boring post telling you to start your own Link List & then come back here in 2012 & we can pick apart all the rules & whatnot you have in place, but I decided against it.

Here's the email that you get after you submit as it sits in my admin:
Thanks for submitting your site:
%%SITENAME%%
%%SITEURL%%
to the Link O'Rama. I, or one of my underpaid & overworked assistants, will be looking at it shortly.

Links are added daily around noon EST. It may take up to 48 hours for your site to get listed (it also may only take 12 hours - depends on when you submitted it & how current we are)

- New Rule!
http://www.link-o-rama.com/greenguy/therules.htm
#25 - 25. No more crappy vid caps for your pics - video camera's take movies, not still images.

- New Recip Links
Make sure you use the recip links located here:
http://www.link-o-rama.com/greenguy/linkstuff.htm
These were updated on Sept 22 2004, so make sure you're using the correct ones the next time you submit :)

- Now Open
Greenguy & Jim's Ultimate Webmaster Resource
http://www.greenguysboard.com/
If you have a question about listing problems, stop on by the board & post :)

Thanks again :)
Greenguy
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Greenguy Link O'Rama - http://www.link-o-rama.com/

Damn! That's a lot of spam & sponsor links, huh? :D

Oddly enough, that also answers any & all question on where to find me if there's a problem with the listing.

Your posts are not boring. I read them all through when we're in a discussion. Post what you like.

I had thought about a link list after admiring Tim's script, but then reality kicked me in the ass and reminded me that I work 12 hours a day now.

Actually, what I said was "Was that a rule? "Rule 1, I won't mail you other than the first one with my sponsor links and links to things that I think are cool in it".

and

(I don't know if you actually do that, I never checked. Other linklists damned sure want you to see their sponsors, fuck all listings and rejection mails).

Which, (I said) I didn't know if you sent one or not, but it turns out that you do and re-affirms that the only one important enough to send out was that first e-mail, with your own links, link laden or not. I never said it was spam.

That was also directed to, and is true for, Jays. 1 mail, the first one. His links and that's the last time you hear anything.

Was I wrong?

We have millions of fence posts around here.
Better off talking to them.. done with this thread. |noclue|

That sounds about right. Thank you.

Oh, and yes you do have a clue. You just don't want to say it. :)