so close to my birthday, this thread makes me really feel old!
I remember the "gift" for coming up with the best domain names, LOL they were flying all up and down that board.
I was so smart I never tried to get any of them
I agree with the rest, my biggest mistake was not hiring someone to continue my work, then move on with something new but hell I was happy.. and rich! LOL
I did TRY to hire a couple people but they couldnt/wouldnt/didnt do it like I did so they had to go
second was turning my site into a cj site, I had dedicated and loyal traffic. But the money was awesome and the net was new and I was getting it while I could cause I just knew it wouldnt last hehehe :p
The surfers would email me saying they found a site that was using my pics (bought from Lee) on their site and wanted to make sure I knew about it and they had permission to do so, even had some surfers volunteer to "take care of them for me" if I hadnt given my permission LOL
which brings me to the one thing that I think has remained consistant. Surfers that can relate to a person/personality will have better quality traffic over ALL the rest. I agree with Lee that blogs are a great tool to add that personality to a site.
and lastly... THANK GOD FOR CRONS!