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Originally Posted by Preacher

You read my thread so you pretty much know everything I would suggest, but let me just add two things.

It is my opinion that hardlinks trades do not carry anywhere near the weight they used to. A new linklist is generally desperate for trades. If I were to do it over again I would not have traded with people I do not know well enough from the forum or trust. IMO, you can do just as much damage with a bad link as you could benefit from a good and unless you run it through a script (similiar to how Red Cherry did) you'll have to test those unknown linktrades continuously.

Second, and I know it's been said, but linklists take a long time to be profitable. Here's the part you might not be thinking about though. It's common for LL owner's -- like many posting in this thread -- to have the need or desire to muck with their script. Whether it's a front-end or back end change or just adding banners to an ad script, all of this work will take away from you freesite building, which is essentially what will be driving traffic to your new site. If your income is derived soley from free-site building, I suggest you think this through and come up with a strategy like only work on your LL after your freesite building and submitting is done for the day or you will see not just a loss from the expense, but also a decrease in income.

Cool site you've got there