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eksites · 2004-06-22, 10:37 PM

Well, it's been up for almost 24 hours now, and most of the link lists I submitted to have listed it. I'm totally addicted to checking my stats and tweaking the ads used, especially since I'm using phpadsnew to rotate. Quite the eye opener now that I've actually got (a little) traffic to see which banners/textads get clicks, and which don't. I know it's just 24 hours worth of data, but after a few hundred adviews each, if ad "X" has a CTR of 6% and ad "Y" has a CTR of 0.34%, I'm going to direct the ad rotator to weigh ad X more heavily.

Course, no sales yet, but I've only had 60 or so clicks through to the sponsor. And I know from reading here and elsewhere not to really start judging till I have a few hundred clicks.

However, today really feels like a breakthrough. I finally crossed the barrier between planning/researching/dicking around and actually being an adult webmaster. Granted, I've got a grand total of 1 site, but theory vs practice = a very different beast. YAY. Keeping my fingers crossed and hoping for my first sale by the end of the month. Plans for tomorrow = Create a new free site. Find 9 more link lists for a mirror of the first site. Then submit yesterday's site to new 9 and new site to old and new for 18.

Oh, and check when the server updates my stats to see what the damage to bandwidth is.

I've 64gig a month w/ $2 per gig for overage, so I'm going to try to get my traffic up to near that limit by September first. If I make 1 sale a month I should cover hosting costs (well, for any sponsor who pays more than 19.95 per sale, and most do, right?)

Sorry for the blithering, I'm just feeling really good, like I've overcome my first real speedbump

and I'm onto another part of the learning curve.

Medium term plan? 100 Link listable free sites by September 30th (that's roughly 100 days), in 10+ niches and covering 10+ sponsors. In addition 100 "in house" free sites with a few more sketchy tricks (like the odd console, more banners, and sponsor content used with impunity.)

I also want to get up at least 10 AVS sites with the more hardcore content.

So, um, yeah. Hi. My name is Eksites, and I'm having a celebratory drink. I'm off to pick some pics and do some thumbs.

Nice to meet everyone, and I really enjoy this board. Wish me luck.

2004-06-22, 10:37 PM	#19
eksites Heh Heh Heh! Lisa! Vampires are make believe, just like elves and gremlins and eskimos! Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 73	Well, it's been up for almost 24 hours now, and most of the link lists I submitted to have listed it. I'm totally addicted to checking my stats and tweaking the ads used, especially since I'm using phpadsnew to rotate. Quite the eye opener now that I've actually got (a little) traffic to see which banners/textads get clicks, and which don't. I know it's just 24 hours worth of data, but after a few hundred adviews each, if ad "X" has a CTR of 6% and ad "Y" has a CTR of 0.34%, I'm going to direct the ad rotator to weigh ad X more heavily. Course, no sales yet, but I've only had 60 or so clicks through to the sponsor. And I know from reading here and elsewhere not to really start judging till I have a few hundred clicks. However, today really feels like a breakthrough. I finally crossed the barrier between planning/researching/dicking around and actually being an adult webmaster. Granted, I've got a grand total of 1 site, but theory vs practice = a very different beast. YAY. Keeping my fingers crossed and hoping for my first sale by the end of the month. Plans for tomorrow = Create a new free site. Find 9 more link lists for a mirror of the first site. Then submit yesterday's site to new 9 and new site to old and new for 18. Oh, and check when the server updates my stats to see what the damage to bandwidth is. I've 64gig a month w/ $2 per gig for overage, so I'm going to try to get my traffic up to near that limit by September first. If I make 1 sale a month I should cover hosting costs (well, for any sponsor who pays more than 19.95 per sale, and most do, right?) Sorry for the blithering, I'm just feeling really good, like I've overcome my first real speedbump and I'm onto another part of the learning curve. Medium term plan? 100 Link listable free sites by September 30th (that's roughly 100 days), in 10+ niches and covering 10+ sponsors. In addition 100 "in house" free sites with a few more sketchy tricks (like the odd console, more banners, and sponsor content used with impunity.) I also want to get up at least 10 AVS sites with the more hardcore content. So, um, yeah. Hi. My name is Eksites, and I'm having a celebratory drink. I'm off to pick some pics and do some thumbs. Nice to meet everyone, and I really enjoy this board. Wish me luck.