Hello people...I had to respond after Ramster showed me this link...btw...thanks for the props Ramster.
Personally, this proliferation of "spot sales", imho, is garbage. If the spots were so profitable, I would hire people to make me galleries 24/7 and list only them. This is one of the main reasons I will not go to spot sales....it puts me in too much of a bind to deliver. I would pay a monthly submit account faster than I would ever pay for spots.
Pay to submit? Sure. The submitter has a stake in not cheating...although it did not stop two of them. Anybody that has paid to submit to my site....can honestly say they get listed more times than not and generally the traffic is good. Of course..if someone does not have a chance at getting listed...I give them the cash back. I remember the key....I need good galleries. We all do. My way works out so much cheaper than any spot sales will and both myself and the submitter benefit. Advertising is never free...at least not much anymore.
Licking ass, is not required to get traffic. What is required is top notch galleries and a history of playing fair. The problem lies now in that due to soooo many cheats, webmasters have aligned themselves with great submitters and other tgps. The cheat factor drops, good galleries still come in and everyone is happy.
Cleo says it right.....the hobbyists and cheats are screwing it for people. The cheat is a no brainer but I have seen new people in this business that do not know how to optimize pictures, pages are a mess or are downloaded sponsor galleries, free dated content...the list goes on. Time is money and I personally do not have the time nor am I inclined to assist new people on a daily basis. My icq is bloated at times. I have a few that I help...they help....but that is it.
Is it just me...or does everyone see the circle closing? New people are going to have a very hard time breaking in...for many reasons. It is not due to cheats or the ones here for a hobby...but just that there are sooo many "webmasters" now?
btw...."hundreds of hundreds dollars like Greenguy"...
Nooo....not even close......replace a few words there
