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Originally posted by Jaden
I think you are missing the point....IT IS a privilege most the time to get listed....
You end up getting picked up by SE's in a short amount of time, you get targetted traffic for sales, and a consistent amount of that traffic through long term listings.....
Right now, between free hosted galleries and free hosted free sites as well as shared databases and super high quality consistent submissions from a handful of submitters LL owners could still do very well for themselves without every having to accept open submissions at all.
It definitely is a bonus to accept submissions for the variety offered and amount of content, but again, if you want a piece of that pie, then simply follow the rules and hone your selling skills.
You don't HAVE to submit to LL's to make sales, it is very possible to make pages exactly how you want them, feed them with your own traffic, invest the time in submitting to SE's yourself and go that way.....The process is slower, longer, and can have mixed results. And I think, you will still end up going back and tweaking everything and still following the basic rules, because that is what sells. Or you can always go the TGP route. But be prepared to invest more $$$ and time, and at the end you still have to learn the sales tactics and hone them for that as well.....Not to mention that TGP's are even more competitive and have their own rules for submits.....
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I beleive the long term is always better to aim for, LL provide a instant boost to traffic and help my main hub get found by Google that I am 100% sure of.
Some very good points :-)
Jaden - I can really relate to your comments, I didnt see it as an extra link just one I was advised to put on all future builds, I figure what is up this time is that this link is within the 'box' as apposed to a few 'enters' below the page - something maybe I should think about.
I build for the long term aqs some of the real bad sites I did last year are getting some SE traffic now so Im all for the future.
Urb - again great point, my question to you is were you a soft touch? You dont sound like one to me ;-)
I have probley opened a can of worms with this post though it was something I had to get of my chest and generally get some other views.
The Lady at the list in question as far as I am concenred is fair and has been nothing less then helpful in explaining what I need to resolve.
My grief is really with the whole process but I cant change the world!