I've been making free sites for over 3 years, and almost all of those free sites are still up. I actively maintain them, although don't change them unless a sponsor code needs changing. A lot of them are more than just the usual two gallery freesite - most have articles and other extras on them. They're not "create and forget" sites.
These free sites still have the URLS to all the linklists I originally submitted them to on the index page. (This is where I confess to being a technical dunce, so almost all of my sites don't use SSI or any other "easy-update" technique.)
A couple of days ago I realised a toplist I'd been sending traffic to was malfunctioning, and sending all my hits to their own paysite. Not happy. I now have to remove all those links.
It also made me realise that I'm still sending traffic (however small) and giving PR to numerous linklists who have long since removed me from their main category list. So I was thinking that it's time to do some resubmitting, get some more milage out of the work I've already done. So I've tried to resubmit my sites to places like Richard's Realm and Smut Gremlins since that recip is already up there, but the submission script won't allow me to do that. "Error: This site has already been submitted" it says.
My point here is this: All the usual rules threaten me with blacklisting, hellfire and brimstone if I remove a recip after I've been listed. Isn't it a bit unfair that linklists can do the same to me without so much as a warning email? Or even a statement that "your average listing will last x months, after which, you may remove our recip"?
And even if a site is not-so-new, wouldn't it be nicer to put the link in an archive rather than simply removing it altogether?
And is there any way that I can resubmit my sites??
Yes, this situation is partly my fault because my sites are essentially "hand tooled". I also realise that some will take issue with the idea of old content on old sites. In my case it's not such a huge problem since 99% of them are 4women freesites...
Your comments, O Linklist Gods? LOL
