As good as I get - site review please.

[nottslad]

Well, I've been plugging away at free sites for about 18 months now. I dont make too many as my core business has to take priority. But the ones I have made continue to make some sales and I'm keen to keep going.

I've picked up a lot of advice and info from this board, and am slowly creeping out of (I think) newbie status.

Here's my latest site, please give me your comments

The site linked above is about the best I can come up with.

I think I know all the rules and hopefully there is nothing wrong with the site as far as general rules are concerned. What I do struggle on sometimes is getting clicks from the free site to the sponsor. I'm scared to death of being rejected for blind links so all my links normally end in the actual pay site name linked. But that doesnt help click thru's - although I suppose those that do click know excatly where they are going.

Also not sure on sales text, I try to build a story or make people think about things. Maybe that's too deep??

So all comments welcome please. Let me know how I can improve this site.

The site has not been submitted anywhere yet, I've used Greenguy's recips as an example but obviously I'll be changing 15 of the 16 recips before submission.

If people think it useful, I'd be happy to provide a regular update on where it was submitted, who accepted and when, what traffic the site received, the number of click thru's from the site to the sponsor and (hopefully) the number of sales.

All comments welcome, I hope to fine tune it tomorrow pm and then add the recips and submit.

[Maj. Stress]

Just my two cents. You do not have anything that will grab your "customers" attention to the sponsor ads on that page. From my view the page just kind of sits there and does not have a "focal point". This is an interracial site and I see nothing visual that says interracial on the page. I see two white chicks.

[Greenguy]

The 1st problem that I see is that there are not enough links to me on the warning page

[alessandro]

Instead of that stale "White Teens Black Cocks.com" link text, I'd put something like: "Click here for full length videos featuring explicit interracial sex action from White Teens Black Cocks.Com" or something similar. For me, this kind of text helps a lot, both in terms of click thru's and sales.

[MrYum]

Yep, agree with the above comments

Pumping up the text and links...make em WANT to click.

Also, the red mouseover text on the green bg is a bit painful. Not something I'd decline the site over...just an observation.

And something to be careful of on sites where you're pushing the teen angle. Using words like young, little, tiny can be mis-construed...I'd steer clear of using those kinds of words anywhere near the word teen. But, I'm kinda anal about such things

[masteryan]

doesnt look professional.

if u cant afford a designer, find a cheap/free template.
pages like this look like spam to me.

photoshop is fun and free (isnt it? lol)

[MrYum]

Originally Posted by masteryan

doesnt look professional.

if u cant afford a designer, find a cheap/free template.
pages like this look like spam to me.

photoshop is fun and free (isnt it? lol)

These are free sites, which are simply traffic sources. While opinions vary as to what sells better (ugly or pretty), looking professional isn't a requirement to get listed.

Using a template repeatedly is a great way to get blacklisted.

Last I checked, no photoshop isn't free.

You might want to check your information prior to offering it up to others.

[CrazySy]

Originally Posted by masteryan

doesnt look professional.

Show me a sample of your freesite work. If you own the site in your sig, then you should practice what you preach and find someone to make you a better looking site.

[masteryan]

Originally Posted by CrazySy

Show me a sample of your freesite work. If you own the site in your sig, then you should practice what you preach and find someone to make you a better looking site.

so you guys are getting defensive about constructive criticism. cool.

i dont run free sites. i run pay sites and ecommerce sites, all of which make me a lot of money.

my comment was as a surfer looking at the site posted. i guess u guys are so good and so rich u dont need constructive criticism eh?

thats fine there's other boards where people like money.

[MrYum]

Originally Posted by masteryan

so you guys are getting defensive about constructive criticism. cool.

i dont run free sites. i run pay sites and ecommerce sites, all of which make me a lot of money.

my comment was as a surfer looking at the site posted. i guess u guys are so good and so rich u dont need constructive criticism eh?

thats fine there's other boards where people like money.

Nope, not defensive at all...just trying to avoid someone giving bad advice to a relatively new free site builder.

You just admitted it yourself...you don't know anything about free sites, so perhaps you should do some research before you start trying to give out advice.

[picXX]

thats fine there's other boards where people like money.

So, you are giving away money then?
Just hit me up to get my epassporte mail... i will be happy to recive any amount.

[CrazySy]

Originally Posted by masteryan

so you guys are getting defensive about constructive criticism. cool.

First of all I don't think I was getting defensive, I just asked for a sample of your work to see how good you know that market and then looked at your site in your sig to see what is it all about, and ended up giving you my opinion about the look of your site just like you did to the original thread starter

Second, Could you please point me to something "Constructive" in your first post? I see some misleading information but that's it


nottslad, My apology to you for taking your thread to a different direction. I'll go get ready to watch some football/soccer now

[Beaver Bob]

i think it looks nice I like the custom recips.

[nottslad]

Thanks all for the comments, I made some changes based on the first few comments and submitted it a few days ago.

I've looked at hundreds of free sites and I dont consider this to be the best in terms of aesthetic design, hence the thread title and comments in my initial post. However, I dont think it the worst either.

Certainly, I'll not be hiring a professional designer for future free sites.

[Licker4U]

Isn't this a blind link? If not, why is it not?

The Best in Exclusive
INTERRACIAL ASS BANGING
AND
BLACK ON WHITE PUSSY POUNDING
Interracial Hardcore XXX Sex

[MrYum]

Originally Posted by Licker

Isn't this a blind link? If not, why is it not?

The Best in Exclusive
INTERRACIAL ASS BANGING
AND
BLACK ON WHITE PUSSY POUNDING
Interracial Hardcore XXX Sex

I suppose some reviewers might kick the site for that link.

But, the text directly above that link states, " Whatever you choose to call it, White Teens Black Cocks.com is where it's at for"...which helps make the link non-blind.

[Brav]

Originally Posted by Licker

Isn't this a blind link? If not, why is it not?

The Best in Exclusive
INTERRACIAL ASS BANGING
AND
BLACK ON WHITE PUSSY POUNDING
Interracial Hardcore XXX Sex

Why would that be a blind link?

[Licker4U]

Whatever you choose to call it, White Teens Black Cocks.com
is where it's at for
The Best in Exclusive
INTERRACIAL ASS BANGING
AND
BLACK ON WHITE PUSSY POUNDING
Interracial Hardcore XXX Sex

The first part of the sentence is a different color and each word is not capitalized. The second part of the sentence is a different color and has each word is capitalized and is a link. To me it looked like a surfer wouldn't know where he was going. Just looked a little deceptive to me but if this kind of link is acceptable I'll try something similar. Just wanting to know what is acceptable and what is not.

[Brav]

In my opinion the surfer would think they were going where "The Best in Exclusive INTERRACIAL ASS BANGING AND BLACK ON WHITE PUSSY POUNDING Interracial Hardcore XXX Sex" is at. I don't think that text implies that its another page on the site or that it is the destination of more free pics or movies. I don't think it's misleading but others may disagree with me.

[puck]

Try another texlinks