Finally, my first site

[secretagentwilly]

Originally Posted by Bill

I couldn't tell you if that content is overexposed, it's the ll owners who know that kind of thing.

Bill, thanks for the comments, I made the enter/do not enter and the home link bigger and got rid of the links to my homepage in the gallery footers. I've seen that in other galleries and I thought it made sense to get the link back. One follow up question...can you explain what you meant by overexposed? I know what overexposed means, but can I ask why you think it might? My gut tells me because bang bros is very commercialized. I thought about that, dealt with it by making up my own descriptions, the text that is, and I still decided to promote bang bros because it's my experience that they convert real well and I'm loyal to that. But yes, I agree the link lists will snuff it in a heartbeat if it is overexposed. Do you think bang bros is not real good to promote because it's too commercialized?

[Bill]

Originally Posted by easymama

can you explain what you meant by overexposed?

Well, in general, the more popular the sponsor, the more likely that the free sponsor content has been seen so many times by the linklist reviewers that they don't want any more sites built with it.

One way to try to figure out if your content is overexposed is to go to the appropriate category at greenguys, and just go down the list of freesites checking to see what content they are using. If you see the same content you are using more than once, maybe twice, you should consider picking some other content.

Especially if they have a "NEW" site listed with that content.

And especially if you are a new submitter.

Looking at the other freesites you'll be competing with for sales can teach you a lot, so you get double benefit by looking at the existing freesites and content in your chosen category.

If you are just starting out, it can be a good idea to pick a smaller, less-often-seen sponsor - the content is fresher, the sponsor is fresher, you get listed a bit easier.

But, popular sponsors are usually popular because they make decent sales - less-common sponsors sometimes just don't make the sales you'd like to see. Then again, sometimes they do better, because you're not competing with 20 other people for the sale.