New free site format (version 1.5)

Bill · 2008-04-22, 03:49 PM

I'd be happy to experiment with more variation in designs, if I thought I wouldn't get hassled for it.

There was a time when linklists enforced standardization pretty agressively. That created a market situation where every freesite builder had to try to build the optimum site within fairly narrow parameters. That kind of market force rewards a standardized look and feel.

Then, all the linklists added 'free hosted sites', which used graphic elements and designs that forced a new, semi-covert standard on freesite design onto builders.

Not only were we competing with each other, we were competing with fancier graphic sites, without recips, whose sales we were losing.

I'd be happy to reduce the number of recips on a site - but, if I do so when others don't, they pick up the "long tail" of little linklist traffic - which means I'm cutting my own throat (since i don't build mirrors at all anymore).

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2008-04-22, 03:49 PM	#32
Bill Selling porn allows me to stay in a constant state of Bliss - ain't that a trip! Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 3,914	I'd be happy to experiment with more variation in designs, if I thought I wouldn't get hassled for it. There was a time when linklists enforced standardization pretty agressively. That created a market situation where every freesite builder had to try to build the optimum site within fairly narrow parameters. That kind of market force rewards a standardized look and feel. Then, all the linklists added 'free hosted sites', which used graphic elements and designs that forced a new, semi-covert standard on freesite design onto builders. Not only were we competing with each other, we were competing with fancier graphic sites, without recips, whose sales we were losing. I'd be happy to reduce the number of recips on a site - but, if I do so when others don't, they pick up the "long tail" of little linklist traffic - which means I'm cutting my own throat (since i don't build mirrors at all anymore).