Links on galleries: redirect or direct ?

Jab · 2006-01-22, 09:27 PM

To follow up: I've now submitted a couple galleries with onmouseovers without any complaints. Some tgp webmasters block words such as 'onmouseover', which is great actually since it rules out mistakes.

Regardless of this, I'm worried. Onmouseovers seem a grey area. As long as you're honest I personally don't see the harm though. Heck, it's more honest than subdomain redirects:

Code:

Destination: http://www.xsite.com/tour/jane_doe/?ref=bling46987 
Onmouseover: http://www.xsite.com/tour/jane_doe/
Redirect:    http://xsite.goto.com/

...but I understand it's easier to check for javascript strings than it is to seperate the 'bad' redirects from the 'good'.

Bottom line, onmouseovers are scrutinized and redirects are not. So be it.

I'll continue with redirects/plainlinks. Although I'd still like to find out how plainlink-galleries compare to mouseover-galleries and subdomain-redirect-galleries (conversion, acceptance, clicktrough, etc).

As a sidenote, onmouseover gals do get listed on some major tgp's such as thehun, mark's bookmarks, richard's realm.

Thanks for the replies !

2006-01-22, 09:27 PM	#12
Jab If something goes wrong at the plant, blame the guy who can't speak English Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 37	To follow up: I've now submitted a couple galleries with onmouseovers without any complaints. Some tgp webmasters block words such as 'onmouseover', which is great actually since it rules out mistakes. Regardless of this, I'm worried. Onmouseovers seem a grey area. As long as you're honest I personally don't see the harm though. Heck, it's more honest than subdomain redirects: Code: Destination: http://www.xsite.com/tour/jane_doe/?ref=bling46987 Onmouseover: http://www.xsite.com/tour/jane_doe/ Redirect: http://xsite.goto.com/ ...but I understand it's easier to check for javascript strings than it is to seperate the 'bad' redirects from the 'good'. Bottom line, onmouseovers are scrutinized and redirects are not. So be it. I'll continue with redirects/plainlinks. Although I'd still like to find out how plainlink-galleries compare to mouseover-galleries and subdomain-redirect-galleries (conversion, acceptance, clicktrough, etc). As a sidenote, onmouseover gals do get listed on some major tgp's such as thehun, mark's bookmarks, richard's realm. Thanks for the replies !