DAYUM it's getting harder and harder to find decent linklists that actually review

[Bill]

Well, traffic is always the most important consideration. But the simple truth is that there are only between 4-6 linklists that send so much traffic that they are important, and by traffic alone they engender loyalty.

After those top traffic lls, the factors that engender the most loyalty for me are:

1. they treat their submitters fairly, and don't bury/hide the links in an attempt to strip every last signup off the traffic before deigning to let the surfer see our sites.

I'd rather submit to a site that treats me fairly and sends 10 hits a week than to a site that treats me like I'm a sucker and sends 50. And I'd sure as fuck rather put a fair person in the same table as greeny, tommy, and penisbot.

2. they review regularly, reliably, in a reasonable time, and accept pretty much every site once they know you, and aren't assholes about little picky shit.

alexa, PR - well, one is aware of such things sure, and they might affect being willing to test a site, but they don't in themselves mean enough to obsess over.

[Useless]

Originally Posted by Bill

1. they treat their submitters fairly, and don't bury/hide the links in an attempt to strip every last signup off the traffic before deigning to let the surfer see our sites.

I'd rather submit to a site that treats me fairly and sends 10 hits a week than to a site that treats me like I'm a sucker and sends 50. And I'd sure as fuck rather put a fair person in the same table as greeny, tommy, and penisbot.

2. they review regularly, reliably, in a reasonable time, and accept pretty much every site once they know you, and aren't assholes about little picky shit.

alexa, PR - well, one is aware of such things sure, and they might affect being willing to test a site, but they don't in themselves mean enough to obsess over.

Want to hear something semi humorous? I lost almost all of the submitters at my largest link list when I stopped reviewing and re-scripted it to list their links automatically upon submission. I'm told that the 3-4 remaining semi-regular submitters don't mind the lack of competition. (I don't have any daily submitters.) There are days when the casual observer viewing the index might wonder who owns the site, Simon or Red Cherry.

As much as having more submitters might be beneficial from a fresh content standpoint, it's also a pain the ass, especially if one is as anal as I am, which is why I don't go whoring for more. I really like knowing that I don't have to check the site because the current few active submitters never do anything that annoys me. OK, there's one guy whose English isn't the best, so his titles sometimes make me cringe, but I can live with that.

It's actually quite difficult to design a link list that is mutually beneficial to both the owner and the submitter. On one hand, you want to get traffic to the listings so that you can please the submitter and create loyalty. One the other hand, if the surfers aren't pausing on your ads, owning the link list is a waste of time. I keep an eye on where my revenue is coming from, so I know that I earn more from banners than I do listing FHGs. I also know that I hardly ever see a sale created by the uppermost banner spot on my index, no matter which sponsor or banner I use. I'll probably end up removing it again, which will bring the listings up another 300 pixels. But then I'll feel foolish for not using that space!

A lot of link list owners need to heed Simon's advice about generating traffic. We're beyond a decade past the build it and they will come era of internet porn, yet many owners still sit around hoping for traffic to increase by pure will power. Good luck with that.

I'd be happy to see some level of evolution in the free site/link list wing of this industry, but I doubt it will occur. Though the status quo is forcing everyone out of business, the forces of change are weak.

[Bill]

Originally Posted by Useless Warrior

Want to hear something semi humorous? I lost almost all of the submitters at my largest link list when I stopped reviewing and re-scripted it to list their links automatically upon submission. I'm told that the 3-4 remaining semi-regular submitters don't mind the lack of competition. (I don't have any daily submitters.) There are days when the casual observer viewing the index might wonder who owns the site, Simon or Red Cherry.

Huh. That's definitely a curious effect.

http://www.filthyearl.com/ , right? I just checked it out, got a nice look. And the submit system works well. What link list software is that?

I don't think I said anything about it, but I thought that was a real interesting experiment. Now that I look closer I think it's even more interesting.

[Useless]

Originally Posted by Bill

Huh. That's definitely a curious effect.

http://www.filthyearl.com/ , right? I just checked it out, got a nice look. And the submit system works well. What link list software is that?

I don't think I said anything about it, but I thought that was a real interesting experiment. Now that I look closer I think it's even more interesting.

No. http://www.pervespace.com/ Earl was a defunct link list that I re-opened as an automatic list instead of having it sit there doing nothing. I'm still waiting to see if the traffic will build as a non-recip list. As you'll see on both sites, I'm currently experimenting with popunders. So far, the popunders have proven to be worthless at creating sales, and I'll probably use them strictly as a means of traffic trading between my own sites after I'm thoroughly convinced of their relative worthlessness.

The script is a custom mish-mosh.

[Bill]

Ahhh I see.

Just tried to sign in for a subbing account at pervespace, it wasn't intuitive as to how to do that. How does one sign up?

Clicking the webmaster link takes me to a login page with no extra info.

I searched back thru your recent posts, the first I came across was the thread about filthy earl, and it had a auto-submission system, so I concluded mistakenly lol.

I saw pervespace come up in the popunder, you know, I didn't immediately recognize it as a linklist, thought it was a kind of paysite, untill I saw that scrolling list of links.

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A custom mishmosh eh? Howd you manage that?

You selling copies?

A search for linklistpro takes one to an aggregator page.

[Useless]

Originally Posted by Bill

Just tried to sign in for a subbing account at http://www.pervespace.com/ , it wasn't intuitive as to how to do that. How does one sign up?

Clicking the webmaster link takes me to a login page with no extra info.

I'll send you a PM with the link to sign up. It's not just a partner link list, it's a private link list, so I don't link to that page anywhere. I don't want random newbies adding links to crap.

I'm fairly sensitive about this particular site - especially the descriptions and tags. Once inside, you'll see my anal little guides on tagging, descriptions and such. Outside of those details and the need for a simple text recip, it's very much like Earl. No daily limit. You can link to pretty much any page/gallery/site/hub/blog/post/whatever you own. I don't have any real content restrictions or demands. (My rules say 10 images per gallery on a free site, but I'm a big fan of hybrid/free style design, so even that doesn't count. Also, I've never rejected screen caps.) I don't have any banned sponsors. Sponsor iframes, hosted banners, etc. are perfectly fine. No FHGs as gallery pages though. As anal as I am about certain things with text and tags, I try not to infringe on a webmaster's ability to earn a living or be creative in their technique.

My permissiveness when it comes to content and design is pretty much what made me realize that it was pointless to review. I have only ever accepted webmasters who I considered trustworthy and capable. I do receive the rare email from a submitter about a typo in a title, but nothing major. Perv has been on automatic for a year or so, and I've never discovered anything added since then that I wouldn't have accepted myself. If I run across something that bothers me in the tags or description, I'll edit it.

Don't think that I scan the site for typos and grammatical errors. In actuality, I barely look at it in that context. I generally don't read the descriptions at all.

If you sign up and decide you don't want to submit to it, that's fine. No hard feelings. But have a look around and see what you think.

Originally Posted by Bill

A custom mishmosh eh? Howd you manage that?

You selling copies?

No. But someday, most likely within the following year, the entire site will be for sale.

[plateman]

speaking of reviewing I have a bit todo today, I run anywhere to whenever to 4 or 5 days the most, unless something happens as had the last 10 days ago