Oldschool reinvented noob got a few questions!

JD · 2006-11-06, 08:36 PM

Hi all, I like this board, which brings me to post here

I was a webmaster back in 99, so stuffed around with free sites a bit and then into avs for years and it died a horrible death (avs), and so did my bank account, oh well |confused|
Then I did galleries for a while (yukk), hated them, lots of work for little result imho. So three weeks ago I've gone back to my free site stuff, where I really started, back when there was only 6 or so big sponsors around . Now I see theres zillions and zillions of them.

My questions based on the new breed of free site builders follows:

1. Can you still make a living creating free sites these days? Probably a dumb ass question considering all the people on here that make them, unless you all do it part time )

2.Are there any sponsors that basically you just won't get listed with (even if you have 2 day old content from them)? For example, I've been using deecash and I like them, dont seem to have a problem with getting listed, BUT if I used nasty dollars with new content would I still get listed on the major sites? I guess I'm looking for a list of a few sponsors that just wont be accepted at the larger link lists, if thats the case. I imagine its a bit different than the gallery people though, there they are very strict with you having hte same sponsors they have on their sites.

3. I am building one or two free sites each day and submitting them to 20 or so link lists. I know its a difficult question to answer, but how long (ball park figure) is it taking you guys to see lets say a sale a day after submitting every day? I know thats a small ammount of income but I realise things take a long time, like Xallow (sp?), after 3 weeks of solid work, I havent seen much in sales or traffic, but I do realise, like the tgp game(only way its like it), it does take time to get the traffic coming in and getting listed (at ll's and se's). So do you think after 3 months of submitting daily I might see a couple sales a day from the work? (I know its a tough question, depends of multiple factores)

4. Vids or pics these days? I've tried some free movie sites, and pic sites as well, and for some reason, I'm not seeing as much traffic to the movie sites. What are you experienced builders finding? Pics or movies, or a mixture of the two (not on same site, thats a no no I hear?

5. Whats bandwidth like these days making and submitting 1 or 2 sites a day to all the large sites? Is it pretty small? I am used to large BW on the galleries in the past, just wondering if a 10mb server is required in the long run of free site building if you are using movies a lot?

6. Htaccess - do u guys still use it? Do u use something to protect movies as well?

Thanks guys, sorry for all the questions, I've been reading lots on here, and found some good posts, now its just a matter of getting past the pain barrier of building until I can see some results for the hard work!
I know there wont be the bullshit that you get at gfy with everyone saying they are making millions at this stuff )

JD
(justin)

2006-11-06, 08:36 PM	#1
JD Lord help me, I'm just not that bright Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 107	Oldschool reinvented noob got a few questions! Hi all, I like this board, which brings me to post here I was a webmaster back in 99, so stuffed around with free sites a bit and then into avs for years and it died a horrible death (avs), and so did my bank account, oh well \|confused\| Then I did galleries for a while (yukk), hated them, lots of work for little result imho. So three weeks ago I've gone back to my free site stuff, where I really started, back when there was only 6 or so big sponsors around . Now I see theres zillions and zillions of them. My questions based on the new breed of free site builders follows: 1. Can you still make a living creating free sites these days? Probably a dumb ass question considering all the people on here that make them, unless you all do it part time ) 2.Are there any sponsors that basically you just won't get listed with (even if you have 2 day old content from them)? For example, I've been using deecash and I like them, dont seem to have a problem with getting listed, BUT if I used nasty dollars with new content would I still get listed on the major sites? I guess I'm looking for a list of a few sponsors that just wont be accepted at the larger link lists, if thats the case. I imagine its a bit different than the gallery people though, there they are very strict with you having hte same sponsors they have on their sites. 3. I am building one or two free sites each day and submitting them to 20 or so link lists. I know its a difficult question to answer, but how long (ball park figure) is it taking you guys to see lets say a sale a day after submitting every day? I know thats a small ammount of income but I realise things take a long time, like Xallow (sp?), after 3 weeks of solid work, I havent seen much in sales or traffic, but I do realise, like the tgp game(only way its like it), it does take time to get the traffic coming in and getting listed (at ll's and se's). So do you think after 3 months of submitting daily I might see a couple sales a day from the work? (I know its a tough question, depends of multiple factores) 4. Vids or pics these days? I've tried some free movie sites, and pic sites as well, and for some reason, I'm not seeing as much traffic to the movie sites. What are you experienced builders finding? Pics or movies, or a mixture of the two (not on same site, thats a no no I hear? 5. Whats bandwidth like these days making and submitting 1 or 2 sites a day to all the large sites? Is it pretty small? I am used to large BW on the galleries in the past, just wondering if a 10mb server is required in the long run of free site building if you are using movies a lot? 6. Htaccess - do u guys still use it? Do u use something to protect movies as well? Thanks guys, sorry for all the questions, I've been reading lots on here, and found some good posts, now its just a matter of getting past the pain barrier of building until I can see some results for the hard work! I know there wont be the bullshit that you get at gfy with everyone saying they are making millions at this stuff ) JD (justin)