There have been several discussions lately regarding recepts and what they look like and who they are listed with..
and since Tart & I, in a joint effort to streamline our build, submit, forget, process..spent several days in analysing our traffic vs sales etc. We decided to add 32 new sites to our submit process bringing the total to 64. We randomly chose what recept went where unless specifically on a site like PB or Hoes it says you get higher ranking if you list their secondary site.
Our submits span all sizes from brand NEW LL, to those who've been around since 1896.
and we get mail.. NOT from larger more experienced LL owners who know the value of PR and Linkback etc.. but from mostly new to semi medium site owners who want us to change THEIR recept or location or add in title tags or unlink some text or change the name of their listing (which has nothing to do with the table THEY posted on THEIR site). I even got an email from someone who decided last month, after listing oh 14 or 15 sites, now will take at most 12 recepts. No biggie.. find and replace works really well on my computer..
and what is really funny is those who think they know who and who will not list sites. I mean seriously.. do you have nothing else to do than to speculate on if your recept is on with MrBigLinkList that i wasted MY time to put it there to 'fool' you??
.. and Mishi does list our site..
SE experts will tell you it's not the repetitive key words in your link or your puce/purple color scheme, cuz the spiders don't care. They care that "oh XXX freesites is listed "ongoldenblond" and it's not spammed with key words, it's on a different server so it must be a different site.. bam.. up the PR..
as a reviewer i'm happy to see my link with the name and URL spelled correctly.. If it's in a table and it looks nice, even if it's not my specific link, i'm happy too. becuase i know that i'm going to get SOMETHING from it..
and yes i'm on a rant today.. old age allows me some latitude.. |rasta|
but the bottom line is, for me anyway, it's your business, list if you want, don't list if you don't want.. don't worry about who else is listing/not listing.. if you think it looks good, as Alex said and it has 28 recepts, list away.. if it sux with 6 banner..reject.. i'd worry more about quality and content of the sites you are listing rather then whether the recept table got the right shade of black to match your site.
end of rant!!
and THANK YOU to all the sites that list us.. we truly appreciate it.
