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docholly · 2003-10-28, 08:41 AM

1st I’m not sure where this should be listed so if this isn't the right category.. meesa sorry.

I decided since we are now moving into the big $$ months that I’d do a little experimenting with traffic. Before the crash, I outlined in some post my tracking system on a spreadsheet that I upload to Access so I can run detailed reports.

Background:

Over the past 3 months I found that I was listing the same 10-15 tgp sites and getting steady traffic from them. On occasion when I had a very niche site (gothic, boot, smoking etc) I’d vary my pattern to build extra sites and mix up the general tgp with the niched ones. I'm covering my expenses and making a few dollars to put back into the sites, purchase scripts, etc..which is what I really wanted to do for the 1st year.

Experiment:

I decided I wasn't giving enough attention to smaller sites which have a loyal following and could really be a new stream of revenue. so I took the GG&J traffic list.. picked out 2 categories my sites could fall under and submitted a TGP gallery to 20 new places. I also read thru here and looked for the "need gallery" posts. Before submitting (putting their banner on my site) I read all their rules to make sure I was in compliance. some of them wanted only 15-20 pics, I skipped them. Some wanted only 10 pics..I skipped them. I had 12.. a nice average number that gives just a little more to the surfer without giving it away. New clear content as well.

So with my 20 choices at hand and 8 of my partners/good traffic accounts I was off to the submit game. each gallery had 1 or 2 reg and 2 or 3 new depending on my mood, text vs. button etc. 4 receipts per gallery.

I did this on Friday. Now I realize that we are only on Tuesday but here is what I’ve found so far.

on every gallery at least 1 button/link is not valid.

3 of them, once I went thru the entire submission process, said.. we are no longer accepting sites, please apply for partner status. Uh HELLO.. please put that on your RULES page 1st. and trust me, I went back to look to see if I’d missed it. NOPE.

1 of them said, no longer accepting for that category. I went back and tried 3 other catagories..got the same response. since they only listed 10 categories.. 40% of their site was unavailable.

2 of them the submit page went to 404 pages.

2 of them the submit went to an email.. so I simply put my link in and hit send again.. They should at least be able to afford/find a free script that lets the submit go through.

so now I have 7 galleries with 8 bogus link backs. My mistake is that I listed with my partner/regs 1st. not wanting to go back and switch them out.. I just left them up.. grrrrr.

Now of the 12 left of the newbies that I was able to submit to, only 1 in 4 days has confirmed and posted my gallery.

the 8 of my regular/partner submits, have all posted.

now this is indicating to me 2 things.

1..The reason some of the smaller tgp stay small is that they are basically not taking care of their sites.

2..I have no reason to submit to any of them again with the exception of the 1 site that went thru already.

I was pretty bummed out actually since I thought I’d get a few more to add to my submit list...but *sigh*..I guess that's not the case.

2003-10-28, 08:41 AM	#1
docholly Nothing funnier than the ridiculous faces you people make mid-coitus Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Sin-City USA Posts: 4,973	My TGP listing experiment 1st I’m not sure where this should be listed so if this isn't the right category.. meesa sorry. I decided since we are now moving into the big $$ months that I’d do a little experimenting with traffic. Before the crash, I outlined in some post my tracking system on a spreadsheet that I upload to Access so I can run detailed reports. Background: Over the past 3 months I found that I was listing the same 10-15 tgp sites and getting steady traffic from them. On occasion when I had a very niche site (gothic, boot, smoking etc) I’d vary my pattern to build extra sites and mix up the general tgp with the niched ones. I'm covering my expenses and making a few dollars to put back into the sites, purchase scripts, etc..which is what I really wanted to do for the 1st year. Experiment: I decided I wasn't giving enough attention to smaller sites which have a loyal following and could really be a new stream of revenue. so I took the GG&J traffic list.. picked out 2 categories my sites could fall under and submitted a TGP gallery to 20 new places. I also read thru here and looked for the "need gallery" posts. Before submitting (putting their banner on my site) I read all their rules to make sure I was in compliance. some of them wanted only 15-20 pics, I skipped them. Some wanted only 10 pics..I skipped them. I had 12.. a nice average number that gives just a little more to the surfer without giving it away. New clear content as well. So with my 20 choices at hand and 8 of my partners/good traffic accounts I was off to the submit game. each gallery had 1 or 2 reg and 2 or 3 new depending on my mood, text vs. button etc. 4 receipts per gallery. I did this on Friday. Now I realize that we are only on Tuesday but here is what I’ve found so far. on every gallery at least 1 button/link is not valid. 3 of them, once I went thru the entire submission process, said.. we are no longer accepting sites, please apply for partner status. Uh HELLO.. please put that on your RULES page 1st. and trust me, I went back to look to see if I’d missed it. NOPE. 1 of them said, no longer accepting for that category. I went back and tried 3 other catagories..got the same response. since they only listed 10 categories.. 40% of their site was unavailable. 2 of them the submit page went to 404 pages. 2 of them the submit went to an email.. so I simply put my link in and hit send again.. They should at least be able to afford/find a free script that lets the submit go through. so now I have 7 galleries with 8 bogus link backs. My mistake is that I listed with my partner/regs 1st. not wanting to go back and switch them out.. I just left them up.. grrrrr. Now of the 12 left of the newbies that I was able to submit to, only 1 in 4 days has confirmed and posted my gallery. the 8 of my regular/partner submits, have all posted. now this is indicating to me 2 things. 1..The reason some of the smaller tgp stay small is that they are basically not taking care of their sites. 2..I have no reason to submit to any of them again with the exception of the 1 site that went thru already. I was pretty bummed out actually since I thought I’d get a few more to add to my submit list...but sigh..I guess that's not the case. __________________ Support Indie Porn Sites OMGoddess You know you need some Bling!!