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I submit a few free sites sporadically. The goal is to create spider food while at the same time giving some eye candy to my repeat customers. Years ago I submitted a site every day and stopped because it became too much of a hassle. Keep in mind I go way back. The rules changed a little too often for me. If I go down an industry standard, the Link-O-Rama list of rules, I can point to folders (covering several years) of never submitted sites prepped in advanced of a rule change. Therefore I opted to wait for things to settle before working on any more sites.
The one thing that keeps me from submitting every day is the template guideline of not overusing the templates. Some places have reduced use to a few times or even once a month. I still do my sites by hand. I can not maintain 30 templates, and do not see the need in my business model to have multiple templates. I can recall earlier in the decade going over the new submits and no matter the niche could tell instantly the submitter. It was the same template day in and day out with different marketing text and of course content. Each site was unique based on the submitter.
The second thing that keeps me from submitting every day is that gnawing feeling that I am making doughnuts. I love submitting my galleries - which are from my unsubmitted free sites – to The Hun because he rewards you for being a little creative. I can add a story to my pictures or a video clip. I remember my first Persian Kitty free site. I worked on it for a 3 days. That was 2000 and it still makes money. That site could not be submitted to any link list today. So, it’s relevant to the surfer (and my bottom line) but not to the link lists.
Damn. Phone. Later.
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