[Alphawolf]

I bet if people paid for the right to submit they would put more effort into their free sites.

As someone about to embark on this, I'd really rather the model Tommy mentioned. Basically, paying as an unknown to eventually become a 'trusted' webmaster and be able to submit quality sites for nothing eventually.

If I get 'x' amount of declines I go back into the paid pile for another bit of time as a penelty.

Granted, webmasters outside the US may not have easy means to pay Link Lists and a small fee to US residents may be a chunk of change. However, their sponsors pay in US dollars so that cancels it out a bit.

dareutwo,

I like your observations and agree with you.