Link Lists - Sucking Suckers?

GeorgeTH · 2004-11-21, 06:20 PM

As most of you know I have done only a few free sites so far, and I was actually pleased to get these few listed at well over half the sites I submitted to - THANKS , Guys!
It might have been a little more or less - I'm just to busy (or lazy??) to keep track of things like that!
I was also pleased, particularly with my first 2 submits, that I actually received a few emails saying something like "rejected, but close enough for an email" - and in most cases I either didn't read the small print or was confused by the dozens of recip-link options/categories and picked the wrong one...

Pulling recip links: I never ever do that! It's not really my gallery loosing the traffic, it might be one of the sites with their recip link next to the in-active one. Why should I bother and get blacklisted for a few stray hits?

TGP rejection emails: I do TGP submissions for years, and if I wouldn't keep an eye on my referrer stats I'd never had an idea who lists or rejects me! Dream on about rejection emails from TGPs!! Maybe 5% of them send them out...

It's even that bad that recently I had to take sites of my submit list because the bastards had left their submission page opened despite the fact they weren't taking any submissions anymore (only listing sponsor galleries) - now that's showing real consideration to the poor hand-submitter like me - grrrr
|raygun|

Conclusion: yes - in a perfect world it would be nice to receive a rejection email and get an idea why your gallery/site wasn't listed, but unfortunately today's reviewers/webmasters don't have the time or inclination anymore!
And most software doesn't really cater for it either...

2004-11-21, 06:20 PM	#11
GeorgeTH Don't let a programmer design your front-end pages! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: currently on the road in CA Posts: 781	As most of you know I have done only a few free sites so far, and I was actually pleased to get these few listed at well over half the sites I submitted to - THANKS , Guys! It might have been a little more or less - I'm just to busy (or lazy??) to keep track of things like that! I was also pleased, particularly with my first 2 submits, that I actually received a few emails saying something like "rejected, but close enough for an email" - and in most cases I either didn't read the small print or was confused by the dozens of recip-link options/categories and picked the wrong one... Pulling recip links: I never ever do that! It's not really my gallery loosing the traffic, it might be one of the sites with their recip link next to the in-active one. Why should I bother and get blacklisted for a few stray hits? TGP rejection emails: I do TGP submissions for years, and if I wouldn't keep an eye on my referrer stats I'd never had an idea who lists or rejects me! Dream on about rejection emails from TGPs!! Maybe 5% of them send them out... It's even that bad that recently I had to take sites of my submit list because the bastards had left their submission page opened despite the fact they weren't taking any submissions anymore (only listing sponsor galleries) - now that's showing real consideration to the poor hand-submitter like me - grrrr \|raygun\| Conclusion: yes - in a perfect world it would be nice to receive a rejection email and get an idea why your gallery/site wasn't listed, but unfortunately today's reviewers/webmasters don't have the time or inclination anymore! And most software doesn't really cater for it either... __________________ Have a nice day!