How long to submitt?

[tb]

Originally Posted by Mishi

I am not playing a game; I'm running a business.

I send decline emails to those who opt to accept them. Most problem submitters do NOT accept them -

I have changed my profile on your site to now accept declined sites emails.
Sorry about that, a newbie oversite.

However I never considered your site to be among those that my questioning was directed at.
On login your site gives the submitter updated stats on where they stand, and that's all I am asking for. I applaud your efficiency.
Here is an excerpt from your site on login:
Here Your Statistics:
• Your last visit was May 22, 2005
• Your status is Active.
• You have 12 sites in the database.
• 3 sites are listed.
• 1 sites are pending.
• 8 sites have been denied.
• 41 clicks have been sent.
• You will be notified when a site is approved or denied.

A simple summary like this rates a 10 out of 10 in my books. I know exactly where I stand.

The problem I have is I submitt 25 times to a site and never hear a peep from them. Just like you, my time is valuable, I am not playing a game; I'm running a business, and I would rather not waste my time and money submitting to a site that has no interest in my stuff.

[Mr. Blue]

Originally Posted by tb

The problem I have is I submitt 25 times to a site and never hear a peep from them. Just like you, my time is valuable, I am not playing a game; I'm running a business, and I would rather not waste my time and money submitting to a site that has no interest in my stuff.

Why are you waiting for someone to contact you when you have the information right before you?

Check your stats. Be proactive and check for yourself whether a LL is listing you or not...if they're not, drop 'em. If they're a big linklist that you want to be on, post and ask the reason why you're not getting listed.

Instead of blindly submitting and waiting for someone to contact you check your stats and know where your hits are coming from...most LL's will accept or decline you max in about a week. Submit a page, check your stats daily, keep submitting...repeat process...within a month's time you'll know who's accepting you, who's not, and where your best traffic is coming from.

[tb]

Originally Posted by Mr. Blue

check your stats and know where your hits are coming from...

Hello Mr.Blue
First off, I totally agree with what you are saying.
Second off, I am going to ask you the ultimate newbie question.
Where exactly am I checking these stats?
My sponsor stats only show my own refering pages, and I am not supposed to be running a counter on the free web sites.
What am I doing wrong?

[ronnie]

Originally Posted by tb

Hello Mr.Blue
First off, I totally agree with what you are saying.
Second off, I am going to ask you the ultimate newbie question.
Where exactly am I checking these stats?
My sponsor stats only show my own refering pages, and I am not supposed to be running a counter on the free web sites.
What am I doing wrong?

He is saying to check your stats on your server, your host should provide some kind of stats. AwStats is one of the better ones and shows more referering urls.

ronnie

[tb]

Originally Posted by ronnie

He is saying to check your stats on your server, your host should provide some kind of stats.

Thanks Mr.Blue, Thanks Ronnie. Thanks to all of you who contributed and helped me.

Now, as I sit here and bang a 2 x 4 over my newbie head, I remember some kinda a famous quote about not being able to see the forest for the trees.

Thanks to all of you that fly in helicopters.

[ronnie]

Originally Posted by tb

Thanks Mr.Blue, Thanks Ronnie. Thanks to all of you who contributed and helped me.

Now, as I sit here and bang a 2 x 4 over my newbie head, I remember some kinda a famous quote about not being able to see the forest for the trees.

Thanks to all of you that fly in helicopters.

We've just been here longer, already learned from many mistakes, least I have..

ronnie

[Mishi]

Originally Posted by tb

I have changed my profile on your site to now accept declined sites emails.
Sorry about that, a newbie oversite.

No worries - I didn't take it as directed at me. I just saw an opportunity to rant, and I took it.

Glad you like the stats!