Join price in link texts?

[KG Gary]

Originally Posted by Licker4U

How is that blind?
The surfer is told they will have to pay $3.95 to access all the pics. That's pretty straight up to me. |confused|

To build on dareutwo's point...
The link tells the surfer what he gets, but NOT where he's going, thus it can be considered blind.

[Licker4U]

Originally Posted by dareutwo

Where? Billy Bob's having fun with corn again?, or a sponsor site?
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No, not Billy Bob but the place where you pay $3.95 to get access to all her pics.

Originally Posted by KG Gary

To build on dareutwo's point...
The link tells the surfer what he gets, but NOT where he's going, thus it can be considered blind.

That's not telling the surfer where he's going? A site where he will have to pay to see her pics?

[KG Gary]

Not really, at least not in the eyes of a crazy-freesite-hardened reviewer.


It tells him he's going to A site but not the name of the site.
Some reviewers may let it slide but others want to see the name there every time, hence dareutwo's at, AT, @ comment.

[Licker4U]

Originally Posted by KG Gary

Not really, at least not in the eyes of a crazy-freesite-hardened reviewer.


It tells him he's going to A site but not the name of the site.
Some reviewers may let it slide but others want to see the name there every time, hence dareutwo's at, AT, @ comment.

I guess it's semantics. Why does the name of the site matter? A site where you pay is a site where you pay to get what you want. Remember, he's already said "to get all of HER pics" so the surfer knows he's going to get her pics and not going to a site for Viagara, discount air fares, etc.

[OneWhoKnows]

Thanks for all your replies so far ppl! Very helpful. I guess I'll leave out the price because of a lot of future work and your experiences that it didn't make much difference. Plus the certain sponsor I wanted to promote with such a freesite has geo-targeted billing, so people with an IP from within the EU will be billed in EUR, so the link would be really kind of misleading.

But about the "blind link" discussion... I don't see why that could be considered as blind aswell, and I actually find it really stupid to repeat the name of the promoted site over and over again - especially when the surfer probably doesn't even bother. But anwayz, you really made me think about that. Could someone please have a look at this freesite I want to submit today? I made a banner on my own for the first time (see thread about banners on the warning page) and I used the text "Wanna see all of her uncensored pictures right now?" together with "GET INSTANT ACCESS HERE" in the banner. Is that OK on the index page or would you already consider this blind/misleading? If you think it is a blind link, what kind of text referring to the girl's picture would you use? I don't want to just type some of the site features all the time, because this probably won't attract anyone to signup instantly, but that's what a entry page banner should do.

URL: http://www.russianrealitysites.com/f...orteenquickie/

[ladydesigner]

I wouldn't have a problem with that banner because the text directly under it has the paysite name. I guess though that I'm one of those "crazy-freesite-hardened reviewers" that KG Gary mentioned because I seem to be a bit of a blind link nazi.

[Lemmy]

I agree with Licker4You on this one. A statement that something costs money, that you'll have to whip out the CC to get access to the goodies, pretty much "un-blinds" any link to me even if the site name isn't specifically mentioned. "Get access to all her pics for only $3.95" works just fine.

Conversely it's possible to technically work in the name of a paysite in a link and it remains blind. "Click Here To Watch Bushy Beavers" (where bushybeavers.com is a paysite) just sounds like an invitation to look at some hairy pussy pics. I see a lot of this lately, and to me it's just sneaky.

[ladydesigner]

Originally Posted by Lemmy

I agree with Licker4You on this one. A statement that something costs money, that you'll have to whip out the CC to get access to the goodies, pretty much "un-blinds" any link to me even if the site name isn't specifically mentioned. "Get access to all her pics for only $3.95" works just fine.

I'm going to politely disagree with you here Lemmy.
Even though the price is mentioned in the link (which clearly tells the surfer they'll have to pay if they click), where's that text link go?? Maybe someone can shed some light on this for me and I'll be proved wrong and make adjustments on what sites I decline for blind links.

[Preacher]

Originally Posted by Lemmy

I agree with Licker4You on this one. A statement that something costs money, that you'll have to whip out the CC to get access to the goodies, pretty much "un-blinds" any link to me even if the site name isn't specifically mentioned. "Get access to all her pics for only $3.95" works just fine.

I agree 100%

If it costs them something, it costs them something... To me it doesn't matter where it costs them something.