AVS Sites vs. Free Sites - Which do you prefer?

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It all depends on three factors, the AVS team itself, you, and the other AVS webmasters.

With an AVS you're giving the surfer a gillion times more bang for his buck. That means your site(s) have to be neato-nifty and other webmasters have to keep up as well.

The AVS has to make sure they have a crack staff without outsourcing to death, futzing up scripts, not handling processor updates etc.

One screwup and the whole thing can unravel.

My best bet is look at the niche you're approaching and find an AVS that's good for that. Also watch out for bringing in a new niche. I did that with one AVS many years ago and the next thing you know they pumped in dozens of hack cartoon/hentai sites almost overnight and then got real stupid with not answering webmaster questions etc. I dropped them like a hot potato.

Also don't put all your eggs into one basket either. Combine AVS sites with other sites.