New free site format (version 1.5)

[Licker4U]

Originally Posted by Useless Warrior

If you have separate ad campaigns running on your index and main pages than you have on your gallery pages, which is the only way I can think of to know which pages create the sales, then go ahead and show us.

Huh? I don't need seperate ad campaigns to know which pages generate sales. Almost every sponsor I promote gives the referring URL when a sale is made. TCG shows I had 4 sales from index pages and one from a main page. No ad campaign needed:

http://www.best-wet-pussy.com/babe/fuck-and-squirt/ 1 0 0
http://www.best-wet-pussy.com/clean/squirting-teen/ 1 0 0
http://www.best-wet-pussy.com/babes/her-pussy-squirts/ 1 0 0
http://www.best-wet-pussy.com/clean/her-pussy-squirts/ 1 0 0
http://www.best-wet-pussy.com/babe/s...gasm/main.html 1 0 0

From checking a few months ago I know that about 90% of my sales come from the index page so naturally I don't want to lose it.

When sponsors let me set up ad campaigns I use that for my referral links on my link lists so I'll know that a sale came from the link list.

[Useless]

Originally Posted by Licker4U

Huh? I don't need seperate ad campaigns to know which pages generate sales. Almost every sponsor I promote gives the referring URL when a sale is made. TCG shows I had 4 sales from index pages and one from a main page. No ad campaign needed:

http://www.best-wet-pussy.com/babe/fuck-and-squirt/ 1 0 0
http://www.best-wet-pussy.com/clean/squirting-teen/ 1 0 0
http://www.best-wet-pussy.com/babes/her-pussy-squirts/ 1 0 0
http://www.best-wet-pussy.com/clean/her-pussy-squirts/ 1 0 0
http://www.best-wet-pussy.com/babe/s...gasm/main.html 1 0 0

From checking a few months ago I know that about 90% of my sales come from the index page.

Actually, that's not true. Many of those referrers are due to the surfer clicking through, possibly even accidentally, to the tour from the index of a free site and getting cookied and/or starting a tracking session. That doesn't mean they were sold. They probably returned instantly to your free site, enjoyed your galleries, and then clicked back to the tour to check it out more thoroughly.

Your server stats will also tell you that your index pages get a lot more traffic than any other page of a free site. That's because a lot of surfers hit a free site, say, "what the hell is this slop?" and go somewhere else. Reading stats and understanding what you are reading are two different things. It's far more complicated than what people like to think.

[Licker4U]

Originally Posted by Useless Warrior

That doesn't mean they were sold. They probably returned instantly to your free site, enjoyed your galleries, and then clicked back to the tour to check it out more thoroughly.

While I agree this can happen I really don't think a surfer is going to leave all the goodies at the tour to return to my site just to see my pics, then go back and buy.

Originally Posted by Useless Warrior

Your server stats will also tell you that your index pages get a lot more traffic than any other page of a free site. That's because a lot of surfers hit a free site, say, "what the hell is this slop?" and go somewhere else.

Well of course they get more traffic because that's the very first page they land on when they click a link at a link list. And yes, I'm sure many say "WTF is this crap?" and leave.

[Greenguy]

Originally Posted by Sergeyka

Greenie!
To add a rule for free site 1.5
1. Minimum 40 other LLs
2. Free site (main page - index.html) created domain.com/free-site/index.html and gallery only gallery1.html (index1.html) and gallery2.html (index2.html) page.
Other pages In other folders - decline

In a result - 100% no MIRRORS

You quote my entire post, yet you answer none of the questions I asked

And I see another rabbit that Kit neglected to mention - 1st it was 30-50 recip links, now it's the ever popular myth that index.html is the best page name in the world! Maybe next Kit will "suggest" that all Free Sites should be based in the root of the domain

[Useless]

Originally Posted by Licker4U

And yes, I'm sure many say "WTF is this crap?" and leave.

I do that with about 3/4 of the sites I review.

As far the 30-40 recips and no mirrors concept goes, I'm not sure I like that. If we do that, we may as well start listing blogs. Oh yeah, we already do that.

I like the idea of having the gallery navigation on the index. I really do. And I'm beginning to better understand the no mirror/SEO thing. Of course, I only ever submit to 12-15 lists with no mirrors anyway, so that wouldn't help my 10 free sites per year.

I plan on building a few more sites in a few weeks and I wouldn't mind seeing some changes before I start building.