Fetish Philes - Ideas/Suggestions Requested

MadMax · 2010-06-20, 09:57 AM

I technically made the decision not to put a lot of work into Fetish Philes. The problem is, now that my feet are wet again, it seems like a crying shame to just let it sit there. Last night I checked my index hardlink trades and deleted about 75% of them because they were just plain gone. At this point, Fetish Philes is like a time capsule that still gets a few thousand hits of SE traffic every month.

So, I'm trying to figure out what the hell to do with it, if anything, and obviously there's no better place online to ask for ideas/opinions. Looking back, what burned me out was working on writing my own LL script while trying to handle 200 reviews a day by myself. I'm not going back to that model.

Ideas going through my head are:
--Clean up bad URLs/trades/sponsors and open to partner submits only, no reviews. Theoretically cleaning up all the bad links should improve SE traffic as well.
--Sell it, 3-4k visitors from Google every month +1k from other SEs has to make it worth something more than a sammich and a beer.
--Turn it into something else, ideas would be great (would seem to be a shame after all these years leeching ultra-targeted hits from SEs)
--Redirect it to my new project (after warning everyone here that they can pull their links, of course).
--Anything else you can think of.

I appreciate any input, I'm really stuck on this issue.

Cleo · 2010-06-20, 10:04 AM

Turn it into a tube.

MrMaryLou · 2010-06-20, 10:19 AM

Clean it up and use it as a hub

Useless · 2010-06-20, 11:07 AM

Go dual purpose on its ass. Continue cleaning it as time permits, but leave the link list pages in place. You can use the root index for your new project while still linking to the categories or main page somewhere down low so that the bots can continue to crawl them.

It was always a unique site because of its tons of categories. It would be a shame to see it go. Plus, if you killed those link list pages, those hits you do have would drop to zero within a couple of weeks - and that would suck balls. When you have time, you could always add some fresh/rotating content to the pages so that the bots will take interest in them.

Fonz · 2010-06-20, 11:21 AM

I liked Fetish Philes so I'd clean it up and do as UW said

babymaker · 2010-06-20, 07:51 PM

Maybe a fetish tube and porn forum

MadMax · 2010-06-20, 08:46 PM

Thanks everyone, I think I'm going to clean it up and use it for a hub. It still gets plenty of traffic to justify fixing the sponsor links and trolling the SE hits for whatever shakes loose. I'll be all over some new link trades once the pages aren't full of dead links anymore

2010-06-20, 09:57 AM	#1
MadMax "Without evil there can be no good, so it must be good to be evil sometimes" ~ Satan Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Motor City, baby, where carjacking was invented! Now GIMME THOSE SHOES! Posts: 2,385	Fetish Philes - Ideas/Suggestions Requested I technically made the decision not to put a lot of work into Fetish Philes. The problem is, now that my feet are wet again, it seems like a crying shame to just let it sit there. Last night I checked my index hardlink trades and deleted about 75% of them because they were just plain gone. At this point, Fetish Philes is like a time capsule that still gets a few thousand hits of SE traffic every month. So, I'm trying to figure out what the hell to do with it, if anything, and obviously there's no better place online to ask for ideas/opinions. Looking back, what burned me out was working on writing my own LL script while trying to handle 200 reviews a day by myself. I'm not going back to that model. Ideas going through my head are: --Clean up bad URLs/trades/sponsors and open to partner submits only, no reviews. Theoretically cleaning up all the bad links should improve SE traffic as well. --Sell it, 3-4k visitors from Google every month +1k from other SEs has to make it worth something more than a sammich and a beer. --Turn it into something else, ideas would be great (would seem to be a shame after all these years leeching ultra-targeted hits from SEs) --Redirect it to my new project (after warning everyone here that they can pull their links, of course). --Anything else you can think of. I appreciate any input, I'm really stuck on this issue.

2010-06-20, 10:04 AM	#2
Cleo Subversive filth of the hedonistic decadent West Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Southeast Florida Posts: 27,936	Turn it into a tube. __________________ Free Rides on Uber and Lyft Uber Car: uberTzTerri Lyft Car: TZ896289

2010-06-20, 10:19 AM	#3
MrMaryLou i fucking told i type to fucking fast wtf Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: New York Posts: 11,247	Clean it up and use it as a hub __________________ <a href="http://www.greenguysboard.com/onthebench/">Join Me For On The Bench </a>

2010-06-20, 11:07 AM	#4
Useless Certified Nice Person Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Dirty Undies, NY Posts: 11,268	Go dual purpose on its ass. Continue cleaning it as time permits, but leave the link list pages in place. You can use the root index for your new project while still linking to the categories or main page somewhere down low so that the bots can continue to crawl them. It was always a unique site because of its tons of categories. It would be a shame to see it go. Plus, if you killed those link list pages, those hits you do have would drop to zero within a couple of weeks - and that would suck balls. When you have time, you could always add some fresh/rotating content to the pages so that the bots will take interest in them. __________________ Click here to purchase a bridge I'm selling.

2010-06-20, 11:21 AM	#5
Fonz Former pr0n slinger. Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Antwerp, Belgium Posts: 7,929	I liked Fetish Philes so I'd clean it up and do as UW said __________________ See how I abuse little trees on my Shumi no Bonsai Blog

2010-06-20, 07:51 PM	#6
babymaker Someone Turn Off The Damn Heat! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: The Sewer....err.philly i mean Posts: 1,366	Maybe a fetish tube and porn forum __________________ *Get ElevatedX W/Hosting 99MO!*

2010-06-20, 08:46 PM	#7
MadMax "Without evil there can be no good, so it must be good to be evil sometimes" ~ Satan Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Motor City, baby, where carjacking was invented! Now GIMME THOSE SHOES! Posts: 2,385	Thanks everyone, I think I'm going to clean it up and use it for a hub. It still gets plenty of traffic to justify fixing the sponsor links and trolling the SE hits for whatever shakes loose. I'll be all over some new link trades once the pages aren't full of dead links anymore