Announcing The Oprano Challenge !

[sarettah]

A smackdown dragout site building sales melee.

4 teams, each with an experienced sales pro and a site builder competing in the only way that really matters.

Earning The Most Cash, Money, Bling, Dough.

Each team will build their best sales generating site and then will receive 10,000 hits to sell as much as they can to.


The contestants are:


Trev the Tyrant mentoring Becki the newbie

BillPMB The Mega Sales Master coaching Nick "whos your papa" Papageorgio

EclectiXXX the Energizer helping Jizz the Bizz the newbie wizz

and Mister X assisting Sarettah the sales midget


The contest:

The building period for the contest will begin RIGHT NOW, Wednesday, April 27.

The building period will go until May 11, 2005 when the hits will start to be delivered.

The hits will be delivered over roughly a 3 week period ending approximately June 1st.

The sales period of the contest will end when the last hit is delivered and has been processed.

The contest will be judged on 3 criteria.:

1. Total conversions (include free sign ups that might not generate sales) and email addresses collected (25% of contest points)

2. Total number of sales (25% of contest points)

3. Total sales dollars (50% of contest points)

The prizes (so far):

Can Now Be Found Here: http://www.oprano.com/msgboard/index.php?showtopic=18067 :)

(if any advertisers, sponsors or individuals would like to add to the pot, hit me up)

Rules:

Teams may build whatever they want, no holds barred. The only rule is the site(s)
cannot have existed prior to the beginning of the contest.

Modification: April 29: After discussing it among the participants, it has been decided that toolbars, scumware, adware, spyware (and associated ilk) are not allowed as saleable products.

The sites will NOT be submitted to SE's or Lists/TGPs in order to limit the outside
traffic as much as possible.

The sites may be tweaked throughout the sales period.

Content:

Teams may use whatever content they want, their own, sponsor content, whatever.

In addition, to help level the playing field,

Bestat of Exclusive Content
http://www.oprano.com/banners/ecbutton120x60ani_03.gif (http://www.exclusivecontent.com)

and

MaDalton of Amazing Content
http://www.amazingcontent.com/images/sig/g2m_ac.gif (http://www.amazingcontent.com)

have agreed to provide content sets to contestants that may need them.

Thank You Bestat and MaDalton.

In addition to that anyone using Depraved Dollars (http://www.depraveddollars.com) or Cloud9Cash (http://www.cloud9cash.com) as sponsors can get access to some special "Contest Only" sponsor sets that Red and Vick have graciously provided. Thanx Guys !!


Sponsors

The following Oprano Advertisers and Family Programs are recommended as sponsors in the contest:

AlMighty Content (http://www.almightycontent.com)
Amateur Webmaster (http://www.amateurwebmaster.com)
Homegrown Cash (http://www.homegrowncash.com)
Pussy Cash (http://www.pussycash.com)
Rectal Revenue (http://www.rectalrevenue.com)
Yanks Cash (http://www.yankscash.com)
VOD TopBucks (http://vod.topbucks.com)
SPA Cash (http://www.spacash.com/)
AEBN (http://www.aebn.com)
PornMegaBucks (http://www.pornmegabucks.com)
Cloud9cash (http://www.cloud9cash.com)
Live Bucks/Private Feeds (http://www.livebucks.com)
Evil Genius Cash (http://www.evilgeniuscash.com/)
MacDaddyBucks (http://www.macdaddybucks.com/)
Depraved Dollars (http://www.depraveddollars.com)

(If I have missed any advertisers or Family Programs, I apologize. Please hit me up and I will add you to the list.)

Modified April 29 to reflect a group discussion. All sponsors my be used. While Oprano advertisers and family programs are preferred, sponsor selection is part of an overall sales strategy and should not be restricted. Further Teams do not have to reveal which programs they are using until the sales period of the contest kicks in.

Hit delivery:

Hits will be delivered beginning May 11th to a landing page on a url that will not be revealed. A script on the landing page will control the delivery of hits to each team's site.

In addition, each team may point their exit hits at a recycle landing page that will allow the team to receive trades on a one to one basis. Trade in a hit, get a fresh hit back.

Throughout the contest, there will be a pinned thread in either the main forum or
the help forum where builders will make daily progress reports on their efforts and may request help, advice and reviews from the general board population.

Judges-Umpires

There will be 3 umpires assigned to help verify the results and to be decision makers in any disputes that arise.

Currently the only official umpire is Dravyk of Content God (http://www.contentgod.com) and AllOfem (http://allofem.com) but by the time they are needed we will have more on board.


So, Builders, Mentors, ARE YOU READY ????

Get your asses in gear and lets roll !!!!!!!


I would also like to thank Joesho, Inabon and Boldy of Remotethumbs.com (http://www.remotethumbs.com)

Joesho for the hit delivery and Inabon for volunteering Boldy's scripting skills...

Thanks Guys, you rock !!


edited in: Thanx for the heads up Red, all fixed now :I hope :)

[Trev]

Great job bringing this together Sarettah :okthumb:

Lets get rocking!

BillPMB - Nick
EclectiXXX - Jizz
Mister X - Sarettah

Damn this is going to be fun!!!!


:redance:

[Becki]

Sarettah I’d like to thank you for even thinking of putting me in to this, a very generous thing to do with the hits you won :)

Yay go team Trev/Becki :rokk:

[Trev]

Originally posted by Becki@Apr 28 2005, 12:37 AM
Sarettah I’d like to thank you for even thinking of putting me in to this, a very generous thing to do with the hits you won :)

Yay go team Trev/Becki :rokk:
Yeah I'd like to thank him as well <_<




:lol:

[Trev]

I say anyone that doesn't post within the next 5 minutes gets cut out and we split the hits :yowsa:





















Yeah yeah.. I know Sar they're already your hits :P

[Nickatilynx]

May the best man / woman / indeterminent gender win :)

[Trev]

Originally posted by Nickatilynx@Apr 28 2005, 12:48 AM
May the best man / woman / indeterminent gender win :)
You don't count! The hits are coming from you anyway :biglaugh:

[sarettah]

Originally posted by Trev+Apr 27 2005, 06:39 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Trev @ Apr 27 2005, 06:39 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Becki@Apr 28 2005, 12:37 AM
Sarettah I’d like to thank you for even thinking of putting me in to this, a very generous thing to do with the hits you won :)

Yay go team Trev/Becki :rokk:
Yeah I'd like to thank him as well <_<

[/b][/quote]
I had to have someone in there I could beat :yowsa:

[Trev]

Originally posted by sarettah+Apr 28 2005, 12:57 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (sarettah @ Apr 28 2005, 12:57 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Originally posted by Trev@Apr 27 2005, 06:39 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-Becki@Apr 28 2005, 12:37 AM
Sarettah I’d like to thank you for even thinking of putting me in to this, a very generous thing to do with the hits you won :)

Yay go team Trev/Becki :rokk:
Yeah I'd like to thank him as well <_<


I had to have someone in there I could beat :yowsa: [/b][/quote]
Then why put Becki through this... the pain.. .the torment... have I mentioned I've been through all your site's :yowsa:

[sarettah]

Originally posted by Trev@Apr 27 2005, 07:01 PM
Then why put Becki through this... the pain.. .the torment...
Ah glasshoppa, within the question often the answer is to be found :yowsa:

[Nickatilynx]

"""""""Currently the only official umpire is Dravyk, Content God but by the time they are needed we will have more on board.""""""""""""""""""


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(snicker)

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[Becki]

Originally posted by sarettah+Apr 27 2005, 04:04 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (sarettah @ Apr 27 2005, 04:04 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Trev@Apr 27 2005, 07:01 PM
Then why put Becki through this... the pain.. .the torment...
Ah glasshoppa, within the question often the answer is to be found :yowsa: [/b][/quote]
Ok, on Sunday it was just Trev making me nervous, now you both are :unsure:

[NickPapageorgio]

:ph34r: :ph34r: :ph34r:

[sarettah]

Originally posted by Becki+Apr 27 2005, 07:08 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Becki @ Apr 27 2005, 07:08 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Originally posted by sarettah@Apr 27 2005, 04:04 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-Trev@Apr 27 2005, 07:01 PM
Then why put Becki through this... the pain.. .the torment...
Ah glasshoppa, within the question often the answer is to be found :yowsa:
Ok, on Sunday it was just Trev making me nervous, now you both are :unsure: [/b][/quote]
If I had seen some titties the world might be different right now. :yowsa:

[Trev]

Originally posted by sarettah+Apr 28 2005, 01:10 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (sarettah @ Apr 28 2005, 01:10 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Originally posted by Becki@Apr 27 2005, 07:08 PM
Originally posted by sarettah@Apr 27 2005, 04:04 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-Trev@Apr 27 2005, 07:01 PM
Then why put Becki through this... the pain.. .the torment...
Ah glasshoppa, within the question often the answer is to be found :yowsa:
Ok, on Sunday it was just Trev making me nervous, now you both are :unsure:
If I had seen some titties the world might be different right now. :yowsa: [/b][/quote]
If it wasn't for the promise I wouldn't be doing this :yowsa:

[Becki]

Originally posted by Trev+Apr 27 2005, 04:12 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Trev @ Apr 27 2005, 04:12 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Originally posted by sarettah@Apr 28 2005, 01:10 AM
Originally posted by Becki@Apr 27 2005, 07:08 PM
Originally posted by sarettah@Apr 27 2005, 04:04 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-Trev@Apr 27 2005, 07:01 PM
Then why put Becki through this... the pain.. .the torment...
Ah glasshoppa, within the question often the answer is to be found :yowsa:
Ok, on Sunday it was just Trev making me nervous, now you both are :unsure:
If I had seen some titties the world might be different right now. :yowsa:
If it wasn't for the promise I wouldn't be doing this :yowsa: [/b][/quote]
<_<

Going to bed!



:)

[sarettah]

Originally posted by Becki@Apr 27 2005, 07:13 PM
<_<

Going to bed!

:)
Hmm...are you a good girl ? or a Nice girl ? :blink:

[Trev]

Originally posted by sarettah+Apr 28 2005, 01:14 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (sarettah @ Apr 28 2005, 01:14 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Becki@Apr 27 2005, 07:13 PM
<_<

Going to bed!

:)
Hmm...are you a good girl ? or a Nice girl ? :blink: [/b][/quote]
Perv! :P

[Anthony]

What the hell does an umpire do, and is this what you wanted me to do?

[Trev]

Originally posted by Anthony@Apr 28 2005, 01:17 AM
What the hell does an umpire do, and is this what you wanted me to do?
An umpire makes sure the game is clean and checks everything through out....



In reality it means doing fuck all B)

[Nickatilynx]

[Middle English (an) oumpere, (an) umpire, alteration of (a) noumpere, a mediator, from Old French nonper : non-, non- + per, equal, even, paired (from Latin pr. See pair).]
Word History: Had it not been for the linguistic process known as false splitting or juncture loss, the angry, anguished cry “Kill the ump” could have been “Kill the nump.” In the case of umpire we can almost see this process in action by studying the Middle English Dictionary entry for noumpere, the Middle English ancestor of our word. Noumpere comes from the Old French nonper, made up of non, “not,” and per, “equal”: as an impartial arbiter of a dispute between two people, the arbiter is not equivalent to or a partisan of either of them. In Middle English the earliest recorded form is noumper (about 1350); the earliest dated form without an n is owmpere, from 1440. How the n was lost can be seen if we compare the sequence a noounpier in a text written in 1426-1427 with the sequence an Oumper from a text written probably around 1475. The n of noumpere has here become attached to the indefinite article, giving us an instead of a and, eventually, umpire instead of *numpire. The same process of false splitting is responsible for the forms apron and adder, originally napron and naddre, as well as many other words that once began with n. False splitting also caused some words that originally began with vowels to have an n from a preceding indefinite article added on, such as nickname (from the phrase an eke name) and newt (from an eute).


Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.


Main Entry: um·pire
Function: noun
: a person having authority to decide finally a controversy or question between parties: as a : one appointed to decide between disagreeing arbitrators b : an impartial third party chosen to arbitrate disputes arising under the terms of a labor agreement c : one appointed to mediate between the appraisers of an insured and insurer in order to determine the amount of a loss


Source: Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.

[Nickatilynx]

Originally posted by Nickatilynx@Apr 27 2005, 04:27 PM
[Middle English (an) oumpere, (an) umpire, alteration of (a) noumpere, a mediator, from Old French nonper : non-, non- + per, equal, even, paired (from Latin pr. See pair).]
Word History: Had it not been for the linguistic process known as false splitting or juncture loss, the angry, anguished cry “Kill the ump” could have been “Kill the nump.” In the case of umpire we can almost see this process in action by studying the Middle English Dictionary entry for noumpere, the Middle English ancestor of our word. Noumpere comes from the Old French nonper, made up of non, “not,” and per, “equal”: as an impartial arbiter of a dispute between two people, the arbiter is not equivalent to or a partisan of either of them. In Middle English the earliest recorded form is noumper (about 1350); the earliest dated form without an n is owmpere, from 1440. How the n was lost can be seen if we compare the sequence a noounpier in a text written in 1426-1427 with the sequence an Oumper from a text written probably around 1475. The n of noumpere has here become attached to the indefinite article, giving us an instead of a and, eventually, umpire instead of *numpire. The same process of false splitting is responsible for the forms apron and adder, originally napron and naddre, as well as many other words that once began with n. False splitting also caused some words that originally began with vowels to have an n from a preceding indefinite article added on, such as nickname (from the phrase an eke name) and newt (from an eute).


Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.


Main Entry: um·pire
Function: noun
: a person having authority to decide finally a controversy or question between parties: as a : one appointed to decide between disagreeing arbitrators b : an impartial third party chosen to arbitrate disputes arising under the terms of a labor agreement c : one appointed to mediate between the appraisers of an insured and insurer in order to determine the amount of a loss


Source: Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
or in the case of Dravyk......

a.)An annoying person , a twat.
B.)A person who claims male pattern baldness to be merely expanding forehead.


;-)))

[Lisa]

You forgot to mention...

Umpire (noun): The guy who is ALWAYS to blame when your team loses...if he didn't make such poor decisions they would have won for sure. (Also see: referee)

:P

[Nickatilynx]

Originally posted by Lisa@Apr 27 2005, 04:30 PM
You forgot to mention...

Umpire (noun): The guy who is ALWAYS to blame when your team loses...if he didn't make such poor decisions they would have won for sure. (Also see: referee)

:P
See also "Bastard" and "total bastard"

LOL

[sarettah]

Originally posted by Anthony@Apr 27 2005, 07:17 PM
What the hell does an umpire do, and is this what you wanted me to do?
An umpire would do what umpires do... :blink:

For most of the thing, probably nothing at all. At the end, verifying the results.

If there was a dispute of some sort, you might be called on to investigate and if you caught a cheater of some version you would get to blast em...Or congratulate them if it was creative enough cheating :)


I know I need some "impartial" folks to help, I know itt is always better to have an odd number, so there are no ties. and I know I wanted folks who have been around for a long time and most people would trust.

So, I asked Dravyk, You and Dig :)

[sarettah]

additional note for all contestants before I hand over the running of this and just be another competitor. I forgot one rule

CHEATING WILL NOT BE TOLERATED

(It will, however, be graded :yowsa: )

[aeon]

What kind of traffic - clicked, blind, 404, TGP, SE, etc., and what niche...?

Not knowing what kind of traffic is like throwing shit against a wall and hoping it sticks.

[sarettah]

Originally posted by aeon@Apr 27 2005, 08:14 PM
What kind of traffic - clicked, blind, 404, TGP, SE, etc., and what niche...?

Not knowing what kind of traffic is like throwing shit against a wall and hoping it sticks.
Thanx for mentioning that Aeon.

This is what we know about the traffic we will be getting.

from: http://www.oprano.com/msgboard/index.php?showtopic=17657&hl=

The person judged to be the MVP for that period will have 40,000 hits ( all targeted Adult , representing a rich mixture of SE hits and TGP hits) delivered to a url of their choosing over the next 3 weeks

They are the result of this: http://www.oprano.com/msgboard/index.php?showtopic=17875&hl=

These are the 40,000 hits I won. I am recycling them.


So, pretty much what we know is that they are adult :)

[Newton]

Delightful contest and kudos to everyone involved, Good Luck to all :)

[sarettah]

Originally posted by aeon@Apr 27 2005, 08:14 PM
What kind of traffic - clicked, blind, 404, TGP, SE, etc., and what niche...?

Not knowing what kind of traffic is like throwing shit against a wall and hoping it sticks.
So, what would you suggest we do with it now that you know what it is ? :blink:

[Vick]

Bravo

Again Excellent idea sarettah

Looking forward to watching the contest

[sarettah]

Originally posted by Newton@Apr 27 2005, 08:34 PM
Delightful contest and kudos to everyone involved, Good Luck to all :)
Thanx Newton :)

BTW, as soon as I pass on the script outlines to Inabon and Boldy and tell them what we need from them.

I am passing the running of the rest of this thing on to you :yowsa:


I am a contestant so I have to put myself in the contestant spot real quick :huh:

[BillPMB]

ALL YOUR BASES ARE BELONG TO US!

Good luck everyone! Sorry, I was at the gym, then softball practive. :)

[Lee]

If i may add sumat to the prize list ;)

$250 in content from Rainbow Content and a 3 month banner campaign on GWW :)

[Lee]

Just to clarify..

Thats a 720x60 banner not a regular sized banner and it will appear across the bottom of all pages of the GWW directory and community forums :)

[sarettah]

Originally posted by Lee@Apr 27 2005, 09:22 PM
If i may add sumat to the prize list ;)

$250 in content from Rainbow Content and a 3 month banner campaign on GWW :)
Coolness Lee, of course we will accept and I will add it to the post..

Thanx man :okthumb:

[JizBiz]

Awesome stuff Sarettah and good luck to all involved.

Im very eager to see the diferance in all teams approach and also to see the benefits tagged with each.

Should be an awesome learning experience for all those who pay attention to the contest. For those who dont learn im sure it will be entertaining at the least. :D

Honored to be workin against you all! :ph34r:

[JizBiz]

Originally posted by BillPMB@Apr 27 2005, 09:17 PM

ALL YOUR BASES ARE BELONG TO US!

Good luck everyone! Sorry, I was at the gym, then softball practive. :)
Good Luck to you too Bill.

We had a little man turn 12 today, so missed the big announcement...headache is settling down some now.. :unsure:

[sarettah]

Ok, just a note

In the original concept of this, the only prizes envisioned were the actual sales dollars and the learning experience.

Then Nick came up with the 15k hits :) Then I remembered that I had a $200.00 credit sitting with Tootie since last Fall sometime and decided just to make the pot a little sweter.

Now Lee has come forward :)

So, it looks like there might be some prizes to spread around between the first and second place teams etc.

So, I am asking Newton right here and now to be in charge of how the prize pot is split up among the winners.


Thanx in advance Newton :)

[Newton]

Hit me up on icq man :)

[Newton]

I think its fantastic man and thank you for the opportunity to help out, really looking forward to seeing how inventive people get, the knowledge passed on. The prizes are looking excellent and i dont think the giving is finished yet :)

[EclectiXXX]

Oh yeah, right, I'm part of this too....

It IS going to be nice to know we don't have to worry about Link/TGP/Whatever rules....

Ok Jizz.... none of this : :hic:

time for this: :bulb1:

[JizBiz]

Originally posted by EclectiXXX@Apr 27 2005, 10:55 PM
Oh yeah, right, I'm part of this too....

It IS going to be nice to know we don't have to worry about Link/TGP/Whatever rules....

Ok Jizz.... none of this : :hic:

time for this: :bulb1:
LOL

I have no time for drinking now....save that for later..:) :cdance:

[Mike AI]

This is nice!!

[sarettah]

Ok, Newton has thrown in a full page ad space on sexines mag for the product of the winning teams choice.

Very Cool Newton

Thanx

[Dravyk]

Originally posted by Nickatilynx@Apr 27 2005, 07:30 PM
or in the case of Dravyk......

a.)An annoying person , a twat.
B.)A person who claims male pattern baldness to be merely expanding forehead.


;-)))
I also get to toss annoying, pompous managers and owners off the field ... especially those who "rough the ref". :P

So Nick ..... yeeeeer OUT!!! :heil:

[Nickatilynx]

Originally posted by Dravyk+Apr 27 2005, 08:24 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Dravyk @ Apr 27 2005, 08:24 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Nickatilynx@Apr 27 2005, 07:30 PM
or in the case of Dravyk......

a.)An annoying person , a twat.
B.)A person who claims male pattern baldness to be merely expanding forehead.


;-)))
I also get to toss annoying, pompous managers and owners off the field ... especially those who "rough the ref". :P

So Nick ..... yeeeeer OUT!!! :heil: [/b][/quote]
fuck...

:(

[Lisa]

Think ya just got a red card Nick...

:nyanya:

[Nickatilynx]

Sorry i just thought he was having homoerotic fantasies about me..

"""I also get to toss annoying, pompous managers and owners off the field ... especially those who "rough the ref"."""

Again...

I wish he would stop thinking about tossing me...

[BillPMB]

Originally posted by Nickatilynx@Apr 27 2005, 09:00 PM
I wish he would stop thinking about tossing me...
That's just a language barrier thing.

It has nothing to do with salad and more to do with one's ability to read the rule book

More to do with not wiping one's ass with it.

IMHO ;)

:nyanya:

[TheEnforcer]

Very cool contest folks. I can't wait to see how it unfolds!!

[Biggy]

what kind of traffic is being delivered?

[Trev]

Originally posted by sarettah+Apr 28 2005, 02:24 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (sarettah @ Apr 28 2005, 02:24 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin-aeon@Apr 27 2005, 08:14 PM
What kind of traffic - clicked, blind, 404, TGP, SE, etc., and what niche...?

Not knowing what kind of traffic is like throwing shit against a wall and hoping it sticks.
Thanx for mentioning that Aeon.

This is what we know about the traffic we will be getting.

from: http://www.oprano.com/msgboard/index.php?showtopic=17657&hl=

The person judged to be the MVP for that period will have 40,000 hits ( all targeted Adult , representing a rich mixture of SE hits and TGP hits) delivered to a url of their choosing over the next 3 weeks

They are the result of this: http://www.oprano.com/msgboard/index.php?showtopic=17875&hl=

These are the 40,000 hits I won. I am recycling them.


So, pretty much what we know is that they are adult :)[/b][/quote]
Biggy, Sarettahs post answers your question I believe

[sarettah]

I have put up a rule modification.

After some group discussion among the participants, the following two changes have been made:

1. Toolbars, scumware, spyware, adware and all related ilk are now on the outlawed products list.

2. The teams may use the sponsors of their choice, although it is recommended that they use Oprano advertisers and family programs whenever possible. It was successfully argued that sponsor selection is part of an overall sales strategy and that restricting it is not in the best interests of a contest that will be measured by overall sales. Furthermore, teams do not have to reveal their sponsors until the sales period of the contest kicks in.


Hopefully that is the last of the clarifications/modifications....

But I doubt it :yowsa:

[Newton]

Good choice :)

[sarettah]

Well, since this isn't pinned anymore, guess we'll just have to keep on bumping it to the top :yowsa:



do da bump do da bump...... :gbounce:

[gonzo]

Pin it in the webmaster help forum

[sarettah]

bump for steve :)

[pushpills]

Originally posted by sarettah@May 20 2005, 01:48 AM
bump for steve :)
thanks :awinky:

[sarettah]

bampity bamp

[sarettah]

Well damn, someone pinned me :)

Are we going steady or something now :blink:


But it was just in time. Because

The counters have been reset to zero

The scripts have had their final tweaks

All evidence has been destroyed

And the Sales portion of the Contest has now Officially started.

Any sales or activity from this moment through when the final hit is delivered (and that depends on the hitman) counts for the contest.

Good Luck to everyone involved, I hope we all get something out of this.

[Trev]

Originally posted by sarettah@May 20 2005, 11:31 PM
Well damn, someone pinned me :)

Are we going steady or something now :blink:


But it was just in time. Because

The counters have been reset to zero

The scripts have had their final tweaks

All evidence has been destroyed

And the Sales portion of the Contest has now Officially started.

Any sales or activity from this moment through when the final hit is delivered (and that depends on the hitman) counts for the contest.

Good Luck to everyone involved, I hope we all get something out of this.
Oh bugger :unsure:

[sarettah]

Originally posted by Trev+May 20 2005, 05:46 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Trev @ May 20 2005, 05:46 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-sarettah@May 20 2005, 11:31 PM
Well damn, someone pinned me :)

Are we going steady or something now :blink:


But it was just in time. Because

The counters have been reset to zero

The scripts have had their final tweaks

All evidence has been destroyed

And the Sales portion of the Contest has now Officially started.

Any sales or activity from this moment through when the final hit is delivered (and that depends on the hitman) counts for the contest.

Good Luck to everyone involved, I hope we all get something out of this.
Oh bugger :unsure: [/b][/quote]
Well, to quote a certain mentor (you) to their newbie.

Get your ass in gear and go fucking build something. :yowsa:

[Trev]

Originally posted by sarettah+May 21 2005, 12:00 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (sarettah @ May 21 2005, 12:00 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Originally posted by Trev@May 20 2005, 05:46 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-sarettah@May 20 2005, 11:31 PM
Well damn, someone pinned me :)

Are we going steady or something now :blink:


But it was just in time. Because

The counters have been reset to zero

The scripts have had their final tweaks

All evidence has been destroyed

And the Sales portion of the Contest has now Officially started.

Any sales or activity from this moment through when the final hit is delivered (and that depends on the hitman) counts for the contest.

Good Luck to everyone involved, I hope we all get something out of this.
Oh bugger :unsure:
Well, to quote a certain mentor (you) to their newbie.

Get your ass in gear and go fucking build something. :yowsa: [/b][/quote]
I am... just doesn't happen to be porn sites right now :unsure:

[Nickatilynx]

Originally posted by Trev+May 20 2005, 03:45 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Trev @ May 20 2005, 03:45 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Originally posted by sarettah@May 21 2005, 12:00 AM
Originally posted by Trev@May 20 2005, 05:46 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-sarettah@May 20 2005, 11:31 PM
Well damn, someone pinned me :)

Are we going steady or something now :blink:


But it was just in time. Because

The counters have been reset to zero

The scripts have had their final tweaks

All evidence has been destroyed

And the Sales portion of the Contest has now Officially started.

Any sales or activity from this moment through when the final hit is delivered (and that depends on the hitman) counts for the contest.

Good Luck to everyone involved, I hope we all get something out of this.
Oh bugger :unsure:
Well, to quote a certain mentor (you) to their newbie.

Get your ass in gear and go fucking build something. :yowsa:
I am... just doesn't happen to be porn sites right now :unsure: [/b][/quote]
Is it a meccano model?

[Trev]

Originally posted by Nickatilynx+May 21 2005, 01:14 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Nickatilynx @ May 21 2005, 01:14 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Originally posted by Trev@May 20 2005, 03:45 PM
Originally posted by sarettah@May 21 2005, 12:00 AM
Originally posted by Trev@May 20 2005, 05:46 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-sarettah@May 20 2005, 11:31 PM
Well damn, someone pinned me :)

Are we going steady or something now :blink:


But it was just in time. Because

The counters have been reset to zero

The scripts have had their final tweaks

All evidence has been destroyed

And the Sales portion of the Contest has now Officially started.

Any sales or activity from this moment through when the final hit is delivered (and that depends on the hitman) counts for the contest.

Good Luck to everyone involved, I hope we all get something out of this.
Oh bugger :unsure:
Well, to quote a certain mentor (you) to their newbie.

Get your ass in gear and go fucking build something. :yowsa:
I am... just doesn't happen to be porn sites right now :unsure:
Is it a meccano model? [/b][/quote]
I wish... I can do meccano :)

[Nickatilynx]

I hear its officially off and running?

So who will be the first to a sale....

[sarettah]

Originally posted by Nickatilynx@May 20 2005, 09:42 PM
I hear its officially off and running?

So who will be the first to a sale....
:yowsa: probably depends on when the hits start arriving lolol...

When I asked the hitman said "that day" :) I asked for them to turn them on at around 6:00 cst, so I assume "that day" menas they will start sometime during the next 24 hours.

[Nickatilynx]

Originally posted by sarettah+May 20 2005, 06:45 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (sarettah @ May 20 2005, 06:45 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Nickatilynx@May 20 2005, 09:42 PM
I hear its officially off and running?

So who will be the first to a sale....
:yowsa: probably depends on when the hits start arriving lolol...

When I asked the hitman said "that day" :) I asked for them to turn them on at around 6:00 cst, so I assume "that day" menas they will start sometime during the next 24 hours. [/b][/quote]
It is not a precise science :)

traffic is an art :)

[sarettah]

Originally posted by Nickatilynx@May 20 2005, 09:57 PM
It is not a precise science :)

traffic is an art :)
Thats what I say about programming :blink:

Right before I say TWO WEEKS :yowsa:

[sarettah]

And we are live. Hits started up about 10 minutes ago :)

[bdok]

Originally posted by sarettah@May 21 2005, 02:24 PM
And we are live. Hits started up about 10 minutes ago :)
So what's been happening so far? any updates on this?

[Newton]

Who;s winning, who's losing and lets see some of these landing pages ;)

[sarettah]

Originally posted by bdok+May 24 2005, 07:24 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (bdok @ May 24 2005, 07:24 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-sarettah@May 21 2005, 02:24 PM
And we are live. Hits started up about 10 minutes ago :)
So what's been happening so far? any updates on this? [/b][/quote]
The updates are in the progress thread in the webmaster help area :)

or (as they say at the zoo) See Sig :yowsa:

[sarettah]

We are all winners :yowsa:

So far not much happening sales wise. But Nick , Trev and I have been posting in the progress thread (reference above post)

as far as the ladning pages go... http://www.xxxac.com/viewcontest.htm Click the link and you can cycle through the pages as if you are the hits coming in

7041 hits delivered to the contest so far, so each team has received one quarter or so of those hits as fresh hits. Then we are all trading them to the trade script at exit, so each hit has a chance of being handled by all teams involved.

So each team has recived around 1750 fresh hits and then an unknown number of recycled hits depending on where the surfer went to a sponsor or managed to get out of the circle somehow :)

[NickPapageorgio]

I switched my landing page up to try and get the most from this shitty traffic. I mean, I was 0:400 so far today on AAC for free email signups. You tell me.

BUT!!!!

I have learned many new and very valuable things from this and I don't really care about the traffic or sales at this point. :) It's the knowledge that I take from this that I value the most.

[Vick]

Is there something missing on the I Love Milfs site?

[Dravyk]

Originally posted by Vick@May 24 2005, 10:13 PM
Is there something missing on the I Love Milfs site?
What Vick said. :blink:

[sarettah]

Originally posted by Vick@May 24 2005, 10:13 PM
Is there something missing on the I Love Milfs site?
Yes. One of the contestants has not uploaded their site yet :(


They are not in the actual contest rotation at this point, we pulled it from that but I still have it on the viewcontest script.

[Trev]

I've made .02 with AFF, collected 11 email addresses and have 1 free female join to AdultDateLink(the only one thats counting my hits any where near accurately)


Still pulling my mess together :(


Edit: The Female Free Join to AdultDateLink makes me 1:31 with them :okthumb:

And the emails aint exactly opt-in... http://www.hardcoreanal.net/collect.php it's been pulled before anyone jumps on me :redance:

[Trev]

Update: $1.20 with AFF now <_<

[sarettah]

Originally posted by Trev@May 25 2005, 02:46 AM
And the emails aint exactly opt-in... http://www.hardcoreanal.net/collect.php it's been pulled before anyone jumps on me :redance:
Umm..I think the rules said emails collected, they did not specify anything about opt out. :groucho:

[sarettah]

hmmm.. I collected 4 emails....

and 1 of them even confirmed :yowsa:

[Trev]

Originally posted by sarettah+May 25 2005, 01:19 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (sarettah @ May 25 2005, 01:19 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Trev@May 25 2005, 02:46 AM
And the emails aint exactly opt-in... http://www.hardcoreanal.net/collect.php it's been pulled before anyone jumps on me :redance:
Umm..I think the rules said emails collected, they did not specify anything about opt out. :groucho: [/b][/quote]
I'll pop it back in as soon as I get a moe :D


Excuse the pun :)

[Trev]

Originally posted by sarettah+May 25 2005, 01:19 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (sarettah @ May 25 2005, 01:19 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Trev@May 25 2005, 02:46 AM
And the emails aint exactly opt-in... http://www.hardcoreanal.net/collect.php it's been pulled before anyone jumps on me :redance:
Umm..I think the rules said emails collected, they did not specify anything about opt out. :groucho: [/b][/quote]
Are emails collected still 25% of the judged total?

Because this thing is going crazy :zoinks:



Edit: I should add that I've got 4 opt-in's confirmed from the collection box on the site as well :)

[sarettah]

Originally posted by Trev+May 25 2005, 04:49 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Trev @ May 25 2005, 04:49 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Originally posted by sarettah@May 25 2005, 01:19 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-Trev@May 25 2005, 02:46 AM
And the emails aint exactly opt-in... http://www.hardcoreanal.net/collect.php it's been pulled before anyone jumps on me :redance:
Umm..I think the rules said emails collected, they did not specify anything about opt out. :groucho:
Are emails collected still 25% of the judged total?

Because this thing is going crazy :zoinks:



Edit: I should add that I've got 4 opt-in's confirmed from the collection box on the site as well :) [/b][/quote]
Emails collected is part of the 25% I think. Hold on, let me click my sig and check :yowsa:

The rules say:

1. Total conversions (include free sign ups that might not generate sales) and email addresses collected (25% of contest points)

I am not sure what I meant by that...lol... The original idea was for the first grade to encompass everything and the second grade to encompass a count from grade 1 that actually had a dollar amount attached. Those are each worth 25% of the total. And the actual dollars generated is 50%.

[sarettah]

Originally posted by Trev+May 25 2005, 04:49 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Trev @ May 25 2005, 04:49 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Originally posted by sarettah@May 25 2005, 01:19 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-Trev@May 25 2005, 02:46 AM
And the emails aint exactly opt-in... http://www.hardcoreanal.net/collect.php it's been pulled before anyone jumps on me :redance:
Umm..I think the rules said emails collected, they did not specify anything about opt out. :groucho:
Are emails collected still 25% of the judged total?

Because this thing is going crazy :zoinks:



Edit: I should add that I've got 4 opt-in's confirmed from the collection box on the site as well :) [/b][/quote]
lolololol....I just saw how you're collecting the emails.

Toni is right, you really are a bastard lololol.... :nyanya:

[sarettah]

hmmm... I just got caught in your email trap again, except this time I couldn't get it to cancel :(

So, I hit the submit and it went and did something and disappeared :blink:

Did it somehow try to swipe an email addy from me somehow ?

[Nickatilynx]

Originally posted by sarettah@May 25 2005, 04:52 PM
hmmm... I just got caught in your email trap again, except this time I couldn't get it to cancel :(

So, I hit the submit and it went and did something and disappeared :blink:

Did it somehow try to swipe an email addy from me somehow ?
:ph34r:


thasssa my boy. :)

I'm so proud. :)

We were doing that , when? Like 98?

:)

[sarettah]

Originally posted by Nickatilynx@May 25 2005, 08:55 PM
thasssa my boy. :)

I'm so proud. :)

How many other little pikeys have you sired ?










:groucho:

[Trev]

Originally posted by sarettah@May 26 2005, 01:52 AM
hmmm... I just got caught in your email trap again, except this time I couldn't get it to cancel :(

So, I hit the submit and it went and did something and disappeared :blink:

Did it somehow try to swipe an email addy from me somehow ?
Thanks for the email address mate :groucho:

[Trev]

Originally posted by Nickatilynx+May 26 2005, 02:55 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Nickatilynx @ May 26 2005, 02:55 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-sarettah@May 25 2005, 04:52 PM
hmmm... I just got caught in your email trap again, except this time I couldn't get it to cancel :(

So, I hit the submit and it went and did something and disappeared :blink:

Did it somehow try to swipe an email addy from me somehow ?
:ph34r:


thasssa my boy. :)

I'm so proud. :)

We were doing that , when? Like 98?

:) [/b][/quote]
I'm going to do a thread on GFY:

I sale cheap working email!



Will include that they will need a domain to burn and bulletproof hosting :yowsa:

[Mr Benn]

Hahah glad you put the script back Trev, you owe me a share of the prizes if that helps you win the contest!! :biglaugh:

[Trev]

Originally posted by Mr Benn@May 26 2005, 10:00 AM
Hahah glad you put the script back Trev, you owe me a share of the prizes if that helps you win the contest!! :biglaugh:
You've got it my man :okthumb:

[sarettah]

Originally posted by Mr Benn@May 26 2005, 04:00 AM
Hahah glad you put the script back Trev, you owe me a share of the prizes if that helps you win the contest!! :biglaugh:
Aha !! or should that be

AHA

a Co Conspirator :cryin:

[NickPapageorgio]

Ok since this contest is about learning, and apparently I am not getting what is going on, explain to me why what Trev is doing is good, bad or whatever. I seen the email thing where it keeps asking me to send him an email. What is the value of it and how is it best implemented? Is it only useful if you do mailers?

[Trev]

Originally posted by NickPapageorgio@May 26 2005, 04:16 PM
Ok since this contest is about learning, and apparently I am not getting what is going on, explain to me why what Trev is doing is good, bad or whatever. I seen the email thing where it keeps asking me to send him an email. What is the value of it and how is it best implemented? Is it only useful if you do mailers?
It's totally bad, well unless you can get away with it :groucho:

[sarettah]

Originally posted by NickPapageorgio@May 26 2005, 10:16 AM
Ok since this contest is about learning, and apparently I am not getting what is going on, explain to me why what Trev is doing is good, bad or whatever. I seen the email thing where it keeps asking me to send him an email. What is the value of it and how is it best implemented? Is it only useful if you do mailers?
It rips email addys.

Nick, tell Trev that I'm not talking to him and the he sucks big green donkey dicks. Please. Thanx in advance :yowsa:

[aeon]

Originally posted by sarettah@May 25 2005, 04:52 PM
hmmm... I just got caught in your email trap again, except this time I couldn't get it to cancel :(

So, I hit the submit and it went and did something and disappeared :blink:

Did it somehow try to swipe an email addy from me somehow ?
That's one of the absolute scummiest ways I've ever seen to snag emails.

I'm actually impressed.

[Nickatilynx]

Look you want to really have fun ????

Get them to submit there email and tell them you will give them a free 30 min password once they confirm it

Then send them a password that ...ooops has already expired :)

[Trev]

Originally posted by Nickatilynx@Jun 1 2005, 04:39 AM
Look you want to really have fun ????

Get them to submit there email and tell them you will give them a free 30 min password once they confirm it

Then send them a password that ...ooops has already expired :)
Evil!!!


I like it :redance: