Life is full of questions...

MorganGrayson · 09-27-2005

Hullo, my wittle newbie kids!

Good to see you're working together.

Now...in no particular order:

Counters - don't use them. They're a traffic leak. All hosts give you stats, use those. (Remember: any link on your page has to bring you either $$ or traffic. These say they're going to bring you traffic, but they won't. They'll just give your surfers a nice flashy hardcore thing to click on instead of your banners.) Counters went the way of the dinosaur.

Traffic trades: it's simple. You ask. You send a tgp (I'm assuming) a nice email - compliment their site, etc. - and ask if they'd like to exchange links. You tell them what page you want to trade links on. (Main page, submit page, etc.) As a courtesy, you can put their link up first. However, if you don't receive a response or if the answer is no, take the damned link down fast, as you've just created a traffic leak. Also, pay attention to where *your* link appears on their site. If they give you a bottom of their main page link, make sure you give them a bottom of *your* main page link. If you go to http://www.freeplelinks.com/ and see where I've set up "Freeple's People's" that's going to be a "top of the main page" link trade for people who give me a good placement on their sites. That's where their link will go. However, I will also be adding a "More Freeple's Peoples!" table at the bottom for tgps who put their link exchanges on the bottom. Basically, make it *fair.* (There's nothing at all insulting with being put at the bottom of someone's main page. Remember: you're new. You *won't* be sending a lot of traffic to these people yet, and they know it. Top spaces are reserved for the bigger tgps who can get them surfers.) If you get a link, send a nice "thank you" email. Remember - in this business, traffic and GOOD WILL are both important.

Always make sure that your nick is associated with good manners and most of all, professionalism.

09-27-2005	#3
MorganGrayson None $100 for every ImLive sign-up Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 4,321	Re: Life is full of questions... Hullo, my wittle newbie kids! Good to see you're working together. Now...in no particular order: Counters - don't use them. They're a traffic leak. All hosts give you stats, use those. (Remember: any link on your page has to bring you either $$ or traffic. These say they're going to bring you traffic, but they won't. They'll just give your surfers a nice flashy hardcore thing to click on instead of your banners.) Counters went the way of the dinosaur. Traffic trades: it's simple. You ask. You send a tgp (I'm assuming) a nice email - compliment their site, etc. - and ask if they'd like to exchange links. You tell them what page you want to trade links on. (Main page, submit page, etc.) As a courtesy, you can put their link up first. However, if you don't receive a response or if the answer is no, take the damned link down fast, as you've just created a traffic leak. Also, pay attention to where your link appears on their site. If they give you a bottom of their main page link, make sure you give them a bottom of your main page link. If you go to http://www.freeplelinks.com/ and see where I've set up "Freeple's People's" that's going to be a "top of the main page" link trade for people who give me a good placement on their sites. That's where their link will go. However, I will also be adding a "More Freeple's Peoples!" table at the bottom for tgps who put their link exchanges on the bottom. Basically, make it fair. (There's nothing at all insulting with being put at the bottom of someone's main page. Remember: you're new. You won't be sending a lot of traffic to these people yet, and they know it. Top spaces are reserved for the bigger tgps who can get them surfers.) If you get a link, send a nice "thank you" email. Remember - in this business, traffic and GOOD WILL are both important. Always make sure that your nick is associated with good manners and most of all, professionalism.