[Tekster]

Originally Posted by Sven800

A folder w/ files? lol.

It takes me 4-6 hours to build a freesite.

At one point I was playing around with php includes, pulling in updated content - problem was, everything started looking the same. Needless to say, those FS only got listed at 30-40% of lists and didn't make all that many sales.

But they did help in figuring out who actually reviews submissions, who will send traffic once you are listed, and what sites are a waste of time.

There are way to many sites out there that are "dead", meaning:
1) A working submission form, but you never get listed.
2) Links to dead freesites
3) Links to Link Lists that have gone under
etc...

And many still list them as good places to submit to.

Even some of the bigger LL's have dead links in them (Richards Realm is one example - links to the submission form returning errors. Not picking on anyone, thats just the most recent one i found)

i think part of the reason why there are so many garbage submissions is that people are trying to get traffic any which way they can. So if they can submit to 500 list, get listed at 150 and make sales...

It takes work to find the good lists, and it can be very frustrating when you have just wasted 1-3 months submitting to a site that will never list you.
It also takes work analyzing who is sending traffic.

A lot of webmasters are lazy and don't bother - and why should they, when they can submit garbage and still get listed/traffic.

Sorry, I'm venting.

You know what? I agree 100%, I am still finding dead LL and LL that will not list you for no good reason. I submit to almost 60 LL and get listed at 59 of them and then the 60th will not list the site but there is no reason for it. Oh well, just move on.