Do You Rotate Links?

[Licker4U]

If you have a link list and don't use a script, you do everything manually, do you rotate links or just let them get archived on page after page of links?

[JustRobert]

In the beginning I did. I would go to every category divide the number of freesites by 30 and rotate forward. Then I would go back and add anything new to the top of that. After a few months it became very old, even though I liked it, so then I went with just putting new on top.

Now I have a hippy tweaked script doing what I use to do manually, somewhat modified, which truly is much better and less time consuming

[SheepGuy]

I rotate them manually, when I add a new site to a cat I add two rows (six spots) and bring up sites from the bottom of the list to fill the new spots created. So busy categories rotate quickly, slower categories rotate more slowly. I keep the links up permanently and every link is rotated other than the top 3 spots which I reserve for myself.

[virgohippy]

Originally Posted by Licker4U

do you rotate links or just let them get archived on page after page of links?

Ideally, I think I'd like both, like Robert's does.

Originally Posted by JustRobert

Now I have a hippy tweaked script doing what I use to do manually, somewhat modified, which truly is much better and less time consuming

Dude! You used tweaked and hippy in the same sentence.

I don't rotate my site yet. As Robert implied, my script has the capability, I just haven't switched yet.

I did it that way at first because I wanted to encourage regular submitters by weighing new submits heavier. Had I known then what I know now I probably would have started with rotating lists to encourage those long-term minded submitters who tend to build higher quality sites.

Sheepguy

You old schoolers make me giggle sometimes. I'm too lazy to even consider operating a LL without a script.

[Licker4U]

Originally Posted by virgohippy

You old schoolers make me giggle sometimes. I'm too lazy to even consider operating a LL without a script.

The only reason I'm going to do it without a script is because it's a one niche list. Squirting pussy, so I don't think I'll get swamped with submissions. I'm only going to make an announcement here when it's ready so hopefully I'll only get a submit or two a day so I can get my feet wet. I just hate being buried in the archives and don't want to do that to others.

I have a little ad rotator script that rotates a new ad every time the page is refreshed...I might be able to make that work. Have maybe 30 links in each table and use the script to display a different table every time someone hits the page. It would rotate groups of links rather than individual links randomly. Any flaws with that?

[virgohippy]

Originally Posted by Licker4U

It would rotate groups of links rather than individual links randomly. Any flaws with that?

If you can make sure all "accepted" sites appear in at least one place at all times I don't see any harm.

New links go in a new group until that goup is full, then you start over with another new group? If so, then traffic would cycle in a way I haven't seen before.

Surfers would see bunches of new sites, then old sites, then new sites, rotating rather then old/new mixed together rotating as a whole. I don't know of any lists that rotate by accepted date. That might be a bit funky.

I imagine submitters would see similar traffic flow pattern as LOR. I don't think that's a problem for long-term minded folks.

[kide83]

i have links rotation, every time category page is loaded links are randomly sorted. i had static pages few months ago and when i added rotations i noticed small increas in traffic so i think it's good thing to do