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Traffic Trade Tuesdays - Official Guidelines!
Traffic Trade Tuesday!

Starting today - Tuesday January 18th - MrMaryLou & Greenguy will be accepting straight, legit, non-circle-jerk, non-blind link trades with one of the many TGP's & Link Lists that we run.

Each Tuesday, we will post one of our traffic sites & ask for trades with it here on the board. All trades will be category specific - so if we post a BBW site, we'll only be looking to trade with other BBW sites.

The links from us will all be warning or main page links, so we expect the same in return. Sometime down the road, we will get into the regular "category trades" that everyone is doing these days.

We're not looking to send or receive massive amounts of traffic with these. We're also not interested in trading traffic thru scripts. Just normal everyday hard link trades.

We will post the html code that we'd like you to use for the trade - nothing fancy, just text links along the lines of the Site Name.

Once you have the link on your page, you can come back here, post your info/link & we'll get it onto our page.

WE WILL NOT BE TRADING LINKS WITH PEOPLE THAT HAVE INCOMPLETE SIG FILES!

Very simple - very straight forward - just trading traffic

If you have question about this, please post them here, as this thread will be referred to in each Traffic Trade Tuesday post

Todays Traffic Trade Tuesday Jan 18 2005 - Amateur Teens

New Categories Being Added To The Link O'Rama.....
Over the next few weeks, MML & I will be adding new categories to the Link O'Rama. Some will be completely new & some will be splits of existing categories.

The 1st is sorta a combo of both. We've gone thru the "mature" page & moved most of the "milf" sites to the new Sexy Milfs page.

We've added "milfs" to the submit page and put up the proper table on the recip page.

As we add new categories, we'll post them here in this thread

Also, we're open to suggestions - we have a list started, but input is always appreciated

Week 19 Football Pool Winners - Vote For Week 20's Game!
Our weekly football pool is nearing it's end. Take a look at this week's winners and offer congratulations.

Make sure you help us decide which game to use for the next pool.

Take a look at this thread and make sure you vote.

Traffic Recourses Are Going To Be Updated!
Our current Traffic Resources Area sucks. We know this, We get complaints almost daily that this site is down or this site is not longer accepting submissions. That's going to change effective next week.

We are going to shitcan ALL the current traffic resources & start from scratch. The new listings will be for board members only & you will have to send us the info for all your traffic sites again. This may be a shit thing for some of you, but 95% of the listings that we currently have are not linking back to us anyway, so this makes sense.

We will also be listing a link to your profile in with the info for the site. This way, if you need to contact the owner of the site, you can do so on the board. You can also sort the sites by who owns them, so if you like a Link List that JoeBlow maintains, you can easily see what other traffic sources JoeBlow runs.

In order to get listed on the new Traffic Resource pages, all you need to do is send MrMaryLou a Private Message with the name of your site & the URL. That's it! He will take care of the rest. If you have more than 1 traffic source, please send them all in the same message.

Also, so that we can hopefully avoid problems during the submission process, you will only get a reply to your PM if there is a problem. So don't get your panties in a knot if MrMaryLou does not reply to your request.

Any questions or comments, please post them here

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Lock Them Or Lose Them!

by Larisa Thomason,

We've all seen this famous quote: "It's better to give than to receive." But how many webmasters are willing to give their domain names to anyone who asks? More than you think, unfortunately. Recent changes to domain name transfer policy means you could lose control of your domain name just by neglecting to read your email for a few days.

ICANN's New Policy
ICANN (Internet Corporation on Assigned Names and Numbers) is the agency that sets the policies that govern the sale, distribution, and protection of domain names. When you purchase a name, it's through an ICANN-approved registrar. If you have a trademark dispute pertaining to a domain name, it's handled through ICANN's dispute resolution process. ICANN also approves new top-level domain (TLD) extensions and sets domain name registration and transfer policies that registrars must follow.

It's this last responsibility that should concern you the most right now.

In an effort to streamline the domain transfer process, ICANN is imposing new regulations as of November 12, 2004. Section 3 details when and how registrars must handle transfer requests:

"Failure by the Registrar of Record to respond within five (5) calendar days to a notification from the Registry regarding a transfer request will result in a default "approval" of the transfer.

In the event that a Transfer Contact listed in the Whois has not confirmed their request to transfer with the Registrar of Record and the Registrar of Record has not explicitly denied the transfer request, the default action will be that the Registrar of Record must allow the transfer to proceed. " In non-bureaucratic language, this means that anyone can transfer your domain name to a new registrar and change the contact and nameserver information if you fail to respond to the transfer notification within 5 calendar days (not working days!).

This completely changes the previous system, whereby the transfer was denied if the owner failed to respond.

A Response To Unscrupulous Registrars
If you've never had a problem transferring a domain name, consider yourself lucky! Many webmasters tell horror stories of registrars who refused to transfer names or hosting companies who registered themselves as the administrative contact and charged outrageous fees to the hapless webmaster.

These problems led to the change. ICANN hopes to make the transfer process easier and keep bad registrars and hosts from holding names hostage.

The ability to transfer at will isn't unlimited; registrars are allowed to deny a transfer in certain circumstances:
Suspected fraud
The name is in dispute
Reasonable cause to suspect the identity of the owner
Domain is within the first 60 or last 60 day period of registration
Payment for previous registration period hasn't been received
Domain is in "locked" status

Unfortunately, the change could make things worse. Reputable registrars will continue business as usual and process transfers with a minimum of fuss and bother. But the bad ones can say that they "suspect fraud" or "can't verify identity" or use any number of tactics to keep the name where it is.

The New Policy: Silence = Consent
Even more worrisome, it the change may make it easier for an unauthorized party to get control of your domain name. There have been numerous complaints against companies who send out fake renewal notices to customers. Unwary webmasters who respond to these fake notices soon discover that the "renewal notices" are actually transfer requests that move the name to a new registrar.

In December 2003, the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) stopped the Domain Registry of America, a domain reseller, from using such deceptive practices.

For schemes like this to work though, the domain owner has to specifically respond to the written notice or email and take some action. But under new policy, the owner's silence is taken for consent. All the "bad" registrar has to do is request a transfer and hope you aren't reading your email on a timely basis.

Take steps now to protect your domain!

Have a Great Day!
Greenguy and Jim