Post by Melissa. on Oct 4, 2008 0:57:50 GMT -5
well, after reading a bunch of people argue over promoting websites because obv no one can get the hits like we do~ i'll give some tips.
HOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL. WARNING: don't take it as a rude awakening or something but we gotta start somewhere and work you're way up.
- DOMAIN. IT HELPS. not all the time, but A LOT of the time. most affiliates will want to be affiliates with you, ect. YES we got called out when we were HOSTED (next best thing) because we couldnt get on search engine sites quicker. but yanno what? we worked hard, got a domain & became the top site.
- HOSTED (next best thing) if you can't get a domain because of $$$, get hosted. but you'll need to learn some HTML first. take the time to learn as well as the basics of photoshop/paintshop pro.
- NO PICZO. its been the worst (yet easiest to work with) but HTML ftw (for the win) just learn & you'll get better. i previously used freewebs.com for shecklercraze & had a decent layout and HTML.
-HTML/GRAPHICS. learn some, practice,ect. yours doesn't need to be the best in the world cause ours weren't, but at least decent so people will want to come back.
THIS IS THE BIGGEST THING GUYS.
- UNTAGGED RARES. omg everyone has a cow over this issue. no one will want to go to your f'in site if its f'in tagged! DUH. didn't you learn? our site got over 1,000 at times 2,000 hits PER DAY because we had this. obv your untagged wouldn't beat our site. i never visited the other sites bc tbqh, its all tagged when shit, i had people giving us stuff untagged.
- PROMOTION. do it at message boards, other places, ect. its better to promote UNTAGGED PHOTOS AT ________. hell, its what we did. we KNEW (at least i did) those other "piczo" sites or "myspace" sites tag their shit and obv we came out on top cause ours were UNTAGGED/not all over the face. yeah ppls will visit your site.. but will they be like OMG THIS IS TRULY AMAZING? IS THIS TOP NOTCH QUALITY? most likely no.
- THE PEOPLE. give them what they want. you're making a fansite for FANS, not for yourself to be like "HEY I HAVE THESE PICS BUT IM GONNA TAG OVER HIS FACE CAUSE I HAVE RARES AND IM FUCKING RUBBING IT IN YOUR FACE" sry to say, we know what you're trying to do. people jack our shit all the fucking time & really its the internet, GET OVER IT. harsh reality, but sorry. we've had myspaces crop off our tag, our graphics, never credit. at times we'll bitch, moan, complain either at them or at our site.. but we still put up the stuff everyone wants to see.
- CONTENT. give more than just pictures. news, videos, graphics, ect. be creative!
well, thats the blunt of it. it sounded harsh, bitchy, but its constructive criticism. we've been rejected from hosted sites so we got a domain instead, but hey, we had to take it and improve and prove that we can be better. that's why we spent HOURS and HOURS on getting 384343 photos for everyone to beat out our competitors.
hope this helps. i even made it so anons can see this post w/o having to join~ there you go anons, there you go.
you can take this and try to make your site better or leave it how it is, its up to owners of fansites in general. if you do try these tips, your site might end up getting a lot more hits because people actually like it.
HOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL. WARNING: don't take it as a rude awakening or something but we gotta start somewhere and work you're way up.
- DOMAIN. IT HELPS. not all the time, but A LOT of the time. most affiliates will want to be affiliates with you, ect. YES we got called out when we were HOSTED (next best thing) because we couldnt get on search engine sites quicker. but yanno what? we worked hard, got a domain & became the top site.
- HOSTED (next best thing) if you can't get a domain because of $$$, get hosted. but you'll need to learn some HTML first. take the time to learn as well as the basics of photoshop/paintshop pro.
- NO PICZO. its been the worst (yet easiest to work with) but HTML ftw (for the win) just learn & you'll get better. i previously used freewebs.com for shecklercraze & had a decent layout and HTML.
-HTML/GRAPHICS. learn some, practice,ect. yours doesn't need to be the best in the world cause ours weren't, but at least decent so people will want to come back.
THIS IS THE BIGGEST THING GUYS.
- UNTAGGED RARES. omg everyone has a cow over this issue. no one will want to go to your f'in site if its f'in tagged! DUH. didn't you learn? our site got over 1,000 at times 2,000 hits PER DAY because we had this. obv your untagged wouldn't beat our site. i never visited the other sites bc tbqh, its all tagged when shit, i had people giving us stuff untagged.
- PROMOTION. do it at message boards, other places, ect. its better to promote UNTAGGED PHOTOS AT ________. hell, its what we did. we KNEW (at least i did) those other "piczo" sites or "myspace" sites tag their shit and obv we came out on top cause ours were UNTAGGED/not all over the face. yeah ppls will visit your site.. but will they be like OMG THIS IS TRULY AMAZING? IS THIS TOP NOTCH QUALITY? most likely no.
- THE PEOPLE. give them what they want. you're making a fansite for FANS, not for yourself to be like "HEY I HAVE THESE PICS BUT IM GONNA TAG OVER HIS FACE CAUSE I HAVE RARES AND IM FUCKING RUBBING IT IN YOUR FACE" sry to say, we know what you're trying to do. people jack our shit all the fucking time & really its the internet, GET OVER IT. harsh reality, but sorry. we've had myspaces crop off our tag, our graphics, never credit. at times we'll bitch, moan, complain either at them or at our site.. but we still put up the stuff everyone wants to see.
- CONTENT. give more than just pictures. news, videos, graphics, ect. be creative!
well, thats the blunt of it. it sounded harsh, bitchy, but its constructive criticism. we've been rejected from hosted sites so we got a domain instead, but hey, we had to take it and improve and prove that we can be better. that's why we spent HOURS and HOURS on getting 384343 photos for everyone to beat out our competitors.
hope this helps. i even made it so anons can see this post w/o having to join~ there you go anons, there you go.
you can take this and try to make your site better or leave it how it is, its up to owners of fansites in general. if you do try these tips, your site might end up getting a lot more hits because people actually like it.
