April 29th, 2009 by admin
Yes, that seems to be the question I hear a lot on the message boards these days. What works best? Free Sites? Blogs? TGPs? Well, I can’t really answer those questions because there are many factors involved with success. Let’s take a good look at them shall we?
1. Traffic – It is the key to our success as Webmasters and salespeople. Just like you need a lot of folks coming into your store in the “real world” in order to be successful, so do you need lots of surfers hitting your sites and hopefully….signing up for memberships under your affiliate links.
2. The way you present your content – Yes, this is a very misunderstood part of this industry. Most sites I visit I see content just thrown up in the form of really bad, stuttering videos, or really large videos which take forever to stream. I’m on a very fast internet connection. How does a surfer feel if they go to that site and their connection is only half or a quarter as good as mine? Not everyone lives in North America or Europe and has a wicked fast surfing speed. Keep them in mind. However, nor do you want to skimp on content and put up total crap that no one is remotely interested in looking at. Make sure the images are clear, the video streams well, and there is some good text to go along with it all.
3. Text – Oh yes. Don’t think it’s important? You are sadly mistaken my friend. Text is what closes your sales or at least gets the surfer over to the Tour for the final round. You MUST provide descriptions of the content you put up. It MUST be informative and take the surfer on a journey into that erotic part of their brain. After all, it is what you’re trying to do right?
These are the major issues I see with a lot of sites I go to when surfing around to see what’s new in Adult. I do it all the time. Try it some time. You may pick up some things you never knew or suddenly realize how over exposed your galleries and niches are.
Ok, so back to the original question – To blog or not to blog? Do Free Sites sell better than blogs do? Well for one thing, unless you’re linked up with some pretty huge directories, chances are you’re not getting an immense amount of traffic to your Free Sites. A blog gets published and the search engines pick it up within minutes. Next time you put up a blog entry, do a search for it on Google the next day. Chances are you’ll find it.
TGPs are a whole other monster and can be more of a headache than anything if not done right. This is not to say that they don’t sell. On the contrary. A good TGP with major link trades can be a monster of a seller. Just getting it so can be a lot of work. So be prepared to take that on.
The bottom line here is all of these platforms make money if done right. However, blogs have brought the Adult Industry to the forefront of the search engines and get “spidered” all the time. I bet you’ve got links coming into your blogs you never even knew existed. Think of your blog as a Newsletter or even a Magazine. On the world wide web, that’s exactly what they are. So yes, blog my friends. Blog until you can’t blog anymore and watch that traffic hit you more and more each day. Then the $$$ should come trickling in once your audience loves what you offer and know you’re there to provide them with good, quality porn.
Happy Blogging!
– RDude
April 26th, 2009 by admin
If you’re an Adult Webmaster who owns and runs a blog or a series of blogs, you know the importance of attaining good, quality, targeted link trades. For those of you who might be new to the term Link Trades – one of the most efficient ways of getting a good Page Rank and getting lots of surfers to visit your blog(s) is to trade traffic with other Adult Webmasters. You can both either just link to one particular blog each, or you can utilize an A-B-C trade. This is where the other Webmaster links to one of your blogs, while you link to a different one than they are linking to you from. This can provide a better targeted audience to both of your blogs if done correctly.
Some may wonder “Why would I want to send my traffic to other blogs or sites?!” Well, the simplest answer to that is SEO. As you might know, a better Alexa Ranking and better Search Engine Optimization means more traffic. Through Link Trades you can build up that traffic and get better listings in the search engines and earn your place in the world of adult blogs. The bottom line? It helps everyone!
I’ve supplied two resources here which can help you with attaining blog Link Trades with other Webmasters. Some require you registering for free to get inside the site and look around for trades, and some require you to fill out Link Trade forms. Always fill in as much information as you can, provide a good keyword rich description of your blogs, and ALWAYS make sure your link to the other Webmaster is up before submitting. It’s only right, and besides, this way you won’t forget to put it up.
Adult Blog Resource – One of the first places you should go to for Link Trades when your blog gets going is Adult Blog Directories. Some have particular rules, so be sure to read them before submitting so you know whether or not your blog follows their requirements. That is very important. Adult Blog Resource provides some excellent directories you can submit to. It’s all free of course, you just have to have a button or text link back to them on your blog before making your link submission. I find buttons work best for directories. If the directory provides buttons, use one. NOTE: Some of the directories listed here no longer exist. However, most do and will bump up your traffic a little bit. Adult Blog Resource > > >
Blog Trade Finder – A superb resource for Link Trades, if it wasn’t for Blog Trade Finder, I doubt I would have made any serious sales in the last 4 years or so. It’s free to register and once inside you can browse loads of blogs that match the niche of your blog. From there you can send a private message to the owner of the blog requesting a Link Trade. I have yet to run into someone who isn’t interested in a trade, as long as you have at least 10 blog entries posted and have linked to some Adult Blog Directories beforehand. Blog Trade Finder > > >
These are just a few resources for you to use to find quality Link Trades with other Adult Webmasters. Finding others is not hard at all. Just Google “gay blog link trades” or “bbw blog link trades” and you’ll be met with dozens of Webmasters looking to trade traffic. Remember though, ALWAYS check out the site you are linking with. If there’s anything wrong with the site, i.e. – popups, slow loading, error pages, or God forbid – Spyware, certainly do not link up with them. Check to see if their content is legal (you can usually tell by just looking at it), is close or a perfect match to what you are promoting, and is well laid out. All of these factors will ensure you get at least a few hits a day from them.
Happy Link Trading!
April 22nd, 2009 by admin
SEO, or Search Engine Optimization is one of the most important things to you as an Adult Webmaster. Getting at least 20-30% of the traffic to your sites and blogs from search engines is the way to go and very few would argue about it. Like most other things in this business, it’s a tough thing to do, and unless you want to pay Google (THE #1 search engine online), or any other huge search resource a massive amount of money each year to get a good Page Rank, it takes time. Sometimes weeks and sometimes even months. However, there are FREE tools which can speed up the SEO for your sites and blogs and also provide resources where you can check how your sites are doing and what you can do to improve them.
Good Keywords – A sensational free application you can use right on your desktop, Good Keywords offers keyword suggestions for your sites just by it searching your pages out when you enter the url in the window and hit “Go”. It also accurately and efficiently reads the Page Rank of any website online, and even how many links can be found on Google, AltaVista and Yahoo. Alexa Rankings are also readable through the “Site and Link Popularity” button. One totally amazing FREE program NO Adult Webmaster can do without. Download it Here > > >
Xinu Returns – When it comes to free online tools for checking Page Rank, site popularity, and even offering tips on how your site or blog could be that much more “search engine friendly”, Xinu Returns is by far one of the best. It may seem a bit daunting at first, but it’s rather easy to use really. Just type or paste in the url you are looking up in the window to the left of the page and click on “Go”. Xinu will do the rest for you. Excellent resource!
SiteMapDoc – An XML Site Map is yet another tool a good Adult Website cannot do without. As with all the other tools I have mentioned, SiteMapDoc is super easy to use. Just follow the instructions they give you on the site and you’ll be good to go. SiteMapDoc is located here > > >
Google Webmaster Tools – Google Webmaster Tools provides you with detailed reports about your pages’ visibility on Google. This is where you will submit your XML Site Map and keep an eye on “Top Search Queries”, whether GoogleBot sees your site and/or Site Map, and many other amazing things. You don’t want to do without Google Webmaster Tools!
Google Analytics – Google Analytics is where you will get indepth reports of all the traffic to your sites. Completely free! See who’s coming and who’s staying on your sites. Where they’re coming from and whether your sites are being picked up Google and what search terms are being used. Google Analytics is here > > >
So there you have them folks. The most extensive free SEO tool belt you need in order to optimize your Adult Websites and blogs. You may find one resource more useful than another, and you may even find one or two of them not useful. The main thing is you check them out and find out exactly what they can do to get you more traffic…and in the long run.. more sales and money!
