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Aly · 07-13-2006, 03:32 PM

Hi guys... Apologies for my late reply and big thanks to Ryan and Rick for jumping in here! Steve, I really wish you'd have held off on this discussion until after the XBiz conference (which is fabulous, by the way). I was attempting to read this and respond on my Treo at the party last night but all that did was make me want to throw the darn thing in the swimming pool! Of course, the internet connection here at the Hard Rock is painfully archaeic, too... so if it was ever your intention, you have definitely succeeded in driving me crazy, congratulations! ;)

First and foremost, thanks for the publicity! Incase anyone has missed this point, it's a great idea to have your sites listed in Review Sites; it's a good additional source of traffic, and that's a good thing. As well as listing your sites at www.thebestporn.com, make sure to get listed elsewhere as well. Here's a list of other reputable review sites: http://www.thebestporn.com/resources.html

I also encourage you all to have your sites reviewed. It can be an invaluable source of feedback and advice on how to improve your site from the User's perspective, and thus potentially increase your bottomline. It's free advice... take it!

Steve, I'm sorry you didn't like your review score. Of course, such a thing is rather subjective, but we do use four reviewers for Official Reviews in order to reflect a more objective point of view.

Let's be clear... our reviewers write reviews in order to inform adult consumers. We provide a valuable service for consumers and, from the responses we continuously get from them, they are very grateful for the information. We do not write site reviews in order to make webmasters happy. (Inevitably, most of them are indeed very happy because by the time an informed consumer reaches their site, they tend to have already made the choice to buy.)

We want feedback from consumers and webmasters alike; whatever advice you can provide us in order to improve our service is greatly appreciated, of course! But what makes us successful and valuable to both consumers and webmasters is the fact that we aren't going to change a review because a webmaster does't like it. We'll certainly fix any factual inaccuracies (which may happen occasionally) but what makes us valuable is the fact that we're honest, unbiased and scrupulous. Steve is a great case in point here actually; we already send him quite a few sales and it makes us all a decent amount of money. We just upset him because our reviewers are honest... and THAT is exactly why we have a growing user base that TRUSTS us. That Trust is worth far more to us and to anyone who's site is listed with us than placating Steve Jones.

Steve, you run a successful business; it serves you well. We do, too, and we're very highly respected for that. If you really must wage a war, I encourage you to do so with a more appropriate adversary.

If any of you need to contact someone at thebestporn, hit me up personally! [email protected]

Respectfully.

~Aly.

07-13-2006, 03:32 PM
Aly President, ePufferProfits Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,881	Hi guys... Apologies for my late reply and big thanks to Ryan and Rick for jumping in here! Steve, I really wish you'd have held off on this discussion until after the XBiz conference (which is fabulous, by the way). I was attempting to read this and respond on my Treo at the party last night but all that did was make me want to throw the darn thing in the swimming pool! Of course, the internet connection here at the Hard Rock is painfully archaeic, too... so if it was ever your intention, you have definitely succeeded in driving me crazy, congratulations! ;) First and foremost, thanks for the publicity! Incase anyone has missed this point, it's a great idea to have your sites listed in Review Sites; it's a good additional source of traffic, and that's a good thing. As well as listing your sites at www.thebestporn.com, make sure to get listed elsewhere as well. Here's a list of other reputable review sites: http://www.thebestporn.com/resources.html I also encourage you all to have your sites reviewed. It can be an invaluable source of feedback and advice on how to improve your site from the User's perspective, and thus potentially increase your bottomline. It's free advice... take it! Steve, I'm sorry you didn't like your review score. Of course, such a thing is rather subjective, but we do use four reviewers for Official Reviews in order to reflect a more objective point of view. Let's be clear... our reviewers write reviews in order to inform adult consumers. We provide a valuable service for consumers and, from the responses we continuously get from them, they are very grateful for the information. We do not write site reviews in order to make webmasters happy. (Inevitably, most of them are indeed very happy because by the time an informed consumer reaches their site, they tend to have already made the choice to buy.) We want feedback from consumers and webmasters alike; whatever advice you can provide us in order to improve our service is greatly appreciated, of course! But what makes us successful and valuable to both consumers and webmasters is the fact that we aren't going to change a review because a webmaster does't like it. We'll certainly fix any factual inaccuracies (which may happen occasionally) but what makes us valuable is the fact that we're honest, unbiased and scrupulous. Steve is a great case in point here actually; we already send him quite a few sales and it makes us all a decent amount of money. We just upset him because our reviewers are honest... and THAT is exactly why we have a growing user base that TRUSTS us. That Trust is worth far more to us and to anyone who's site is listed with us than placating Steve Jones. Steve, you run a successful business; it serves you well. We do, too, and we're very highly respected for that. If you really must wage a war, I encourage you to do so with a more appropriate adversary. If any of you need to contact someone at thebestporn, hit me up personally! [email protected] Respectfully. ~Aly. __________________ . . Aly's ICQ: 51504163 . Aly's Email: [email protected]