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matuloo · 07-14-2006, 03:17 AM

I see a lot of nonsense posted from guys who never ran a review site and don't understand how it works.

- you say we rate sites according to how much money they make us, well it's bullshit, because when you review a site you have no idea about how well it sells. You can only rate a site based on how much you like it, expressing your subjective opinion - and that's what a review is about - expressing the opinion of a reviewer.

- you say we make hidden deals and under the table agreements with paysite owners - why would we do it? There are 1000s of paysites out there, I don't really need to make any special agreements with anyone. I don't even need to chase webmasters in order to let me review their sites, it works the other way around.

- you seem to have a problem with price being included in the final rate. But why is it a problem? Every review site sets its own scoring structure, so if they decided to take price into consideration, of course cheap sites will get a few extra points.

I really don't understand the cause of this whole thread, and I really don't understand what some of you say.

Review sites are just another form of promotion. They don't rule the world, they don't rule the adult internet. These sites are mostly quite small webs, that have very small impact on the adult web in general. Each review site has it's top list compiled from sites that they liked, and I am sure the owners of those sites are happy about it. And of course, those with poor ranked sites don't like it.

So what? Not everyone will like your site, now does that make them stupid or uneducated - so anyone who doesnt like your site is a moron or doesnt understand the subject? This is bullshit.

And some of you fail to understand one more thing. Review sites have their own traffic. They don't use the content from paysites to attract traffic, the content is used as samples to show the surfers. The traffic that flows through the review sites is a result of their own promotion in most cases. Of course a small part of the traffic comes from SE's - surfers who look for info related to particular sites or models, but it's just a small part.

So the title of this thread is not really accurate, review sites are not using paysite content to attract surfers, they are using the content to give THEIR surfers a honest opinion and show them what the paysite really is about. Which is perfectly fine in my opinion.

At the end it's all very simple - did you receive a good review? Maximize the potential, tell your surfers you've been ranked high, several sites are doing this with great success. Did you receive a bad review? Well, learn from it, try to improve or simply forget about it if you feel like that. A bad review isnt gonna ruin your business, the review webs simply dont have that impact.

07-14-2006, 03:17 AM
matuloo Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 441	I see a lot of nonsense posted from guys who never ran a review site and don't understand how it works. - you say we rate sites according to how much money they make us, well it's bullshit, because when you review a site you have no idea about how well it sells. You can only rate a site based on how much you like it, expressing your subjective opinion - and that's what a review is about - expressing the opinion of a reviewer. - you say we make hidden deals and under the table agreements with paysite owners - why would we do it? There are 1000s of paysites out there, I don't really need to make any special agreements with anyone. I don't even need to chase webmasters in order to let me review their sites, it works the other way around. - you seem to have a problem with price being included in the final rate. But why is it a problem? Every review site sets its own scoring structure, so if they decided to take price into consideration, of course cheap sites will get a few extra points. I really don't understand the cause of this whole thread, and I really don't understand what some of you say. Review sites are just another form of promotion. They don't rule the world, they don't rule the adult internet. These sites are mostly quite small webs, that have very small impact on the adult web in general. Each review site has it's top list compiled from sites that they liked, and I am sure the owners of those sites are happy about it. And of course, those with poor ranked sites don't like it. So what? Not everyone will like your site, now does that make them stupid or uneducated - so anyone who doesnt like your site is a moron or doesnt understand the subject? This is bullshit. And some of you fail to understand one more thing. Review sites have their own traffic. They don't use the content from paysites to attract traffic, the content is used as samples to show the surfers. The traffic that flows through the review sites is a result of their own promotion in most cases. Of course a small part of the traffic comes from SE's - surfers who look for info related to particular sites or models, but it's just a small part. So the title of this thread is not really accurate, review sites are not using paysite content to attract surfers, they are using the content to give THEIR surfers a honest opinion and show them what the paysite really is about. Which is perfectly fine in my opinion. At the end it's all very simple - did you receive a good review? Maximize the potential, tell your surfers you've been ranked high, several sites are doing this with great success. Did you receive a bad review? Well, learn from it, try to improve or simply forget about it if you feel like that. A bad review isnt gonna ruin your business, the review webs simply dont have that impact.