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Originally Posted by Sly
I love reading threads like this. It shows you who actually has experience, and who is just spitting out the same nonsense they heard from somebody else.
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No doubt.
A few things about freesites... First, most freesites have no more than 20 pictures, which is only slightly more than your typical gallery. The freesites I design range in size between 1.5 and 2.5 mb, depending on the size of the pics used. So yes, on a per view basis, the bandwith usage is higher than a gallery. However, like iwantchixx said, the amount of traffic you'll get is a fraction of what you'll get to a gallery.
Second, even though the bandwith "cost" is higher per view, you gotta remember that you also have 4 times as many chances to advertise to your surfer.
Third, linklists generally get some sweet SE traffic which gets passed on to you. Eventually, the SEs will spider your freesites. If you know even just a little bit of SEO techniques, you'll see some nice SE traffic directly to your freesites.
Fourth, although the traffic might be lower and linklists might be listing less sites, I personally feel that if you're going to choose between submitting galleries or freesites, the latter is a better choice. Getting listed at worthwhile TGPs is a bitch unless you have partner accounts, which are also a bitch to snag. And I've always found my click-thru ratios to be much higher with freesites. Looking at some stats, I'm seeing click-thru ratios at 10%.