Why is skimming so popular?!? - GoFuckYourself.com

tha_timinator · 10-10-2003, 04:19 AM

Why is it that the overall opinion is that skimming is positive thing; effective and morally ok. While at the same time people are talking nothing but bad about (too much) blind links? Skimming is in fact just a moderate form of blind linking: the surfer clicks because he wants to see the gallery but then he's directed to something else.

I don't like blind links, because I would like my surfers to return and click my links because they know they lead to quality sites. Therefore I (hardly) use blind links. For that same reason I don't skim. But when I look at other sites how they manage to keep their trades up I notice they all depend on skimming! So when I'm asking myself; how can I generate more out hits? , the only thing I learn from colleages is that skimming is necessary to trade nowadays! Do you guys feel the same?

Also I don't understand how skimming can work so effectively as it seems to work when i look at the whole picture. 9 out of 10 surfers (if not more) close *immediately* when they are skimmed, am i right? how can productivity-based scripts (as is the standard nowadays) keep such trades running? productivity at the site that the surfers are sent to must be *really* bad!

Input concerning these issues appreciated here...

Libertine · 10-10-2003, 04:25 AM

9 in 10 close the new site immediately, but the ones that stick around click a lot (like 10 times). Skimming is not necessary to trade though... I have a site that trades with skimming sites but only sends out non-skimmed traffic itself. My trades typically send about 5 times as much traffic back as I send out, and they're quite happy with that because my real traffic is extremely productive. I, on the other hand, am also quite happy with it, because the traffic I get converts very nicely to bookmarkers.
So no, skimming is not necessary.

tha_timinator · 10-10-2003, 11:35 AM

10-10-2003, 04:19 AM	#1
tha_timinator Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Amsterdam, the Netherlands Posts: 590	Why is skimming so popular?!? Why is it that the overall opinion is that skimming is positive thing; effective and morally ok. While at the same time people are talking nothing but bad about (too much) blind links? Skimming is in fact just a moderate form of blind linking: the surfer clicks because he wants to see the gallery but then he's directed to something else. I don't like blind links, because I would like my surfers to return and click my links because they know they lead to quality sites. Therefore I (hardly) use blind links. For that same reason I don't skim. But when I look at other sites how they manage to keep their trades up I notice they all depend on skimming! So when I'm asking myself; how can I generate more out hits? , the only thing I learn from colleages is that skimming is necessary to trade nowadays! Do you guys feel the same? Also I don't understand how skimming can work so effectively as it seems to work when i look at the whole picture. 9 out of 10 surfers (if not more) close immediately when they are skimmed, am i right? how can productivity-based scripts (as is the standard nowadays) keep such trades running? productivity at the site that the surfers are sent to must be really bad! Input concerning these issues appreciated here... __________________ CELEBRITYSTART.COM

10-10-2003, 04:25 AM	#2
Libertine sex dwarf Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 17,860	9 in 10 close the new site immediately, but the ones that stick around click a lot (like 10 times). Skimming is not necessary to trade though... I have a site that trades with skimming sites but only sends out non-skimmed traffic itself. My trades typically send about 5 times as much traffic back as I send out, and they're quite happy with that because my real traffic is extremely productive. I, on the other hand, am also quite happy with it, because the traffic I get converts very nicely to bookmarkers. So no, skimming is not necessary. __________________ /(bb\|[^b]{2})/

10-10-2003, 11:35 AM	#3
tha_timinator Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Amsterdam, the Netherlands Posts: 590	bumP __________________ CELEBRITYSTART.COM