Nice quick read there Gene :thumbsup

Any sponsor who won't take YG traffic is missing out.....

I used to have a shitload of yahoo groups, egroups (before yahoo bought them out), various clubs, etc. It's a great way to builda loyal targeted traffic base.

I've started re-building my groups and pumping them back up lately.

I always advise a moderated group as it's easier to deal with spam and illegal pics (the LAST thing you want is a questionable picture hitting your group). I also suggest opening a seperate group for each sponsor and talking to them about using their content to promote the group. If they don't want the traffic, fuck them and send it to someone who does...

I'm also looking into MSN Groups, but they are really full of spam and the sheer number makes it a little harder to build.

If you want to know some other dirty little inside secrets about yahoo group promotion, I'll have an ebook for sale within the next month or so (sorry, I can't take knowledge I've built tirelessly over the years and just give it away for free ;-)))

i assume you mean my toplist:

http://www.groupsportal.com

usefull tips , great :thumbsup

Nice one

why does yahoo let you create adult groups, then delete them?

are there any other popular group creating services out there?

because creation is automatic...
they do have a lot of specific keywords blocked too...

Cool. Thanks, Gene.
And in case this can help anyone, I took the listing from bitchnporn.com and created a searchable database. There's over 18,000 groups, so it's nearly impossible to find the one you're looking for otherwise.

http://www.modelperfect.com/xgroups/index.asp

Very nice post... an interesting way of getting more traffic. Keep up the good work! :thumbsup

I love this thread. I had avoided Yahoogroups because of the nonsense in the old days. Now that they've streamlined it I've got the best of both worlds.

Reason being I have 'fans' and 'rubberneckers'. Some fans have huge Yahoogroups and ask me to post stuff. What I did that was successful was to post 'serialized' toons. Toons that had that cliffhanger. It's gotta lead back to your paysite or 'via' ( i.e. sponsors etc. ).

Tease is the successful thing here. Use it to your advantage. I'm actually whipping up more serialized toons for my groups.

Here's one that always works:
http://www.gregboone.com/giserial1.jpg

Great advice on this thread. Hope I've contributed.

50 webmasters spamming Yahoo groups :glugglug

It's not really spamming ... it's making your own .

Btw great post . It was one of the thing I didn't really knew about :)

Never thought you could get dozen of thousands people to join them ... must be 90 % newbie traffic :)

I don't know what is this Rabbit Reviews!

If your ebook is $10 or less, I'll order a copy.:)

We had one of these a while back for one of our pay sites...the traffic was good and it gives you the chance to promote amongst the group and encourage them to actively recruit members. All was going well untill one day out of the blue yahoo nuked the group and all the owners accounts.

Might have to set up another one soon i think

It depends on how you do it, Biggy2. This is the HASSLE FREE way to do it. CAN SPAM comes into play if the users don't opt in.

Contact me for customized help. We can do management/recruitment for mere dollars per day.

Thanks.

There are also MSN groups, Lycos, and other distribution sites. Just remember to follow their TOS.

yup, this is the most important thing...stay within their TOS

I made the mistake of getting a little too "promotion crazy" with some older yahoo groups and they went bye-bye (along with a decent, steady stream of income)

Nice idea re ebook :)

Anyway, if anyone needs daily help managing/maintaining/recruiting for their group, we offer OUTSOURCED labor for only dollars a day.

There is. Mycommunitymail.com doesn't censor their groups and is very adult group friendly. url is http://www.mycommunitymail.com

I haven't decided on a price yet, hehe
I'm concentating on making it a qualiy ebook too, not just a bunch of upsells like some of the ebooks out there today....
filled with real thourough knowledge and little tips and tricks that can cause harm in the hands of amateurs ;-)))

Usefull info would be where to find a handy dandy YG bot that will automate the joining, adding of links and can email the groups discreetly over a 24 hour period.

And that traffic is good!

nice tip. i began doing it 3 years ago, which made me buy a domain....the egroups served as a trial - if i can get people here, ill make a site was what i thought.

basically, the egroups is pretty decent if you do it right.

cool that you posted the link this "tip" came from, should have some other interesting traffic material. thx.

that was a really good article. added it to my favorites so i could refer back to it. thanks for the tips and the link. :thumbsup

edit - the bitchnporn link isnt as good as i thought it was. it hasmany moderated groups that prevent members from posting messages, which arent worth joining. what you want to do is be able to post messages and add your link. knock down both tasks with each group and youll get some traffic. the more places your visible, the better chances you have of being clicked.

Very good info

:thumbsup

And it works too!

another great tip... :thumbsup

I might have heard a rumor or two about something like that in development ;-))

I prefer moderated on most of my groups so I can control the content and spamming...I'll occasionally open a non-moderated group for discussion of the niches as well as the ability to promote other groups under different names ;-)

Well this article sparked intrest to actually sign up for a accnt. To much lurking for me. Anyways if any one is intrested i control ALOT of yahoo names with ALOT of groups signed up for them and utilites to easily mail the groups.....if you catch my drift ;)

hit me up if i could help you out!

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p.s. WOOHOO first post....welcom me!

Great info $5 submissions 203 members joined my group in last 13 hours:)

So porn is banned under Yahoo Groups' TOS?

That's good news!

I believe OBSCENITY is banned not porn. There is a LEGAL (and BIG) difference.

I disagree that 9 of 10 Sponsor programs don't allow Yahoo Group Traffic.


We allow Yahoo Group Traffic.
All Yahoo Groups are Double Opt In, so there is not TOS problem.

http://www.HowIgotRich.com

I was using groups years ago...... may give it a try again