No skimming vs. skimming when spending little time - GoFuckYourself.com

GirlsOnYou · 10-16-2006, 06:24 AM

If I understand correctly, it takes a crap load of time, especially from a newbie to be successful in trading traffic because it is a zero sum game.

Yet I see comments like it takes a crap load more money to make a non-skimming TGP vs. one with skimming. I don't have thousands to spend on something I'm not sure will produce a good ROI.

Eventually, I will be writing a script that handles my FHGs/promo content pseudo-TGP completely for me (I will still do some manual maintenance every now and then.). Note that I will still have new daily FHGs.

So which path should I take? The no skimming or the skimming one?

Should I even use TTT if it won't skim? It seems to have some features which could be useful anyway.

StarkReality · 10-16-2006, 06:37 AM

No skimming, trading needs an essential thing you probably don't have so far: Additional traffic sources. No matter if search engine traffic, bought traffic, bookmarkers, you need traffic in addition to what your trading partners send.

The reason is simple: All scripts count hits a bit different, some just get lost, sometimes visitors won't click at all, etc. So you always have a traffic leak that needs to be filled or your trades will slowly die.

GirlsOnYou · 10-16-2006, 06:45 AM

Thank you. Well actually I don't even have a site yet.

a little search engine traffic, significant start-up bought traffic and later on significant number of bookmarkers seem reasonable one year goals to me. After starting, I'm not sure if I'll keep on buying traffic.

So still think 0% skimming is best for me?

No matter what my ultimate goal is 0% skimming.

10-16-2006, 06:24 AM	#1
GirlsOnYou Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 617	No skimming vs. skimming when spending little time If I understand correctly, it takes a crap load of time, especially from a newbie to be successful in trading traffic because it is a zero sum game. Yet I see comments like it takes a crap load more money to make a non-skimming TGP vs. one with skimming. I don't have thousands to spend on something I'm not sure will produce a good ROI. Eventually, I will be writing a script that handles my FHGs/promo content pseudo-TGP completely for me (I will still do some manual maintenance every now and then.). Note that I will still have new daily FHGs. So which path should I take? The no skimming or the skimming one? Should I even use TTT if it won't skim? It seems to have some features which could be useful anyway.

10-16-2006, 06:37 AM	#2
StarkReality Confirmed User Join Date: May 2004 Location: 4 8 15 16 23 42 Posts: 4,444	No skimming, trading needs an essential thing you probably don't have so far: Additional traffic sources. No matter if search engine traffic, bought traffic, bookmarkers, you need traffic in addition to what your trading partners send. The reason is simple: All scripts count hits a bit different, some just get lost, sometimes visitors won't click at all, etc. So you always have a traffic leak that needs to be filled or your trades will slowly die.

10-16-2006, 06:45 AM	#3
GirlsOnYou Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 617	Thank you. Well actually I don't even have a site yet. a little search engine traffic, significant start-up bought traffic and later on significant number of bookmarkers seem reasonable one year goals to me. After starting, I'm not sure if I'll keep on buying traffic. So still think 0% skimming is best for me? No matter what my ultimate goal is 0% skimming.