A little discouraged but still have the desire

[maxx68]

First...Thanks again for all the info

I just got my new check card and I am going to get me some hosting. I think I'm gonna go with a virtual account even though I have always used shared. I think it would be best, since I'm serious about this, to act like a big boy and get a big boy hosting account.

I will be looking into the hosting suggested by Lee and Basschick.

As far as blogging and/or free sites...I think I'm gonna take Lee's advice and go with one page free sites, get situated and then add blogging to my portfolio. the only worry I have is that most blogs are nothing more than repositories for vid clips, I should know, I have a few fav's that I download clips from all the time. The thing is, it is very easy to find a site that has enough clips to get you off, so why goto one of the sponsors and get a membership?

At least with a free site you just giving them a taste of what's to come...at least that's my opinion.

As to affiliates who don't want to work...very true and even some sponsors are the same, I however, am not one of those people. how many folks do you know would put in 7 to 10 hours a day for over three years, only to earn roughly $100 a year and still be adimit about be an adult webmaster.

Hard as try to get away from this industry, something tells me I am supposed to be doing this. I just wish I had found this website sooner.

I will be successful with hard work, determination and the help of the great folks who gather at this site.

Thanks again

[Bec]

Just a couple of gentle corrections:
1. Virtual and shared hosting are the same thing, a managed server is where you have the entire box to yourself.

2. A free site usually consists of a "warning page" then the "main page" and at least 2 "gallery" pages.

[maxx68]

Thanks Bec..

I signed up for a virtual dedicated server from NakedHost.

I have a question about warning pages...If I'm using a "hub" that will link to my one page sites, can I put the warning page on the hub? Will this affect my SEO?

Does SEO even matter anymore?

Thanks again -Jay

[Bec]

No, the warning page is part of the free site. You'll be putting some advertising on it, as well as the required reciprocal links out to all the sites you submit your freesite to, like hunkhunter, or gaydemon for instance.

Here's a real quick example of what I mean
http://www.gaypornbox.net/galleries/...rat_boys_fuck/

Now go to the second page and you see the links for the galleries, & a couple more links for the sponsor site. You can also add text links to another freesite or 2 of yours as well as your hub home page on that page.

[maxx68]

Okay, I get it...

I got me some serious work to do! I like it though, keeps me out of trouble!

Thanks - Jay

[Bec]

I strongly suggest checking out the various "rules" on a lot of the link list sites just so you don't get heavy into building these and then realize you didn' t do something you needed to do to get listed. Like, file size of thumbs or large picture is too much or too little, image size isn't within the range they want shown, don't put the large pics onto an html page, and so on.

http://www.allgaydirectory.com/gay_s...irectories.htm
http://www.billyspervwebsite.com/links/index.html
http://www.maledirectory.com/index2.html
http://www.rudeboxxx.com/webmasters/
http://www.gaydemon.com/directory/

Start with these to get a general rule of how to proceed.

[maxx68]

Bec you are a fountain of knowledge!:cheerleader:

I wish I had you, Lee and the rest of the gang a few years ago. I will definitly be coming back here over and over again. i also save the posts that are emailed to me so I can go back to them.

Thanks everybody and have a great weekend:gaydays: