I receive lots link requests. If I traded with everyone who asked, I think the links section would quickly become too large to be of use. That is one of the reasons I stopped trading with horror genre sites and began sticking to only b-movie focused ones.
For new sites, I pretty much delay replying for about 2 weeks (sometimes up to a month) to see if they continue updating. A huge number of sites go up, are updated once or twice, and are then abandoned. If I am unsure of the site after the month period, I send a polite email declining the link trade.
My site is not inherently better than others, but I do want to make it the best I can do and am willing to devote the effort. I guess my question is: am I being unfair? Is there a better way? Would you rather see more links or is the present system good to go?
I think the present system is great Andrew, too many links really crowds a site and also is bad for people with short attention spans.
One thought, could u make it on the message board where you can search for posts made by particular people (like a name search) that would rock. Thanks.
> One thought, could u make it on the message board where you can
> search for posts made by particular people (like a name search)
> that would rock. Thanks.
Already built in by the fine folks who designed the program. If you pick "search" from the small menu bar, then put a check in "Author" (and remove the marks from the other two boxes) you can put in the poster's name and get their posts listed. Here is a listing for "Andrew:"
Andrew Posts (http://www.badmovies.org/bbs/search.php?f=2&search=Andrew&globalsearch=0&match=1&date=30&fldauthor=1)
Of course, other names with "Andrew" come up too, like "Andrew Crow." Unfortunately, I probably will not have time to tweak the code to search on a specific user ID. Maybe the Phorum developers will include that in the next big version of the message board (5.0 is in development right now).
I agree, many links isn't better, it just makes things more confusing, and if most of them go to dead sites, then no one will rely on any of the links.
I also feel that a small number of links to quality, regularly-updated sites are better than a huge number of links to half-assed, eventually neglected sites.
Sounds like a thought out plan to me. Thanks for giving a rip.
Speaking as one who was graced with a link from Andrew, we do our best to keep our site updated with some regularity and most importantly to make it entertaining and worth repeat visits.
I think that system of link trading sounds like a fair plan and I'm glad we were up to snuff to get one ourselves.
Brother R
I suggest you link to Arrow In The Head:
http://www.joblo.com/arrow
Already linked under the horror sites.
I've always been a quality over quantity type myself so any effort at keeping things to a smaller but superior sample gets my approval
I will keep on with the present system.