It’s been a while since I updated my traffic leak page. Updates are coming soon. However I feel that I need to explain my “position” on them and why it really matters.

I want to stress that I am NOT on a sponsor witch hunt. Plain and Simple. The whole idea behind listing sites that have traffic leaks is to provide information.  Webmasters can determine if a leak mattes to them. Information is a good thing.

My “personal” feeling about leaks, which is different from InGayPorn’s is as follows -

Leaks that don’t bother me -

1.  Links to newsletters. I just don’t care about them at all. I send a surfer and he has a period of time to check out the tour and see if he will join. He either does or he doesn’t. If a program owner wants to get his email address and try and sell him at a later date, then that is a smart business move imho.
2. Links to Video Stores. Keep them not too obtrusive please. But a video store link (with the paysite’s videos only) can actually help me make the sale as imho it helps brand the site as more than just a piece of crap thrown up by someone.

Leaks that I don’t like -

1. VOD - Please. Please. Please. There are many webmasters that don’t want to send surfers to bareback. Most webmastes have their own VOD theater as well. The same type of surfer that visits a paysite will also buy VOD minutes. Let’s be fair on this one.
2. Blogs - If you have a blog on your tour, then carry the affiliate code and don’t have links to outside sources. It sucks for a webmaster to pay $20 for a blog entry to promote your site only to have that surfer who came from his blog find another damn blog on your site.
3. Friends - How much money does a banner to a link list make you? Let’s get real here.
4. Alternate Billing - If you are serious about having a second billing option that affiliates don’t get paid for, then invest in some affiliate software. That’s why the software was created in the first place.

I probably missed some, but those are the main ones. Let me know what you think.