Are Top Sites Good For You

Are Top Web Sites Good For Everybody?

Author: Dr. Roberto A. Bonomi

Article:Top web sites are site lists focused around a common topic, forexample clip art, pets, music etc.

Sites on these lists are ranked in order of "votes" - the sitethat gets voted most gets the top place, the site that gets the2nd biggest amount of votes gets the second place and so on. Thevoting system is simple; each top web site member places a linkback to the top web site on his site and for each visitor thatclicks the link, the site gets one vote.

WHAT ARE TOP WEB SITES?

It's a links site, that ranks member's sites by the amount oftraffic they send in. They usually rank a list of the top 10 -100 sites focused around a common topic, for example health, business, music etc.

The sites on these lists are ranked in order of "votes" - orreferrers. The top referrers get one banner of theirs listedfree of charge, in the top web sites section.

The top web sites have three common areas:

* The Index: that's the actual list of sites ordered by hits in* The Sign up and Login page, where webmasters add their sites, modify setting and view stats * The Enter page. Some top websites have gateway pages in order to protect themselves fromcheating.

In order to generate votes, each top web site's member places alink back to the top web site on his web site, and every timeone of his visitors clicks over that link, he gets one vote. Themore votes he gets, the better his position will be on the topweb sites list.

The site that gets voted most gets the top place, the site thatgets the 2nd biggest amount of votes gets the second place andso on.

Obviously, most of the traffic that goes to the top web sitespages, go to the high ranking sites, although some of thelower-ranking ones can also get a reasonable share. And the topweb sites pages get traffic through the voting system, soeverybody gets more traffic.

Top web site lists are then very similar to the reciprocal linksexchanges; but with an important difference, at the top websites lists, there is a "middleman" and you can't really tellwith which sites you're exchanging traffic with.

The main system utilized for requesting the "votes" to the topweb site is usually a picture, and this could be a real problem.If the link picture is too big or you put in a too prominentplace, your site might look unprofessional. If you use a smalllink picture, then you might not get the votes you need to riseon the list because people might miss it.

Top web site lists allow you to automate the link exchange anddistribute traffic between participating sites according to thetraffic they send in. And they increase the traffic to your website for free.

But as always the big question is: Do top web sites work?

Sometimes they do, and sometimes they don't, it all depends onthe quality of the top web site in question.

HOW SHOULD YOU CHOSE A TOP WEB SITE?

* Look for one that doesn't have any pop-up windows * It musthave a lot of sites closely related to the subject of your site* It must have it's own domain * Monitor the traffic you'resending to the list and the traffic you're getting from it. Ifyou send more than you receive, resign and find another topsiteor other promotion method. On "How to Sell on The Web" you canfind dozens of ways to get traffic to your web site. HOW TO FINDYOUR TOP WEB SITE

Look for sites dealing with the same subject as you. They mighteven already be a member of a related top site Look for "topsite" "top web site" or "topsite" at the Search engines

Browse the topsite list directory: www dot topsitelists dotcom/directory/

Once you chose the top web site that you like, just fill outthe form and your site will be ready to be visited. Then youwill have to ad to your place the HTML script that the top website will give you. This script is the one that will allow yourvisitors to vote from your site. ARE TOP WEB SITES GOOD FOREVERYBODY?

No, they aren't...

If you have a content web site, who's objective is to provideresources to your visitors, then including your site in a a topweb site's list could be a good idea.

If you have created an awesome site to sell products orservices, and give the people the opportunity to vote for yoursite; they might get so enthusiastic with the good content ofyour site, that they decide to vote for you, so they click onthe voting button and...! They jump to the top web sites page, and your sale is lost! WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT FROM A TOP WEB SITE?

To have a high ranking in a very visited top web site list canbe very good for you, because it will increase your site'straffic, and traffic means sales, and the opportunity to selladvertising space.

If you chose well your top web site's lists, picking up theones with good traffic, and create a professionally designedsite like "How to Sell on The Web" teaches you to build, youwill get thousands of visitors to your site, and that will giveyou many sales.

Written by Dr. Roberto A. Bonomi

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